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A large part of Chris Doster’s life is health, and the Mount Ayr local will expand his love for health and fitness to Creston.

Doster, 40, plans to open Cross-Fit TYL, which stands for transcend your limits, in Creston by June 1.

“I love doing this. I love helping people with their health. It’s a pas-sion. I feel alive when I’m doing it. It’s my mission in life. I’ve found my deal,” Doster said. “I love it. There-fore, I care about it a lot. Therefore, I’m going to make it as safe as pos-sible for everyone so it can be acces-sible to everyone.”

CrossFit is an exercise company

founded in 2000. It focuses on var-ied high-intensity training such as weightlifting, cardio and gymnastics.

GymThe idea for CrossFit TYL began

in Doster’s garage.Doster found CrossFit videos on-

line and started working out with them. He asked friends to join his workouts, and eventually he was hosting CrossFit classes in his ga-rage. These classes expanded to workouts in his yard as the weather warmed.

“I just saw the amazing impact that it had on the people in Mount Ayr,” Doster said. “The thing is the community CrossFit boxes (gyms) create. That’s probably the single most important part of a CrossFit box. What we have in Mount Ayr

is we have this amazing culture of fitness going that was not in Mount Ayr before.”

However, the space Doster plans to build the gym in is still being hunt-ed. Doster is currently looking for a space in Creston to accommodate the gym’s needs. He plans to have a space by May 1, but if not, Doster has op-tions.

“I haven’t found the spot that was, like, ‘Okay, this is the one for sure,’” Doster said. “The reason I say June 1 for sure is because there’s so many people that are excited about starting CrossFit here that if I don’t have a space, ... I’ll teach CrossFit at the park if I need to, just to get it started, and

Doster to open CrossFit gym in Creston

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Chris Doster poses for the camera in a push up posi-tion. Doster —a Mount Ayr native — plans to hold CrossFit workouts in Creston by June 1.

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMAN

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CHS grad makes an ‘impact’ tonight at Creston:Arts gallery By SARAH BROWNCNA staff [email protected]

The impact of Salvatore Aleto Jr.’s upbringing in Cres-ton led him on an unusual journey of self-expression and ultimately, success.

Aleto, a 2004 Creston High School graduate, will be ex-hibiting his hand-forged jew-elry and cast metal sculptures this month at Creston:Arts Gallery.

ExhibitionOn display this month at

Creston:Arts Gallery, Aleto will feature two sculptural works titled “Millennial” and “Newborn — Generation Z.”

Aleto said each sculpture took more than 1,000 hours to complete.

“Millennial” is a cast bronze sculpture, which, counting the base, stands ap-proximately seven feet tall.

Aleto said this sculpture was created through the “lost wax” casting process, where a three dimensional sculpture is first created in clay, plaster, wood or stone.

The process involves cov-ering this sculpture in liquid rubber to create a rubber mold. The rubber mold is then removed and layers of wax are painted meticulously inside resulting in a hollow wax sculpture. Once the wax is set, a ceramic shell, typical-ly, is built up around the wax sculpture with tubes protrud-ing to eventually melt the wax out and pour the molten bronze in. The ceramic is re-moved to expose a bronze cast.

Aleto describes this pro-cess as a “traditional” ap-proach, dating back 5,000 years.

Aleto said “Newborn -Generation Z,” created through a process called elec-tro-forming, was inspired by Constantin Brancusi’s “New-born” sculpture — a meta-phor for birth.

“It’s kind of a lab-grown baby,” said Aleto. “The original object that it is made from is not what you see. You see a shell of that original ob-ject.”

Aleto said carving the original sculpture took up to 12 hours, spent 60 hours in a chemical bath followed by 30 hours of filing, sanding and polishing.

Aleto creates small objects

from metal and wood, too. This month, Aleto will have hand-forged rings on display and for sale.

About the artistAleto said it was classes

at Southwestern Community College, where he really dis-covered his love of art.

“I really enjoyed the art program at SWCC,” said Aleto. “I took a couple classes with Sherice Buzzard and that really got me interested.”

After Aleto received an As-sociate of Arts degree from Southwestern Community College, he continued on to University of Iowa, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, and a second bachelor’s degree in psychol-ogy.

Currently, Aleto is a Master of Fine Arts candidate focused on jewelry and metal arts with a minor in sculpture. He also is a graduate level instructor at University of Iowa, where he teaches elements of jew-elry and metal art for non-art majors, a teaching assistant in casting and hot metals and teaches an educational psy-

chology, testing and measure-ments course.

“I love teaching because my students are my greatest teachers,” said Aleto. “They are always challenging me with questions and to think of things I wouldn’t think of on my own.”

ImpactAleto’s exhibit is titled “Im-

pact” — a reflection on the people who have influenced his work.

In an artist statement, Aleto said the most “beautiful” thing he can imagine is “you, the au-dience.”

“Without your participation in my life, whether friend or family ... peer or passerby, you have influenced my experi-ence of this world, of this life, far more than any words could ever express. This is your im-pact.”

From the railroad nails he displays his jewelry on to the career path he has chosen to follow — a hint of inspiration of his years in Creston can be found.

Creston:Arts Council invites the public to attend Aleto’s opening night at an artist’s re-ception at Creston:Arts Gal-lery from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Creston:Arts Gallery, 116 W. Adams. St. For more informa-tion about Aleto and his work, visit www.metaleto.com.

Contributed photoCreston High School graduate Salvatore Aleto Jr., right, and Crestonian Blake Fry-Schnormeier discuss Aleto’s piece “Newborn - Generation Z” at the University of Iowa.

Contributed photoSalvatore Aleto Jr. fea-tures his hand-forged jew-elry and bronze scultptures this month at Creston:Arts Gallery, 116 W. Adams St. Above are two brass rings Aleto created in 2012 as part of his “Crush” series.

Creston:Arts Council invites the public to attend Sal-vatore Aleto’s opening night at an artist’s reception at Creston:Arts Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Creston:Arts Gallery, 116 W. Adams. St.

Tonight’s reception

Iowa official: No ‘hush money’ paid to ex-employees

DES MOINES (MCT) – Director Mike Carroll denied the Iowa Department of Administrative Services paid laid-off employees “hush money” to keep secret their settlements or broke any laws in executing confidentiality agreements that ran afoul of Gov. Terry Branstad’s goals of open and trans-parent government.

Carroll told members of the Legislature’s Gov-ernment Oversight Committee on Thursday that he “made a mistake” by allowing confidentiality clauses to be included in employment settlement agreements. He apologized that the provisions – although legal – did not comply with the gov-ernor’s transparent government initiatives and pledged “it will not happen again.”

Carroll’s insistence that money was not included in settlement negotiations in exchange for employees’ silence directly con-tracted testimony offered one day before by ex-DAS workers who insisted they were offered extra payment if they agreed to in-clude a confidentiality clause in the agreement.

After Thursday’s committee hearing, Carol Frank, a laid-off DAS engineer who received a $77,326 settlement that included a confidential-ity clause, reiterated her contention that DAS boosted her settlement by $5,000 for her promise to keep the agreement secret.

“It did happen. I remember I was with my hus-band in Hy-Vee in the checkout line and I get this call,” Frank told reporters. She said the offer was made by a former DAS legal counsel and her agreement and settlement checks were signed by Carroll.

Frank, who listened to the two hours of testi-mony provided Thursday by Carroll and two other DAS officials, told reporters “I think he’s not be-ing entirely truthful, which is a pattern at DAS.”

However, Carroll was adamant that in the four

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Richard Lynn Boham was born 1 0 - 0 2 -1953 in R a p i d C i t y , S o u t h D a k o t a to Lois M a r i e B o h a m . It was at that time that he assumed his adopted name of Gensler, becom-ing the only child of the Earl Gensler Family.

Richard lived in Rapid City and attended school there, and later the Col-lege of Mines. He left Rapid City in his twenties and traveled with Road Construction, last settling in Lorenz, IA. Physique explained his nickname of “Bear.” Though never married nor having chil-dren, he focused on his love and ambition of na-ture, including fly fishing and hunting.

With our acquaintance in 2000, we met a man of strong intellect, with a vo-cabulary hard to follow yet conversation to keep interest as we learned his interpretation of the life he had left behind in South Dakota and why. The cir-cumstances once separat-ing him were no match for the love which found him and ultimately united us.

His health spiraled downward a year later and although his fight was personal, he fought with grace and dignity until his demise. He resided In Leon, Afton & Regency Apartments in Creston, IA, before spending his last three years as part of the family of West Bridge Rehab & Care in Winter-set, IA.

Richard earned his wings on March 23, 2014 at the Madison County Hos-pital and he was welcomed to Heaven by his birth mother, Lois Marie Bo-ham Kibbe, Aunts Joyce O’Neall and Dena Lamb, niece Jennifer Groves and various birth relatives.

His memory will long be cherished by surviving siblings Robert Kibbe Jr. & Sherry of Tingley, IA, Debbie Shields & Billy of Diagonal, IA, Dianna Baldwin of Creston, IA, Deanna Groves & John of Thayer, IA, & Dena Campbell & Dan of Grant City, MO, Aunt Darlene Cottrell of Creston, IA, nieces, nephews, cousins and all those who knew and shared his life before and after 2000.

Also preceding him in death was his adop-tive family of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Graveside services by immediate family were held at Graceland Cem-etery in Creston, IA with Powers Funeral Home of-ficiating.

Gensler

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get people started on it.”Despite not having a

space currently, schedules and prices are already set.

Prices for CrossFit ses-sions start at $45 a month for two sessions a week with a six-month member-ship. Cost is $50 a month for two sessions a week for a month-to-month mem-bership. Education and stu-dent discounts start at $55 a month for three sessions. All prices increase for more sessions throughout the week.

“A lot of times, people are, like, ‘Oh, that’s way more expensive than going to a gym.’ But, you get way more than when you go to a gym,” Doster said. “And, the main thing is, CrossFit gives you results. Not that working out on your own can’t. This just gives you accountability, and you get your own, basically, per-sonal trainer.”

CrossFitDoster, a 2006 graduate

of Iowa State University in Ames with a bachelor’s de-gree in kinesiology (study of human movement and exercise), is certified in CrossFit level 1. As a train-er, Doster serves as a sort of personal trainer to help with workouts, nutrition, create accountability and set up a group environ-ment.

CrossFit TYL equipment will consist of kettle bells, full pull up rack, dumbbell and barbell weights, jump ropes and medicine balls, but also use the body.

“A lot of the time I use the motto, ‘Our body is the only gym we need.’ There’s so many things we can do with body weight move-ments: pushups, situps, burpees, squats,” Doster said.

As well as classes, open gym time will be available.

Classes consist of a group warm up, mobility and stretching exercises, strength and technique training and the workout of the day (WOD). After the main timed workout, there will be a finishing core workout and stretch-ing and mobility exercises.

“Safety is my number one priority,” Doster said. “Beginners have to prove

to me that they can do the movements with no weight. ... If a person can’t dem-onstrate the right form — safe, effective form — then that’s a sign that I need to scale the weight down.”

Doster also has work-shops available for begin-ners to practice proper form.

“Using too much weight in the beginning, your form gets bad,” Doster said. “And then, it’s very hard to go back and cor-rect form, and the form is very important for every-thing.”

BackgroundWhile earning his bach-

elor’s degree, Doster worked at the exercise health and human perfor-mance lab in Ames.

“I’ve just always been fascinated with the human body, and what it’s capable of and pushing it to its lim-its,” Doster said.

Currently, he lives in Mount Ayr and works at Ringgold County Pub-lic Health Office, where he works on the commu-nity transformation grant, which focuses on promot-ing policy and environ-mental changes in the area of physical health and nu-trition.

“Then, I take off my of-fice clothes and put my crossfit cape on,” Doster said.

Doster participates in marathons and triathlons, as well as training with CrossFit.

CROSSFIT:

Contributed photo From left, front, Marcy Gregg, Chris Doster and Jeremy Pruitt, and back, Bailey Myer, Laural Peterson and Jessi Grose do burpees during Ayr Days in Mount Ayr in 2013.

CrossFit participants share their experiences

Several people who attended Doster’s classes gave their opinion of CrossFit.

1. “I’ve never been athletic and never played a sport in my life, so for the first time I feel like I’m part of a team. I don’t fee like I’m competing with anyone but myself. Everyone encourages and motivates each other to do their best. I became addicted after my first WOD (workout of the day), and I’m always excited to see what’s waiting on the white board for us each day.” — Renda Smith Hartman, Mount Ayr

2. “You don’t realize how strong you are mentally and physically, but you buckle down, do it and you survive it! At the end of the workout, I just think, ‘I can’t believe my body went through that and did it!’” — Kisha Martin, Mount Ayr

3. “It’s hard to narrow down what I like most about CrossFit because there are so many positives! I guess what keeps me coming back is that CrossFit makes me feel strong, and keeps me coming back for new ways to improve! That, and I love the people!” — Kelli Goodale, Creston

Prices for CrossFit TYL memberships are:

Six month member-ship

$45 a month for two sessions a week

$65 a month for three sessions a week

$79 a month for four sessions a week

$89 a month for unlim-ited sessions

Month to month mem-bership

$50 a month for two sessions a week

$70 a month for three sessions a week

$84 a month for four sessions a week

Education and student discounts$55 a month for three

sessions a week$80 a month for unlim-

ited sessions$45 a month for stu-

dents 13-17 years old for three sessions a week

Drop-in rates$8 a workout for adults$5 a workout for stu-

dents$3 a workout for chil-

dren 12 years old or younger

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settlement agreements with confidentiality clauses that he signed, it “never hap-pened” that so-called hush money was part of the deal.

“She was not offered money for a confidential-ity clause,” Carroll said of Frank’s settlement. “She was offered money to settlement her grievance that was stated on the face of the agreement itself.” When asked if a DAS of-ficial may have added money for a confidentiality clause, he replied “No, sir, that just didn’t happen.”

During his committee testimony, Carroll told lawmakers that employee settlements that arose out of a 2011 department re-organization were not “se-cret” but were a matter of public record that could be assessed via a Freedom of Information request. He said the confidentiality agreements were lawful,

“The payments made were made out of operat-ing budgets because they did not qualify for pay-ment out of the general fund through the Appeals Board,” he said. “The payments made were not ‘hush’ money, but settle-ment of specific grievanc-es as evidenced on their face.”

DAS officials had con-

ducted a risk analysis that identified a “walk-away number” for each layoff mediation case with a po-tential cost of up to $4.3 million, Carroll said, but they never reached that amount.

Under questioning, Car-roll said during and after the reorganization up to a dozen DAS hires were made without advertising the positions because state human resources and De-partment of Management officials classified them as merit exempt or at will jobs that did not have to be posted.

The wide-ranging hear-ing also dealt with state policies and coding systems regarded state workers who are disqualified for fu-ture state employment due to past issues arising from their work performance and private contract agree-ments that Carroll said could net up to $12 million in savings via streamlined procedures for state con-struction projects.

“We’re very skeptical as to whether this is actually saving real money,” said Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs.

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facility for mentally ill people in crisis opened in Center-ville. Known as Oak Place, the facility hopes to serve a critical need in the commu-nity by providing an option besides hospitalization or jail for those suffering from men-tal illness in the community.

Appanoose County is part of the South Central Behav-ioral Health Region, along with Davis and Wapello counties. In October of 2013 the region began looking at ways to provide more treat-

ment and care options for citizens with mental health issues and those in crisis.

“For those individuals that are in mental health crisis but not needing hospitaliza-tion…it helps keep pa-tients home in their own community,” said Jackie Sharp, executive director of Centerville Commu-nity Betterment.

The facility is open to anyone over the age of 18 with a mental health or dual diagnosis. Someone with a dual diagnosis may

have both a mental illness diagnosis and an addiction, but the primary diagnosis is mental. The facility will be managed by Regina Lassabe with Centerville Community

Betterment who has been contracted to run Oak Place.

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Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 52 38 mst sunny Davenport 55 35 mst sunny Marshaltown 54 37 mst sunnyAtlantic 58 41 pt sunny Des Moines 57 40 pt sunny Mason City 50 36 pt sunnyAubudon 57 41 pt sunny Dubuque 54 34 mst sunny Onawa 57 42 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 55 36 mst sunny Farmington 55 36 mst sunny Oskaloosa 55 36 mst sunnyCenterville 55 37 sunny Fort Dodge 54 38 mst sunny Ottumwa 55 36 mst sunnyClarinda 60 41 pt sunny Ft Madison 54 36 mst sunny Red Oak 60 41 pt sunnyClarion 51 38 mst sunny Guttenberg 53 35 mst sunny Sioux Center 52 36 pt sunnyClinton 54 33 mst sunny Keokuk 55 36 mst sunny Sioux City 55 40 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 59 42 cloudy Lansing 54 36 pt sunny Spencer 51 37 mst sunnyCreston 57 39 pt sunny LeMars 53 38 pt sunny Waterloo 54 37 pt sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 69 49 pt sunny Houston 64 57 rain Phoenix 75 52 cloudyBoston 56 34 pt sunny Los Angeles 66 49 pt sunny San Francisco 58 49 rainChicago 53 33 mst sunny Miami 83 71 mst sunny Seattle 54 44 rainDallas 66 51 cloudy Minneapolis 45 34 pt sunny St. Louis 55 38 mst sunnyDenver 56 34 cloudy New York 56 36 mst sunny Washington, DC 60 38 mst sunny

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Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 52 38 mst sunny Davenport 55 35 mst sunny Marshaltown 54 37 mst sunnyAtlantic 58 41 pt sunny Des Moines 57 40 pt sunny Mason City 50 36 pt sunnyAubudon 57 41 pt sunny Dubuque 54 34 mst sunny Onawa 57 42 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 55 36 mst sunny Farmington 55 36 mst sunny Oskaloosa 55 36 mst sunnyCenterville 55 37 sunny Fort Dodge 54 38 mst sunny Ottumwa 55 36 mst sunnyClarinda 60 41 pt sunny Ft Madison 54 36 mst sunny Red Oak 60 41 pt sunnyClarion 51 38 mst sunny Guttenberg 53 35 mst sunny Sioux Center 52 36 pt sunnyClinton 54 33 mst sunny Keokuk 55 36 mst sunny Sioux City 55 40 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 59 42 cloudy Lansing 54 36 pt sunny Spencer 51 37 mst sunnyCreston 57 39 pt sunny LeMars 53 38 pt sunny Waterloo 54 37 pt sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 69 49 pt sunny Houston 64 57 rain Phoenix 75 52 cloudyBoston 56 34 pt sunny Los Angeles 66 49 pt sunny San Francisco 58 49 rainChicago 53 33 mst sunny Miami 83 71 mst sunny Seattle 54 44 rainDallas 66 51 cloudy Minneapolis 45 34 pt sunny St. Louis 55 38 mst sunnyDenver 56 34 cloudy New York 56 36 mst sunny Washington, DC 60 38 mst sunny

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Driver’s licenseSchedule of driver’s license

examiners:Bedford: Monday through

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FridayHoly Spirit Rectory ReRun

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

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

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

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

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

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

Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boz’s

Kitchen in Corning. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Crest Haven Care Centre.

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

SundayAlcoholics Anonymous (AA),

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

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. open beginners meet-ing, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

MondayUnion County Board of

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

Woolworth Coffee Club, 9 a.m., Hy-Vee deli.

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

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

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

Creston VFW Post 1797, 6 p.m. supper, 7 p.m. meeting, The Pizza Ranch. Election of Post officers.

Crest Area Theatre, 7 p.m. general membership meet-ing, Southwestern Community College Performing Arts Center Green Room.

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

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

TuesdayCreston Lions Club Board of

Directors, 7 a.m., Hy-Vee Deli.Creston Kiwanis Club, noon,

The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.OLE Club, noon, congregate

meal site, restored Creston Depot.

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

Meetings Union County Board of

Supervisors, 9 a.m. Mon-day, Union County Court-house boardroom.

Agenda includes: 9:05 a.m. open forum; 9:10 a.m. Steve Akes, county engi-neer: maintenance activity report, discuss mower trac-tor replacement and discuss minor change to fiscal year 2014 construction program; 10 a.m. Sandy Hysell, coun-ty auditor: auditor’s report, Knotty Pine liquor license and insurance discussion; 10:30 a.m. elected offi-cials and department head meeting; 11 a.m. Timothy Kenyon, county attorney: TAC10 software license agreement and Greyhawk agreement; noon claims.

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Adjustment, 5 p.m. Tues-day, city hall, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: public

hearing regarding Union County Development re-questing a variance from the front yard setback re-quirements to build a single family dwelling at 501 S. Elm St.; and possible reso-lution to take additional ac-tion.

Police Todd Ahlverson, a con-

tractor at Creston Park Apartments, 402 N. Oak St., reported someone en-tered an empty apartment and tore up the vinyl kitch-en floor between April 2 and 3.

Replacement estimate is $700.Miscellaneous

Incomplete 911 call, 6:55 a.m. Thursday, East Howard Street.

Parking complaint, 7:36 a.m. Thursday, North Spruce Street.

Accident, 7:52 a.m. Thursday, Sumner Avenue and Adams Street.

Incomplete 911 call, 8:07 a.m. Thursday, North Elm Street.

Traffic stop, 9:23 a.m. Thursday, North Sumner Street.

Traffic stop, 9:28 a.m. Thursday, Spencer Street and

Sumner Avenue.Escort, 10:37 a.m. Thursday,

West Montgomery Street.Harassing communication,

11:16 a.m. Thursday, East Taylor Street.

Incomplete 911 call, 11:23 a.m. Thursday, North Poplar Street.

Assistance, 11:35 a.m. Thursday, West Montgomery Street.

Medical, 12:19 p.m. Thursday, West Spencer Street.


Vandalism, 1:16 p.m. Thursday, Harsh Street.

Shoplifting, 2:43 p.m. Thursday, Laurel Street.

Vandalism, 4:20 p.m. Thursday, North Oak Street.

Assistance, 5:24 p.m. Thursday, South Birch Street.

Accident, 6:19 p.m. Thursday, West Townline Street.

Harassing communication, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, North Pine Street.

Animal call, 7:48 p.m. Thursday, North Mulberry Street.

Found property, 8:12 p.m. Thursday, North Division Street.

Information only, 12:07 a.m. today, Manor Drive.

Traffic stop, 12:53 a.m. today, Osage Street and Highway 34.

Fire Miscellaneous


Medical, 9:16 p.m. Thursday, Crest Drive.

Medical, 7:22 a.m. Thursday, Laurel Street.

Accident No citations were issued

after an accident 6:20 p.m. Thursday at Townline and Sycamore streets.

According to a Cres-ton Police report, Dannie J. Stephens, 63, 615 New York Ave., was driving a 2009 GMC north on Syca-more Street and stopped at the corner of Sycamore and Townline streets. As Stephens did not see a 2005 Dodge driven by Paulyette Renee Wright, 814 W. Jef-ferson St. Stephens pro-ceeded through the stop sign and struck Wright’s vehicle on the rear driver’s side with the front of his vehicle.

Damage estimates are $700 to Stephens’ vehicle and $800 to Wright’s ve-hicle.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $4.69

Soybeans — $14.27• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $4.65Soybeans — $14.31

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CHS calendar April 7-11Monday5 p.m. varsity girls soccer

against St. Albert Catholic, here.

6:30 p.m. varsity boys soccer against St. Albert Catholic, here.

Tuesday4:30 p.m. JV girls soc-

cer at Harlan; varsity girls track and field at Clarinda.

5 p.m. JV boys soccer against Chariton, here; var-sity boys track and field at Glenwood.

6 p.m. varsity girls soccer at Harlan.

6:30 p.m. varsity boys soccer against Chariton, here.

WednesdayTwo-hour early dismissal

for professional develop-ment.

Thursday4:30 p.m. JV/varsity girls

golf at Atlantic Nishna Hills Golf Course; boys JV/varsi-ty tennis against Atlantic, at SWCC; JV/varsity boys golf against Atlantic at Creston Pine Valley; JV/varsity girls tennis at Atlantic Washing-ton Elementary School.

5 p.m. JV girls soccer against Nodaway Valley, here; varsity girls track and field at Red Oak.

5:30 p.m. JV boys soc-cer at West Central-Stuart-Menlo (Stuart).

6:30 p.m. varsity girls soc-cer against Nodaway Valley, here.

7 p.m. varsity boys soc-cer at West Central-Stuart-Menlo (Stuart).

Friday4 p.m. JV/varsity girls golf

at Adel-DeSoto-Minburn (Adel).

4:30 p.m. varsity boys track and field at Clarinda.

College news University of

Northern IowaCEDAR FALLS — Stu-

dents from the University of Northern Iowa presented their research in poster format at “Research in the Capitol,” a collaborative effort of the honors programs of Iowa’s Regents universities Tuesday in the first floor rotunda at the Iowa Statehouse. Among those students was Naomi Skarsgard of Creston.

Skarsgard, senior psychol-ogy major presented “Im-plicit and explicit prejudice

toward transsexual women.” Her mentor for the project was Helen Harton, professor of psychology.

State senators, representa-tives and other key officials were invited to view the post-ers and talk with students about their research and edu-cation.

“Research in the Capitol” was developed to celebrate how undergraduates learn by doing research in a variety of fields, according to Jessica Moon, director, UNI Univer-sity Honors Program.

SWCC art exhibition to be displayed at Warren Cultural Center in Greenfield

The work of Southwestern Community College (SWCC) art and design students will be on display from April 19 to May 8 during the SWCC Student Art Exhibition at the Warren Cultural Center, 154 Public Square, Greenfield. An opening reception will be held noon to 2 p.m. April 19. Light refreshments will be served.

As part of the exhibition, SWCC’s art and design de-partment will be selling 8-inch by 8-inch original student art-work for $50 each as a fundrais-er for the SWCC Art Club and the art and design department. Purchased artwork may be picked up after the closing of the show (May 9 or after).

The Warren Cultural Cen-ter, www.warrenculturalcen-ter.com, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur-days.

For more information, call Linda Dainty, SWCC art and design instructor, at 641-782-7081, ext. 438, or visit the college’s website at www.swc-ciowa.edu.

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Club news VFW Post 1797

VFW Post 1797 met March 11 at the Elks Lodge in Creston. Seventeen mem-bers and guests were present for dinner.

Commander O’Daniels called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. with 13 members present.

The post draped the char-ter for veterans Leonard Feld, Wilbur Chubick and Larry Ripperger.

Minutes and QM reports were read and approved.

Service officers report in-cludes honor guard 41 hours, bloodmobile 15 hours, com-munity service 53 hours and hospital 49 hours for a total of 158 hours.

The post surgeon has visited veterans at nursing homes.

In old business, a veter-ans supermarket will be held May 17 at the Supertel in Creston.

In new business, first call for new officers for 2014-15. Post officers are Gary O’Daniels, Frank Riley, David Tripp, Dennis Abel, Ricky Leonard, Robert Jungst, Robert Clark, Asa Denton, John Parkins and Terry Loomis.

There was an update on Korean veterans flight and monument at park.

A veterans get together was held March 19 at the Elks.

O’Daniels gave a report on state and district VFW. The next district meeting will be May 17 in Ottumwa.

At the state mid-winter meeting, it was decided to discontinue selling calenders for next year.

The state VFW meeting will held June 6 to 8 in Bur-linglon.

The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday at the The Pizza Ranch with dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. All veterans are encouraged to attend.

Creston UMWThe Executive Committee

of Creston United Methodist Women met 1 p.m. March 6 at the church. Jerrie Hen-derson, president, called the meeting to order. Devo-tions were from Psalms 117. There were some items of correspondence. Hender-son reported on some Iowa

House legislation pertaining to people harming children under 15.

Discussion was held on the invitational supper April 3.

After executive, the March 2014 unit meeting was held. Henderson presided.

Roll call was answered by six from Morning Circle and five from Evening Circle. From the nominating com-mittee, Susan Weight and Sandy McNichols were cho-sen to co-chair UMW begin-ning April 1. There were no other nominations from the floor. Nominations were closed and the motion car-ried.

There was a kitchen clean-ing day on March 13.

Members will travel to Bidwell Riverside April 25.

Mary Morris presented the program for the unit titled “The Call.” The hymn “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” was read fol-lowed by a prayer.

This short mission study was on discernment, bap-tism, communion and works of piety. The study was closed by singing “Here I Am Lord.”

Morning Circle met at the church March 20 with 13 members and one guest. Carol Harrison was hostess with Arleen McKee as co-hostess. Beth Perry had devotions with a tribute to Garland Townsend. Susan Weight continued on from February with a program on human trafficking.

Evening Circle met March 20 at the church with 11 members answering roll call. The upcoming invita-tional supper was discussed. Evening is hostess for this event.

Bobi Wooden presented thoughts from the Reponse magazine.

Kay Ritter presented the program on Assembly 2014: Make it Happen! Assembly will be in Louisville, Ky.

Afton Federated Garden Club

Afton Federated Garden Club met March 14 at Af-ton Community Center with Shirley Wallace and Bev Rowe as hostesses. President Vicki Johnson called the meeting to order with mem-bers repeating the Pledge of Allegiance and the club col-lect. Roll call was answered

by 12 members.Minutes for the February

meeting were read, correct-ed and approved. Monica also read the minutes for delivery of the daffodils to the Creston and Afton care centers. Bev Rowe gave the treasurer’s report, and it was approved and will be filed.

Johnson presented a bill for the daffodils delivered to the care centers. Shirley Wallace moved and Bev Rowe seconded a motion to pay Vicki for the tulips. Mo-tion carried.

Donna Thomas reported on cards she had sent.

Everyone is to bring at least three and up to five recipes for the cookbook AFGC will be putting to-gether for fall luncheon.

It was decided to do a “blitz” in Creston and Afton to let people know about the Union County Fair flower show. It was decided to put posters in shop windows and at the library with a number to call to learn more about showing at the fair.

Kathy Tapken moved and Judy Harman seconded a motion to keep the half page ad in the Union County Fair book. Motion carried. Thomas moved and Pau-line McCoy seconded a mo-tion to check and see if any changes should be made to the ad from last year. Mo-tion carried. Johnson has se-cured judge Sandy Gossman for the Union County Fair flower show.

Johnson reminded mem-bers about the Osprey web cam at website dickinson-countynaturecenter.com, then go to Osprey center and click on live web Cam. The Osprey aren’t expected until mid-April.

The district meeting will be June 2. AFGC and Win-terset Sunshine Garden Club will be responsible for the morning refreshments.

Several members attended the spring garden workshop meeting March 22 at the Henry A. Wallace Center.

Sunshine Garden Club presented a fairy garden workshop 1:30 p.m. April 2.

Several members signed up to go to Bevington Gar-den Club’s annual spring luncheon April 22.

AFGC discussed several ideas for a club library and hope to decide for sure next

meeting.AFGC will meet at Judy

Harman’s to make hypertufa projects before the Septem-ber picnic and meeting.

Motion was made and seconded to adjourn. All repeated the conservation pledge.

Monica gave a program about planting butterfly gar-dens. She handed out butter-fly sighting by county and a butterfly garden blue print.

Hostesses Shirley Wallace and Bev Rowe served re-freshments.

The next meeting will be April 11 at Afton Commu-nity Center.

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary

Ladies Lakeshore Auxil-iary met March 26.

Canasta winners were Mary Kline, first; Rose Blakesley, second; and Max-ine May, third.

Maxine May was host-ess for cards and chatter Wednesday.

Ladies Literary Circle

Creston Ladies Literary Circle met March 21 at the home of Judith Wachter. Seventeen members an-swered roll call with a favor-ite quote. Marcia Fulton in-troduced her guest Stephani Finley.

Fulton called the meeting to order. Minutes of the pre-vious meeting were read and approved. Vera Fengler gave the treasurer’s report, which was also approved as read.

Connie Rhine gave a re-port from the program com-mittee. Crestmoor Golf Club has been reserved as the ven-

ue for the spring Lluncheon. Laurel Burgmeier will be the guest speaker.

Linda Hartsock made a motion that lunch start at noon, rather than 1 p.m. Dyan Huffman seconded the motion, and it was carried by unanimous vote.

Judy Woods will change the reservation time. An in-vitation will be sent to the other book clubs to hear the presentation.

The nominating commit-tee presented the slate of officers for the coming year: President Linda Hartsock, Vice President Dyan Huff-man, Secretary Jean Mark and Treasurer Marilyn En-gelsen.

DeeAnn Stults asked about the yearly project. Fulton appointed a commit-tee led by Stults to pick a project.

The business meeting was adjourned.

Mark presented the pro-gram. She reviewed the book “Homer’s Odyssey” by Gwen Cooper.

After the review, the members ate homemade ice cream and cookie bars.

Catholic DaughtersCatholic Daughters of the

Americas Joan of Arc Court No. 428 met in the parish hall after Mass celebrated by Rev. Ken Halbur.

A dinner was then served by committee members con-sisting of Lois Nelson, Artie Mullin, Mary McElroy, Ani-ta Studer and Ann Moore.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited followed by the singing of the Opening Ode of CD of A.

Minutes were read. Pat Pokorny made a motion to approve the minutes, and

Barb Thompson seconded it.The treasurer’s report was

then read and approved.A bill was presented from

Betty Baker for the contain-ers used for the bake sale at BUNN. There were no other new bills. Motion was made to approve this bill and mo-tion carried.

Three volunteers are needed to sign the audit. Jane Collins, Sharon Skarda and Kathy Tapken volun-teered to do this.

A motion was made to send $50 to the state office for the food event. Motion was approved.

Jane Collins volunteered for Life Saver Campaign that will be held the weekend of April 26 and 27. This is to go to the crisis center.

Regent Betty will send around a sign-up sheet for the soup suppers to be held on Monday evenings for the Lenten Service.

New business: A nominat-ing committee is needed for the election of new officers. Volunteers for this are Jane Collins and Sharon Skarda.

Irene Ripperger needs help for Rev. Halbur’s in-formational supper April 5. Volunteers have signed up for this.

Crest Area for Life had a booth at the Home and Gar-den Show at Southern Prai-rie YMCA.

Anniversary cards will be sent to other courts of CD of A who are celebrating anni-versaries this year.

The next meeting will be April 8. This night will be a guest night and white el-ephant auction.

Meeting adjourned.Carolyn Downing gave a

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(BPT) — There are hun-dreds of benefits from daily exercise. Science has shown that daily aerobic exercise improves brain function, helps maintain a healthy cardiovascular system, helps regulate insulin levels and slows aging. Good health enables a person to expe-rience and enjoy life to its fullest, and a critical aspect of wellness is hearing.

“Good hearing enables us to effortlessly communi-cate with others throughout our lives,” says Dr. Kathy Landau Goodman, audi-ologist and chairperson of the Audiology Awareness Campaign, a nonprofit or-ganization whose mission is to raise public awareness of hearing care. “Just as a healthy body is fostered through proper nutrition, regular exercise, adequate rest and good hygienic prac-tices, so is the ability to hear well.”

What can affect hearing health? Dr. Landau Good-man says lack of adequate aerobic exercise, obesity, poor nutrition, cardiovas-

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There are actions peo-ple can take that can help maintain the ability to pro-cess and understand speech when communicating with others. For example, people who regularly play musical instruments maintain their ability to better process and understand the sounds they hear in daily communica-tion.

The following list of healthy hearing practices may help prevent or reduce hearing loss in adults and children and help maintain hearing fitness:

1. Sustain aerobic exercise 20 to 30 minutes five days a week

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7. Reduce intensity and length of exposure to loud music from mp3 players or smartphones and replace stock earbuds with noise cancelling or noise reduc-tion earphones or earbuds

8. Wear hearing protec-

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9. Reduce exposure to or-ganic solvents such as tolu-ene, styrene or xylene as the combined exposure with noise increases the risk of hearing loss

10. Do not purchase loud toys for children

11. Play a musical instru-ment

Just as annual health checkups are important to maintain physical health, annual hearing checkups are essential. Unfortunately, many people do not get an-nual hearing tests. This may be one of the reasons hear-ing loss is often untreated.

Untreated hearing loss is

associated with decreased household income, mental decline, depression, social isolation and quality of life. In addition, people with even a mild hearing loss are nearly three times more likely to have a history of falling compared to people with normal hearing.

Smokey Bear, Smokey Robinson, Smokey and the Bandit — these smoky icons may be a few generations past their prime, but their impact on pop culture still survives. Unfortunately, so does second and thirdhand smoke.

New research shows that even if a woman never smoked, lifetime expo-sure to secondhand smoke (childhood exposure for 10 or more years, adult home exposure for 20 or more years, adult work exposure 10 or more years) increas-es her risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or a tubal ectopic pregnancy. This just adds to the long list of second-hand smoke’s repercussions: heart disease, stroke and lung cancer in adults, and asthma, respiratory and ear infections, and even SIDS in children.

Secondhand smoke be-comes thirdhand when it permeates fabric, carpets, even wallboard and paint. Kids ingest it from putting contaminated objects or their hands into their mouth. This “smoke” damages their DNA and increases cancer risk.

How can you protect yourself and your children? Insist on a smoke-free envi-ronment at home (if you use marijuana, try edible forms). Have to convince your part-ner? Fight this battle with love, but fight it and win.

If you live in one of the 12 states without smoke-free workplaces and/or restau-rants email your state rep-resentatives and complain about this serious public health issue!

If your home is polluted with second- or thirdhand smoke, wash all fabric, car-pets and upholstery, your child’s furniture, stuffed ani-mals and toys, and repaint.

If neighbors’ smoke drifts into your residence (adja-cent apartments often are sources), talk with them about finding a solution. Ev-eryone deserves a smoke-free environment!

GOOD NUTRITION AFTER WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY

If you’re one of the 250,000 people in North America who had weight-loss surgery last year, it’s im-portant to avoid nutritional deficiencies that can take a big toll on your health. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had gastric lap-band surgery (his stomach was constricted, so less would pass through) in 2013, may not have gotten the mes-sage. News reports indicate the Guv — who doesn’t like veggies and only eats green beans, lettuce and cucum-bers — may not be monitor-ing his intake of nutrients. Such a nutritional lane clo-sure can damage the diges-tive thruway. (Sorry, Guv, even if we love you, we couldn’t resist.)

Such problems are pretty common. In one recent sur-vey, 50 percent of gastric surgery patients were defi-cient in 13 essential nutri-ents, such as protein, vita-min D-3 and calcium, but consumed too much sodium and fat. These imbalances increase an individual’s risk for cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and weak bones, and may con-tribute to the development of everything from cancer to kidney stones and, yes, cog-nitive impairment.

Some post-gastric-surgery

tips to make sure you get the nutrition you need:

—Don’t drink liquid while eating; you may not have room for important foods.

—Eat plenty of low-fat proteins, like fish and skin-less chicken, whole grains, nonfat dairy, and beans.

—Take a multivitamin with iron (half in the morn-ing, half at night) plus sup-plements of calcium (three doses of 400 mg daily), vita-min B-12 and 900 mg DHA omega-3.

Then you (and Gov. Christie) will be able to keep the bridge between weight-loss surgery and good health open.

SURPRISING BODY CHECKS CAN PROTECT YOUR HEALTH

In hockey, a body check happens when one player attempts to separate anoth-er player from the hockey puck. This usually involves high-speed shoulder-to-chest contact. But off the ice, a body check can help you skate through life with a lot less bruising. Here are three that can deliver big news about your health.

Check your tongue. A bright-red, inflamed tongue could indicate a vitamin B-12 deficiency. Lesions (white, blue and smooth) can signal oral cancer. A white coating could mean you’re breeding nasty bacte-ria. Ulcers (viral or bacteri-al) may pop up from chronic stress.

Smart moves: Get a blood test to check your vitamin B-12 level. Have your den-tist check for signs of oral

cancer at your twice a year (or more) cleaning. Brush your tongue whenever you brush your teeth, and say “Om”!

Check your nails. Split nails could mean deficien-cies in biotin, B-12 and vitamin C. Yellowing can indicate fungal infection. Rippled nails may signal inflammatory arthritis or psoriasis. Brittle nails can signal hypo- or hyperthy-roid conditions. Changes in nail shape can be triggered by fungus or may indicate heart problems.

Smart moves: Don’t ig-nore nail changes; go to your doc for a checkup.

Check your ears. Do you hear ringing? You may have a neurological condition called tinnitus or simply need your ear wax cleaned out. Ringing ears with dizzi-ness? That could signal Me-niere’s disease, associated with fluid retention in the inner ear.

Smart moves: Don’t post-pone diagnosis; there are treatments that can ease and even eradicate symptoms.

O U T S M A R T I N G OVARIAN CANCER

When Angelina Jolie dis-covered that she had the ge-netic mutation BRCA-1, she was told she had an 87 per-cent chance of developing breast cancer. She then de-cided to have a double mas-tectomy. But her genetic red flag — along with BRCA-2 — isn’t just a marker for increased breast cancer risk; it’s also a risk factor for hard-to-spot ovarian can-cer. Around 39 percent of women with BRCA-1 and 11 percent to 17 percent of those with BRCA-2 will de-velop ovarian cancer by age 70.

Now, a new study reveals that if you’re BRCA-posi-

tive and have your ovaries removed before age 35, you slash your risk of ovarian cancer by 80 percent. So, if you’re a young woman planning on having children and have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, discuss genetic testing with your doc. And if you’re BRCA positive, you may want to step up your child-bearing timetable.

If you have your ovaries removed before age 35, you’ll experience premature menopause. But you can control or avoid menopause symptoms.

—Cool hot flashes and sweats with physical activi-ty. We love walking (aim for 10,000 steps daily) or enjoy cycling, swimming and jog-ging (one minute of these activities equals 100 steps).

—If you’re overweight, to ease hot flashes and sleep disruption, lose 10 per-cent of your weight. How? Eat nine servings of fruits and veggies daily; avoid red meat; and eat skinless poultry and omega-3-rich fish, such as salmon and sea trout.

—Ask your doc about taking two low-dose aspi-rins a day and, if symptoms become unbearable, about hormone therapy.

CHOCK FULL O’ CHOCOLATE

Mayans concocted a bit-ter, frothy, hot brew from roasted cocoa bean paste, chili peppers and cornmeal. Later the Aztecs adopted the custom, but sipped what they called Chocolatl at room temperature; Monte-zuma is said to have downed 50 cups a day.

Mayans and Aztecs re-vered the cocoa bean’s flavor and even used it as currency. They didn’t suspect that its true pow-

ers were displayed in their guts. A new study reveals that the magic bean acts as a PRE-biotic; its nondigest-ible components, including fiber, encourage growth of beneficial PRO-biotics, such as bifidobacterium and lactobacillus.

As these good gut bacteria feast on the chocolate, they ferment it, producing com-pounds that help tamp down potentially harmful bacteria like E. coli, ease inflamma-tion, promote heart health and aid digestion (prevent-ing Montezuma’s revenge, perhaps!). That happy tan-go helps keep your immune system balanced.

But hold off on choco-late syrups and candy bars! They’re loaded with added sugar and not much choco-late goodness. We recom-mend you enjoy 1/2 ounce of 70 percent dark chocolate, no less than a couple times a week and no more than once a day. One-half ounce delivers 85 calories and 6 grams of fat — 3.5 of them a saturated fat that your liver wonderfully converts to a healthy fat on its first pass through. Our favorite ways to use that half-ounce: add-ed to a spicy tomato sauce over grilled chicken; grated into black beans with a dash of cinnamon; or melted into a cup of coffee for an after-dinner treat.

* * *Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host

of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit www.sharecare.com.

(c) 2014 Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D.

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Exercise those ears: Simple ways to keep your hearing in shape

Panther girls seek improvement in 2014Second-year coach returns veteran defenders

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

A returning player with Hawkeye 10 Conference recognition and several others showing improve-ment from off-season work has Kim Lauffer encour-aged as she enters her sec-ond year as Creston girls soccer coach.

All but four players re-turn from last year’s in-experienced team that completed an 0-13 sea-son, including 0-5 against conference opponents. However, many of those matches were competitive, such as a 1-0 regional loss to Atlantic, and Lauffer hopes the improvement she’s seeing will turn the corner in some of those close contests.

“Last year, we just couldn’t seem to finish,” Lauffer said. “This year, I told the girls we have to be in shape to finish the end of games. It’s going well. I feel so much more organized. It is easier this year, having gone through it once.”

Lauffer is again assisted by Jerry Hartman, whose daughter Savannah returns as the key offensive threat in the lineup. She returns to the forward position along with sophomore Abbie Cook. Others who could play up front include

Jenna Hayes, Toni VanS-coy and Selena Sampson.

“Savannah has made sig-n i f i c a n t improve-m e n t , ” L a u f f e r said. “She can think tactically and make g o o d runs. Sa-v a n n a h went with Michelle Pow-ers, Sadie Jones and Co-rissa Kinkade on a U16 or U18 team with the boys that Bob Irr had last fall. It was a good experience for them.”

Jones returns for her se-nior cam-paign as the goal-keeper af-ter earn-ing team M V P honors a year ago. Her ef-forts kept many matches close last year, Lauffer said.

“Sadie had some won-derful saves last year,” Lauffer said. “It’s key for her to be a leader and stay positive, so the rest of the defense can follow her lead. Becca Ross is also working at keeper, and both of them can play on the field if needed. Becca

can help us on defense when Sadie is in goal.”

This year’s defense is missing one-half of the duo that gained Hawkeye 10 honorable mention a year ago. Junior Brenna Baker underwent knee surgery during the basketball sea-son and will miss the entire season.

However, junior Hanna Luther is back and will an-chor the middle of the de-fense.

“I see H a n n a in a pri-mary defensive position,” Lauffer said. “We might try a flat four instead of a diamond formation this year, but she will be in the center. We’re not sure who the other center back will be yet.”

Sophomore Maddie Tra-vis gained defensive expe-rience last year. Itzayanna Rubio and Ryan Vasquez saw time at midfield, but could help on defense as well.

The Panthers lost three seniors from last year’s team — Emily Lange, Mackenzie Andreasen and McKenna Thatcher — but three new players could figure into key varsity roles right away.

Junior Carolina Ibarra recently moved to the dis-trict from Chicago, where she had experience playing soccer. Sophomores Shel-by Palser and Alyssa Hig-gins also show promise in their first season of soccer.

“Carolina will definitely help us somewhere, be-cause she has some good technique,” Lauffer said. “I just don’t know where yet. Shelby Palser and Alyssa Higgins also show potential. We’re just work-ing on them catching up on some of the techniques. They are definitely athletic enough to help.”

Senior Michelle Powers — one of three co-captains along with Luther and Jones — leads the corps of midfielders. Kinkade, Vasquez, Hayes, Sampson and Ashley Knipfer are also solid candidates.

“I really feel like this is a good group in terms of their mentality and ap-proach,” Lauffer said.

The Panthers open their season in a girl-boy home doubleheader against Council Bluffs St. Albert Monday, starting at 5 p.m. The team travels to Harlan Tuesday before returning home Thursday against Valley (Nodaway Val-ley/West Central Valley/Adair-Casey).

Based on last year, Lauffer expects Lewis

Central, Glenwood and Denison-Schleswig to be top Hawkeye 10 contend-ers this season.

The Panther Tourna-ment will be held May 10, also involving Centerville and Underwood.

Roster(* — Returning letterwinner)Seniors — Ryan Vasquez*,

Michelle Powers*, Sadie Jones*, Itzayanna Rubio*.

Juniors — Savannah Hartman*, Carolina Ibarra, Jenna Hayes, Ashley Knipfer, Toni VanScoy, Megan Wilker, Hanna Luther*, Angelica Clayton.

Sophomores — Abbie Cook*, Micah McCutchan, Maddie Travis*, Corissa Kinkade*, Shelby Palser, Selena Sampson*, Alyssa Higgins, Crystal Zamora, Becca Ross.

Freshmen — Sabrina Lapcheske, Katie Powers, Mackenzie Norton, Logan Pettit, Livi Hartman, Bretta Shawler.

Managers — Parker VanPelt and Ashley Eblen.

Schedule(Varsity time)

April 7 — vs. C.B. St. Albert, 5 p.m.

April 8 — at Harlan, 6 p.m.April 10 — vs. Valley

(NV-A-C/WCV), 6:30 p.m.April 15 — at Carroll

Kuemper Catholic, 5 p.m.April 17 — vs. Denison-

Schleswig, 4:30 p.m.April 22 — at Chariton, 6:30

p.m.April 29 — at Lewis Central,

4:30 p.m.May 5 — vs. Chariton, 6:30

p.m.May 10 — Creston tourna-

ment (Centerville, Underwood), 9 a.m.

May 13 — at Atlantic, 6:30 p.m.

May 15 — vs. Glenwood, 6:30 p.m.

May 20 — vs. Winterset, 6:30 p.m.

May 27 — at Carlisle, 7 p.m.June 3 — Regional match

Trout stockingMANCHESTER – More

than 350,000 rainbow and brook trout will be head-ing to streams in 12 north-east Iowa counties over the next six months. The Iowa Department of Natural Re-sources began its weekly stocking runs on Tuesday.

The three trout hatcheries – Decorah, Big Spring and Manchester – spend one and a half years to grow the fish to stocking size of one-half pound.

“Our stocking trucks will be going to different streams each day until the end of September when the announced stocking period ends,” said Mike Steuck, supervisor for fisheries in northeast Iowa. “We will hit as many locations as possi-ble but not likely all because some of the stocking trails are too soft for our trucks.”

Trout will be stocked through October, but when and where is not announced.

Many anglers have al-ready been out pursuing trout that spent all winter in the streams eating bugs and sharpening their survival skills making them more dif-ficult to catch.

For the angler who is more novice than expert, Steuck said the key is to use light line and small tackle and to try to blend in to the background.

“These fish come off the stocking truck hungry and ready to bite, but trout have really good eyesight so you don’t want to announce your presence by wearing bright clothes or by using large tackle,” he said. “Toss your lure upstream and al-low the current to bring it to the hole. Try a #4 spinner in gold, silver or black. For live bait, I would use a red wig-gler or wax worm on an ice fly.”

There are other com-monly used baits, like corn, marshmallows or scented baits.

Anglers age 16 and older will need to have a valid fishing license and pay the trout fee to fish for or pos-sess trout. Children under

16 years of age may fish for and possess trout if they fish with a licensed adult who has paid the current trout fee and they limit their com-bined catch to the daily limit of five trout.

If the child wants to fish for and keep their own limit, they only need to purchase the trout fee.

Funding to support the stocking program comes from the sale of fishing li-censes and trout fees.Turkey preview

The electrifying gobble of wild turkeys will grip hunt-ers, beginning with youth season hunters, who head to the woods as early as Satur-day in pursuit of Iowa’s big game bird.

“It should be a great year. We had an excellent turkey reproduction dur-ing the 2012 drought year. There should be quite a few two year old gobblers out there, this spring,” forecasts Todd Gosselink, wild turkey research bi-ologist with the Iowa DNR. Iowa’s youth season runs April 5-13; allowing an un-der 16 hunter and a licensed, adult mentor, first crack at a spring tom.

The first of four regular seasons dawns April 14-17 across the state. Ensuing seasons are April 18-22, April 23-29, and April 30-May 18. Paid combination gun/bow tags are valid state-wide in the season selected. Archery-only tags are valid statewide, throughout the four regular seasons.

A late bonus for youth hunters was approved by the Iowa Legislature several weeks ago, allowing that hunter to hold on to an un-filled youth season tag, to utilize it in one of the later seasons. The hunt on that youth tag is still to be treat-ed as a mentored hunt; just as through the earlier youth season.

“Last year we went with the longer ‘two weekend’ youth hunt and set a record for the number of hunters,”

If Kentucky wins its ninth title, Wildcats will have taken toughest road everBy JERRY TIPTONLexington Herald-Leader

ARLINGTON, Texas — Victories over Wisconsin on Saturday and Florida on Monday would do more than make Kentucky nation-al champion. UK could also claim the toughest path to a national championship since the NCAA Tournament ex-panded to 64 teams in 1985.

Given Wisconsin and Florida as Final Four oppo-nents, the cumulative total of the seeds Kentucky de-feated in this year’s NCAA Tournament would be 19. The existing record is 20, set by Villanova in 1985. Coin-cidentally, Villanova was an 8-seed, the worst-seeding for a champion. Kentucky can match that mark, too.

To get to the Final Four, Kentucky beat 9-seed Kan-sas State, 1-seed Wichita State, 4-seed Louisville and 2-seed Michigan. Wisconsin is a 2-seed. Florida is the tournament’s overall No.1

seed.“We got here through an

absolute mine field,” UK Coach John Calipari said Thursday, “and happened to not step on a mine. I don’t even know what to call it what we just went through.”

Wichita State (35-0), Lou-isville (31-5) and Michigan (28-8) had a combined won-loss record of 94-13 going into games against Ken-tucky. Earlier in the week, Calipari said the Cats went through a “gauntlet” to get to the Final Four.

During a teleconference Monday, Calipari recoiled at the suggestion that the Cats might need a momen-tary pause to refresh. On Thursday, he described his task as keeping the players sharp.

“Now, my whole mission is to make sure we’re not satisfied,” the UK coach said. “That this team is still striving. . . .

“I think we got here by coming together. By abso-

lutely accepting that if we don’t do this together, we’re all going down.”

•••Shooting

With the Final Four in a football stadium, questions about the shooting back-ground inevitably arose.

“Shooting does matter in the NCAA Tournament,” said Calipari, who noted how horrid three-point shooting sunk Kentucky against West Virginia in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. That Elite 8 game was played in Syra-cuse’s Carrier Dome.

Florida Coach Billy Donovan and Connecti-cut Coach Kevin Ollie ap-plauded the NCAA decision to give teams a 90-minute shootaround on Thursday in addition to the public work-out on Friday.

“Back in 2011 down in Houston, we didn’t have a 90-minute practice,” Ollie

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Nationals bound: Two Creston players were part of the Iowa Blitz team that placed second in the USA Volleyball Iowa Regional Championship 14-and-under division. The team, coached by Creston High School varsity coach Polly Luther (back row, right), took second behind Six Pack of Cedar Falls. Jaxie Luther of Creston (8) is front row left, and Cayla Maitlen of Creston is front row right (10). The team qualified for nationals to be played June 24-27 in Minneapolis, Minn. Iowa Blitz beat some of the top teams in the state and handed Six Pack its only game defeat in game one of the finals before losing, 2-1. “Our average height is about 5-foot-4 and we played against 5-10 and 6-foot girls. These girls have a great work ethic and never quit.”

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NIT titles for Minnesota, making the Gophers the fifth team to win at least 3 NIT titles.

NatioNalDigest

The Numbers Game

Player of yearDALLAS — Creigh-

ton senior Doug McDer-mott was named National Player of the Year by the Associated Press on Thursday afternoon.

The announcement came at a news confer-ence at AT&T Stadium, site of the NCAA Final Four, which begins on Saturday.

McDermott leads the nation in scoring and points. He ended his ca-reer with 3,150 points, fifth most in NCAA his-tory.

The AP began handing out a National Player of the Year Award in 1960-61. They are the ninth different organziation to honor McDermott as Na-tional Player of the Year. McDermott received 64 of 65 1st-place votes.

McDermott led the Jays to a 27-8 record and one win in the NCAA Tournament.Coach of year

Gregg Marshall, whose Wichita State team was the first to reach the NCAA tournament un-defeated in 33 years, has been selected The Asso-ciated Press’ coach of the year.

The Shockers entered the tournament at 34-0 and as a No. 1 seed. They became the first team in NCAA men’s history to win its first 35 games. They lost to Kentucky in the third round and fell short of matching Indiana in 1976 as the last unbeat-en national champion.

Marshall led the Shock-ers to a No. 2 ranking in the final poll and to the Missouri Valley Confer-ence regular-season and tournament titles. For the fifth straight season, the Shockers won at least 25 games.

Marshall received 44 votes Thursday from the same 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. Tony Bennett of Virginia had 13 votes, Billy Donovan of Florida drew six and John Beilein of Michigan and Larry Brown of SMU one each. Voting ended on Selection Sunday.NIT champs

NEW YORK — Aus-tin Hollins scored 19 points with four steals to lead the Minnesota Gold-en Gophers to a 65-63 win over the SMU Mustangs and secure the program’s second NIT title.

Andre Hollins and De-andre Mathieu netted 14 and 13, respectively, for Minnesota (25-13), which capped Richard Pitino’s inaugural season at the school with a champion-ship victory at Madison Square Garden.

The Golden Gophers last won the invitational crown back in 1993, de-feating Georgetown by a 62-61 margin, and ap-peared in the tourna-ment’s championship game in 2012 before los-ing, 75-51, to Stanford.

Nic Moore paced the Mustangs (27-10) with 17 points. while Nick Rus-sell tallied 15 and Shawn Williams added 11 before fouling out late.


All-stateCreston sophomore Jenna

Taylor was selected for the Class 4A a l l - s t a t e team by the Sports Spotlight p u b l i c a -tion in its cover-age of the 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 girls bas-ketball season.

Taylor was named to the second team as a forward.

“Jenna has worked very hard this past year,” Creston coach Larry McNutt said. “Her work every day in the gym was easily seen in her improvement this past year. We are very proud of her.”Soccer shirts

Creston boys soccer coach Jesus Rodriguez is accepting orders for a CHS boys soc-cer T-shirt designed by team member Levi Eblen.

Cost is $12 each and sizes r a n g e f r o m y o u t h S - M - L to adult S-M-L-XL-XXL. Checks are payable to Boys Soccer.

Order forms can be dropped off at coach Rodri-guez’s mailbox at Creston Elementary/Middle School or the soccer mailbox at the high school. Order deadline is April 11. For more infor-mation call coach Rodriguez at the elementary school, 782-1155.Shooting academy

MOUNT AYR — Mount Ayr Community Schools is presenting Doug Diers and his “Shoot It Academy” this summer.

Shooters will participate in a five-phase shooting pro-gram starting with basic fun-damentals advancing in skill each week.

“We will strengthen and improve your shooting touch and give you the con-fidence to make every shot,” Diers said.

Cost is $79 for five 90-min-ute sessions at Mount Ayr High School June 4, 11, 18, 25 and July 2.

Based on grades in the fall of 2014, the schedule is boys and girls grades 4-7 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and grades 8-12 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Registrations can be made online at www.shoot-it.com.Schedule changes

Creston’s girls soccer match at Carroll Kuemper Catholic on April 15 will feature the varsity match first at 5 p.m. and JV to fol-low at 6:30 p.m.

Southwestern’s softball doubleheader scheduled Thursday against Central Nebraska at Columbus, Neb., was postponed un-til Saturday, and Central’s weekend tournament was cancelled.

Smith honoredROCK ISLAND, Ill.

— Augustana senior Ki-erra Smith of Creston and sophomore Kayla Bush-ey of Chicago have been n a m e d “Athletes of the Week” in w o m e n ’ s track & field in the Col-lege Con-ference of Illinois & Wisconsin.Cancellation

OSCEOLA — The De-Witt Invite girls track and field meet scheduled here Thursday was cancelled. The Creston girls track team was scheduled to compete.

A group of Creston girls track and field athletes will compete at Glenwood on Saturday as a result.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest infor-mation heading into the weekend. The weekly fish-ing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For current information, con-tact the district fisheries office at the phone number listed at the end of each district report.

For lake locations, maps and other information, go to [ http://www.iowadnr.gov/Fishing/FishingRe-ports.aspx ]www.iowadnr.gov/Fishing/FishingRe-ports.aspx.

SOUTHWESTDes Moines River

Walleye - Good: Walleye anglers fishing below the Saylorville and Red Rock Reservoir spillways and smaller dams from Fraser down through Des Moines are now catching fair num-bers of walleye and occa-sional crappie and white bass. Try slowly retrieving jigs with twister tails, jigs with minnows or minnow imitating swim baits.

Central Iowa lakes are now mostly ice free. The best bite right now is the walleye fishing below the dams on the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. More fishing reports will resume when open water fishing picks up. For questions on fishing central Iowa lakes and rivers contact Ben Dodd or Andy Otting at 515-432-2823.

Greenfield LakeThere is a good panfish

population. Greenfield is also a good place to tar-get channel catfish. Chan-nel Catfish - Fair: Anglers have reported catching ice out catfish using shad sides. Bluegill - No Report: Blue-gill up to 8.5 inches can be caught around brush piles using wax worms. Crap-pie - No Report: There is a good crappie population ranging from 8-12 inches.

Nodaway LakeA few catfish are being

caught at Nodaway. Chan-nel Catfish - Fair: Catfish can be caught in the upper end of the lake with shad sides or cut bait.

Lake AnitaAnita has quality sized

panfish. The pontoon arm of the lake is a good place to target crappies after ice out. Bluegill - Slow: A few nine-inch bluegill are be-ing caught on small jigs. Crappie - Good: Fish small jigs two feet under a bob-ber in the pontoon arm of the lake on sunny days. Sorting is necessary but the large size is 12 inches.

Viking LakeViking has a good crap-

pie population and will provide good early season fishing. Crappie - No Re-port: Fish with wax worms around brush piles to catch crappie ranging from 8-12 inches.

Lake ManawaManawa is 12 inches low.

Anglers are catching crap-pies in the canals on warm days. This is a good time of year to catch walleyes close to shore. Crappie -

Slow: Crappies are being caught in the canals using red and black tube jigs tipped with wax worms. Fish are all sizes. Wall-eye - No Report: Walleye move close to shore and spawn during April. Cast jigs or crankbaits to catch spawning walleye.

Farm pondsFarm ponds typically

warm sooner than lakes making them a good choice for early season fishing. Remember to get permis-sion before fishing private-ly owned ponds. Channel Catfish - No Report: This is a good time of year to catch channel catfish with shad sides. Bluegill - No Report: Bluegills can be caught using small tackle and wax worms. Crappie - Good: Ponds that support crappie populations have been good last week fish-ing minnows under a bob-ber.

Open water fishing has begun in the southwest district. Anglers are catch-ing crappies in ponds and shallow bays of lakes that warm quickly on sunny days. For more informa-tion call the Cold Springs office at 712-769-2587.

Lake IcariaIcaria’s water level is

below full pool. Channel Catfish - Fair: Catfish are being caught on cut bait in the north and east arms. Sunny days have been reported to be the best. Crappie - Fair: Crappies up to nine inches are being caught on minnows and small jigs along the road-bed and near cedar tree

piles.West Lake (Osceola)

West Lake is below full pool. Crappie - Good: Crappies are being caught with minnows and small jigs in the casino bay and near flooded timber.

Sands Timber Lake (Blockton Reservoir)

The lake has been drained to allow the con-struction of a wetland near the upper end.

Three Mile LakeThree Mile’s water level

is below full pool. Crap-pie - Slow: Crappies up to 10 inches have been caught on minnows and small jigs along the road-bed and near flooded tim-ber. Muskellunge - Slow: A few musky have been reported to be caught in the evenings along the dirt mounds and the dam.

Twelve Mile Creek Lake

Twelve Mile’s water lev-el is below full pool. Crap-pie - Fair: Most crappies being caught are 5-7 inches with some up to 10 inches. They are being caught us-ing minnows and small jigs along the roadbed and near the flooded timber.

Lakes are ice free in the Mount Ayr Fisheries Dis-trict. The district includes Page, Taylor, Adams, Union, Ringgold, Decatur, Clarke and Madison coun-ties. High winds and cool-ing temperatures have lim-ited fishing effort on area lakes. As of April 2, water temperatures in area lakes were around 46 degrees. For more information, call 641-464-3108.

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notes Gosselink. “This year, we should see another good jump in young hunters who want to pursue turkeys.”

As Iowa slips slowly away from the long winter, hunters should look for active birds. Toms will gobble year round, but that intensity turns up as the calendar gets closer to breeding season.

“You will see a lot more strutting turkeys; more gob-bling. They will be ready for spring,” emphasizes Gosse-link.

For many of the 40,000 or so spring hunters, that will mean being in the woods well before dawn, to gauge turkey roosting spots and flydown lo-cations to get their decoys out and to start the day.

“I suggest a variety of calls; the box call is easy; but slate calls and mouth calls provide a variety out there,” suggests Gosselink. “Use a mouth call and one of the others and you can create the sound of a

couple hens calling over each other.”

Heading into the later sea-sons, strategy can change; maybe hunting through mid-day or into the evening, espe-cially as hens become less re-sponsive and move off to nest.

Still, there’s no guarantee that any of that will lure in love struck gobblers. Most turkey experts urge hunters to try a variety of calls, and at various times of the day.

Keep in mind safety through the turkey hunt, where hunters are in full cam-ouflage.

Setting up with your back against a wide tree provides good concealment, but also a safe seat in the woods. Avoid any red, blue or white clothing showing; the shades found on a tom’s head and neck in the spring. And never shoot at a movement in the brush. Identify your target as a bearded turkey, and know what lies beyond the path of your planned shot.

And after taking your tur-key, have a blaze orange vest or other item to display, on your way out of the woods.

Trash problemDES MOINES – Litter-

ing is not only an eyesore; it shows a lack of respect some-one demonstrates by leaving their trash behind for others to clean up. And that reputa-tion as litterbugs nearly cost the Des Moines fishing com-munity the opportunity to fish along the new Des Moines River Walk.

“Anglers nearly lost the opportunity to fish a premier location because of litter. This should serve as a wakeup call to take better care of our re-sources and clean up after ourselves,” said Joe Lars-cheid, chief of fisheries for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

“We are using a lot of ener-gy and resources to get people fishing and when they come out to a shoreline they see all this trash on shore. That’s pretty disappointing.”

A number of civic and con-servation groups spend count-less hours volunteering their time to clean the shorelines of the empty bait containers, old fishing line, pop and beer cans, chips and candy wrap-

pers and so on.“Just about anything you

can carry with you fishing, we’ve probably cleaned it up,” Larscheid said.

The solution, he said, is not that difficult. Anglers should tuck a few plastic grocery sacks in their tackle bag and use it for trash.

“When you’re done fishing, carry the sack out with you. Pretty simple,” Larscheid said. “It’s our resource and we need to do a better job of keeping it clean, and that includes not throwing rough fish on shore. That leaves a terrible, smelly mess.

“If you don’t want to eat the fish, either throw it back to the water or give them to someone who does. Don’t leave it to rot on the bank; that makes the area less fam-ily friendly and a rotting mess. And, it’s littering,” he said.Forestry sale

The State Forest Nursery has a great selection of qual-ity trees and shrubs for sale to improve your property. These conservation seedlings are fantastic for aiding in ero-sion control, improving wild-

life habitat, establishing food plots for you or wildlife, and for creating personal timber/forest area.

Nursery manager Aron Flickinger said the nursery has been accepting orders since August 1, 2013.

“We sell two different sizes for each of our 50 types of trees, and much of our small-er, lower priced seedlings are still available for most spe-cies,” Flickinger said.

A diversity of plant species in combination with a variety of vegetation types (trees, grass, wetlands) increases the amount of wildlife a property can support.

“If your goal is to improve wildlife habitat on your prop-erty, keep in mind which shrubs and trees can provide not only shelter, but also food-stuffs to get them through the winter,” Flickinger said.

For help planning the lat-est cost-sharing opportuni-ties and/or to plan a success-ful personalized tree/shrub planting[Marker], contact your local forester or wildlife biologist.

For more information on ordering trees or seedlings

available, contact the State Forest Nursery at 1-800-865-2477 or go to www.iowatree-planting.comFishing answers

DES MOINES —Iowans with questions about spring fishing – everything from regulations to what’s biting where – can have those ques-tions answered live on Face-book April 9.

DNR fisheries supervi-sor Chris Larson will answer questions live from noon to 2 p.m. To ask a question, post it as a comment on the “Live Q&A” post that the DNR will post at noon that day at [ http://www.facebook.com/io-wadnr ]www.facebook.com/iowadnr.

Questions received after 2 p.m. will be answered, but at a later time.

To make sure you see the Facebook live Q&A when it is posted, make sure you “like” the DNR’s page on Facebook. Go to www.face-book.com/iowadnr and click on “like” and make sure “get notifications” and “show in news feed” are selected.

OUTDOORS:

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT INAND FOR UNION COUNTY

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,Plaintiff,vs.JAMES ALAN CHRISTENSEN,

SPOUSE OF JAMES ALAN CHRIS-TENSEN, LACEY CHRISTENSEN,SPOUSE OF LACEY CHRISTENSEN,AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION,

Defendants.CASE NO. EQCV017468ORIGINAL NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-

DANTS:You are hereby notified that there is

now on file in the Office of the Clerk ofthe above Court, a Petition, in the above-entitled action which prays for judgmentin rem and in the principal amount of$108,997.06 plus interest to 09/30/2013 inthe amount of $2,811.94, and thereafter atthe rate of 6.25% per annum, such amountequaling $18.66 per day, the costs of theaction including report of title costs$250.00, escrow advance of $348.77, latecharges of $37.96, and reasonable attorneyfees and that said sums be declared a lienupon the following-described premises at104 S Stone St, Creston, Union County,Iowa, to-wit:

The South Ten (10) feet of Lots Num-bered Four (4) and Five (5) and the NorthFifty-two and One-half (52.5) feet of LotsNumbered Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15)in Stone and Elliott's Lake View Additionto Creston, Union County, Iowa;

that the mortgage on the above-de-scribed real estate be foreclosed; that aspecial execution issue for the sale of asmuch of the mortgaged premises as is nec-essary to satisfy the judgment; and for oth-er relief as the Court may deem just andequitable. The attorney for the Plaintiff isBrian G. Sayer, of the law firm of Klatt,Odekirk, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen &Rastede, P.C., whose address is 531 Com-mercial Street, Suite 250; P.O. Box 2675,Waterloo, IA 50704-2675, telephone(319) 232-3304, facsimile (319) 232-3639.

NOTICETHE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTED

FORECLOSURE WITHOUT REDEMP-TION. THIS MEANS THAT THE SALEOF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTYWILL OCCUR PROMPTLY AFTER EN-TRY OF JUDGMENT UNLESS YOUFILE WITH THE COURT A WRITTENDEMAND TO DELAY THE SALE. IFYOU FILE A WRITTEN DEMAND,THE SALE WILL BE DELAYED UNTILSIX MONTHS FROM ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGEDPROPERTY IS YOUR RESIDENCEAND IS A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR UNTIL TWOMONTHS FROM ENTRY OF JUDG-MENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPER-TY IS NOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR ISYOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING. YOU WILL HAVE NORIGHT OF REDEMPTION AFTER THESALE. THE PURCHASER AT THESALE WILL BE ENTITLED TO IMME-DIATE POSSESSION OF THE MORT-GAGED PROPERTY. YOU MAY PUR-CHASE AT THE SALE.

IF YOU DO NOT FILE A WRITTENDEMAND TO DELAY THE SALE ANDIF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY ISYOUR RESIDENCE AND IS A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING, THEN A DEFICIENCYJUDGMENT WILL NOT BE ENTEREDAGAINST YOU. IF YOU DO FILE AWRITTEN DEMAND TO DELAY THESALE, THEN A DEFICIENCY JUDG-MENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINSTYOU IF THE PROCEEDS FROM THESALE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPER-TY ARE INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFYTHE AMOUNT OF THE MORTGAGEDDEBT AND COSTS.

IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTYIS NOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR IS NOTA ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING, THEN A DEFICIENCYJUDGMENT MAY BE ENTEREDAGAINST YOU WHETHER OR NOTYOU FILE A WRITTEN DEMAND TODELAY THE SALE.

You are further notified that unless youserve and, within a reasonable time there-after, file a motion or answer on or beforeApril 24, 2014, in the Iowa District Courtfor Union County, Iowa, at the Court-house in Creston, Iowa, judgment by de-fault will be rendered against you for therelief demanded in the Petition.

If you need assistance to participate incourt due to a disability, call the disabilitycoordinator at 515-286-3394. Persons whoare hearing or speech impaired may callRelay Iowa TTY (1-800-735-2942). Dis-ability coordinators cannot provide le-gal advice.

Allison DanilovichClerk of Court

Union County CourthouseCreston, Iowa

IMPORTANT: YOU ARE ADVISEDTO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCETO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS.Date of second publication: Mar. 28, 2014Date of third publication: April 4, 2014

NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLICMEETING

Governmental Body:Creston City CouncilDate of Meeting: April 15, 6:00 p.m.Time of Meeting: 6:00 o'clock p.m.Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers 116 W. Adams Street Creston, Iowa 50801

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that the above mentioned governmen-tal body is meeting at the time and placelisted above for the following purpose.

The meeting is for the purpose of ac-cepting public comment on an easementrequest of Casey Wireless LLC. The pur-pose of the easement request is for theplacement of buried cable in city right ofway. The cable will be placed at the fol-lowing locations:

Beginning at the southeast corner ofElm Street and Townline Street, thencewest along the south right of way ofTownline Street to the southeast corner ofLincoln Street and Townline Street, thencenortherly along the east right of way ofNorth Lincoln Street to the Corporate lim-its.

___ Public Hearing on the issuance. ___ Resolution instituting proceedings

to take additional action.This notice is given at the direction of

the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 21, Codeof Iowa, and local rules of said govern-mental body.

Lisa WilliamsonClerk, City of Creston

NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLICMEETING

Governmental Body:Creston City CouncilDate of Meeting: April 15, 6:00 p.m.Time of Meeting: 6:00 o'clock p.m.Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers 116 W. Adams Street Creston, Iowa 50801

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that the above mentioned governmen-tal body is meeting at the time and placelisted above for the following purpose.

The meeting is for the purpose of ac-cepting public comment on an easementrequest of Casey Wireless LLC. The pur-pose of the easement request is for theplacement of buried cable in city right ofway. The cable will be placed at the fol-lowing locations:

Beginning at the southeast corner ofElm Street and Townline Street, thencewest along the south right of way ofTownline Street to the southeast corner ofLincoln Street and Townline Street, thencenortherly along the east right of way ofNorth Lincoln Street to the Corporate lim-its.

___ Public Hearing on the issuance. ___ Resolution instituting proceedings

to take additional action.This notice is given at the direction of

the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 21, Codeof Iowa, and local rules of said govern-mental body.

Lisa WilliamsonClerk, City of Creston

ORDINANCE NO. 14-152AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OFTHE CITY OF CRESTON, IOWA,1996, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10-PROVISIONS PERTAINING TOCOMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXEXEMPTIONS

BE IT ENACTED by the City Councilof the City of Creston, Iowa:

SECTION 1. SECTIONS MODI-FIED. Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordi-nances of the City of Creston, Iowa, 1996,is repealed and the following adopted inlieu thereof:

10.01 DESIGNATION OF URBANREVITALIZATION AREA. In accor-dance with Chapter 404 of the Code ofIowa, the City has designated an urban re-vitalization area and has adopted anamended urban revitalization plan for saidarea. The geographic description of theUrban Revitalization Area is the entirearea within the corporate boundaries of theCity.

10.02 APPLICABILITY TO COM-MERCIAL PROPERTY. The revitaliza-tion is applicable to all commercial prop-erty within the designated area. The revi-talization is for both new construction andrehabilitation/additions of existing struc-tures.

10.03 DEFINITIONS. For use in thischapter, the following terms are defined:

1. "Commercial." For the purposes oftax abatement, "commercial" property isdefined as meeting all the following:

a. The property is located in either theC-1 Commercial District or the C-2 LightCommercial Office District as identifiedon the official city zoning map and de-fined in the City Code.

b. The property is assessed by theUnion County Assessor at the commercialproperty tax levy rate. (If the property hasmore than one assessment, only the por-tion taxed at the commercial rate qualifiesfor the abatement.)

c. The property offers goods and ser-vices and is retail in nature, including of-fices.

2. "Date of beginning of new construc-tion of a building" means the date onwhich the building permit is signed.

3. "Date of beginning of rehabilitationof or additions to an existing building"means the building permit is signed.

4. "Qualified tenant" means the legaloccupant of a commercial unit which is lo-cated within the Area and who has occu-pied the same unit continuously since oneyear prior to the City's adoption of the Ur-ban Revitalization Plan.

10.04 QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELI-GIBILITY. Improvements are eligible forthe tax abatement plan provided they satis-fy all of the following requirements:

1. The improvements must be addedduring the time the area is designated as arevitalization area.

2. Improvements, consisting of rehabil-itation or additions to existing buildings,must increase the actual value of the quali-fied real estate by at least fifteen percent(15%).

3. The improvements must be complet-ed in accordance with all applicable zon-ing and other regulations of the City.

10.05 TAX EXEMPTION SCHED-ULE. Each property owner may imple-ment upon application and approval by theCouncil, as follows: All qualified real es-tate is eligible to receive a partial exemp-tion from taxation on the actual valueadded by the improvements for a period offive (5) years, The amount of partial ex-emption is equal to a percent of the actualvalue added by the improvements deter-mined as follows:

1. First year, eighty percent (80%);2. Second year, sixty percent (60%);3. Third year, forty percent (40%);4. Fourth year, thirty percent (30%);5. Fifth year, fifteen percent (15%).10.06 RELOCATION. In the event re-

location occurs as a result of the tax abate-ment program, the following provisionsmust be met:

1. Benefits. Upon application for andverification of eligibility for tax abatementto a property owner by the City, qualifiedtenants in designated areas, whose dis-placement is due to action on the part of aproperty owner to qualify for tax abate-ment under the Urban Revitalization Plan,shall be compensated by the propertyowner for one month's rent and for actualreasonable moving and related expenses.

2. Eligibility. "Qualified tenant" asused in the Urban Revitalization Planmeans the legal occupant of a commercialunit which is located within the Area andwho has occupied the same unit continu-ously since one year prior to the City'sadoption of the Urban Revitalization Plan.

3. Actual reasonable moving and relat-ed expenses for which a qualified tenant ofa commercial unit is entitled to include:

a. Transportation of the displaced per-son and personal property from the dis-placement to the replacement site. Trans-portation costs for a distance beyondtwenty-five (25) miles are not eligible.

b. Packing, crating, unpacking and un-crating of personal property.

c. Disconnecting, dismantling, remov-ing, reassembling and reinstalling relocat-ed household appliances and other person-al property.

4. Least Costly Approach. The amountof compensation for an eligible expenseshall not exceed the least costly method ofaccomplishing the objective of the com-pensation without causing undue hardshipto the displaced tenant and/or landlord.

10.07 OUTSIDE FUNDING ASSIS-TANCE. The City may seek Federaland/or State grant or loan programs in de-veloping proposed projects. Several stateand federal programs are potentially avail-able.

10.08 APPLICATION AND PRIORAPPROVAL. A person may submit a pro-posal for an improvement project to theCouncil to receive prior approval for eligi-bility for a tax exemption on the project.The Council shall, by resolution, give itsprior approval for an improvement projectif the project is in conformance with theUrban Revitalization Plan. Such prior ap-proval shall not entitle the owner to ex-emption from taxation until the improve-ments have been completed and found tobe qualified real estate; however, if theproposal is not approved, the person maysubmit an amended proposal for the Coun-cil to approve or reject. All prior approvalsfor an improvement project shall be effec-tive for a period of one year from the dateof prior approval of the City; if construc-tion has not begun by the date, prior ap-proval is null and void. An applicationshall be filed for each new exemptionclaimed.

1. The first application for an exemp-tion shall be filed by the owner of theproperty with the Council by February 1of the assessment year for which the ex-emption is first claimed, but not later thanFebruary 1 of the assessment year follow-ing the assessment year in which all im-provements included in the project arefirst assessed for taxation. The applicationshall contain, but not be limited to, the fol-lowing information:

a. The nature of the improvement;b. The cost of the improvement;c. The estimated or actual date of com-

pletion;d. The tenants that occupied the own-

er's building on the date the City adoptedthe resolution of finding.

2. The Council shall approve the appli-cation, subject to review by the local as-sessor, if the project is in conformationwith the Urban Revitalization Plan devel-oped by the City, is located within a desig-nated revitalization area, and if the im-provements were made during the time thearea was so designated. The Council shallforward for review all approved applica-tions to the appropriate local assessor byMarch 1 of each year.

Applications for exemptions for suc-ceeding years for approved projects shallnot be required.

SECTION 2. REPEALER. All ordi-nances or parts of ordinances in conflictwith the provisions of this ordinance arehereby repealed.

SECTION 3. SEVERABILITYCLAUSE. If any section, provision or partof this ordinance shall be adjudged invalidor unconstitutional, such adjudicationshall not affect the validity of the ordi-nance as a whole or any section, provisionor part thereof not adjudged invalid or un-constitutional.

SECTION 4. WHEN EFFECTIVE.This ordinance shall be in effect from andafter its final passage, approval and publi-cation as provided by law.

Passed by the Council the 1st day ofApril, 2014, and approved this lst day ofApril, 2014.

Warren Woods, MayorATTEST: Lisa Williamson, City ClerkFirst Reading: April 1, 2014Second Reading: April 1, 2014Third Reading: April 1, 2014

ORDINANCE NO. 14-152AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OFTHE CITY OF CRESTON, IOWA,1996, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10-PROVISIONS PERTAINING TOCOMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXEXEMPTIONS

BE IT ENACTED by the City Councilof the City of Creston, Iowa:

SECTION 1. SECTIONS MODI-FIED. Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordi-nances of the City of Creston, Iowa, 1996,is repealed and the following adopted inlieu thereof:

10.01 DESIGNATION OF URBANREVITALIZATION AREA. In accor-dance with Chapter 404 of the Code ofIowa, the City has designated an urban re-vitalization area and has adopted anamended urban revitalization plan for saidarea. The geographic description of theUrban Revitalization Area is the entirearea within the corporate boundaries of theCity.

10.02 APPLICABILITY TO COM-MERCIAL PROPERTY. The revitaliza-tion is applicable to all commercial prop-erty within the designated area. The revi-talization is for both new construction andrehabilitation/additions of existing struc-tures.

10.03 DEFINITIONS. For use in thischapter, the following terms are defined:

1. "Commercial." For the purposes oftax abatement, "commercial" property isdefined as meeting all the following:

a. The property is located in either theC-1 Commercial District or the C-2 LightCommercial Office District as identifiedon the official city zoning map and de-fined in the City Code.

b. The property is assessed by theUnion County Assessor at the commercialproperty tax levy rate. (If the property hasmore than one assessment, only the por-tion taxed at the commercial rate qualifiesfor the abatement.)

c. The property offers goods and ser-vices and is retail in nature, including of-fices.

2. "Date of beginning of new construc-tion of a building" means the date onwhich the building permit is signed.

3. "Date of beginning of rehabilitationof or additions to an existing building"means the building permit is signed.

4. "Qualified tenant" means the legaloccupant of a commercial unit which is lo-cated within the Area and who has occu-pied the same unit continuously since oneyear prior to the City's adoption of the Ur-ban Revitalization Plan.

10.04 QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELI-GIBILITY. Improvements are eligible forthe tax abatement plan provided they satis-fy all of the following requirements:

1. The improvements must be addedduring the time the area is designated as arevitalization area.

2. Improvements, consisting of rehabil-itation or additions to existing buildings,must increase the actual value of the quali-fied real estate by at least fifteen percent(15%).

3. The improvements must be complet-ed in accordance with all applicable zon-ing and other regulations of the City.

10.05 TAX EXEMPTION SCHED-ULE. Each property owner may imple-ment upon application and approval by theCouncil, as follows: All qualified real es-tate is eligible to receive a partial exemp-tion from taxation on the actual valueadded by the improvements for a period offive (5) years, The amount of partial ex-emption is equal to a percent of the actualvalue added by the improvements deter-mined as follows:

1. First year, eighty percent (80%);2. Second year, sixty percent (60%);3. Third year, forty percent (40%);4. Fourth year, thirty percent (30%);5. Fifth year, fifteen percent (15%).10.06 RELOCATION. In the event re-

location occurs as a result of the tax abate-ment program, the following provisionsmust be met:

1. Benefits. Upon application for andverification of eligibility for tax abatementto a property owner by the City, qualifiedtenants in designated areas, whose dis-placement is due to action on the part of aproperty owner to qualify for tax abate-ment under the Urban Revitalization Plan,shall be compensated by the propertyowner for one month's rent and for actualreasonable moving and related expenses.

2. Eligibility. "Qualified tenant" asused in the Urban Revitalization Planmeans the legal occupant of a commercialunit which is located within the Area andwho has occupied the same unit continu-ously since one year prior to the City'sadoption of the Urban Revitalization Plan.

3. Actual reasonable moving and relat-ed expenses for which a qualified tenant ofa commercial unit is entitled to include:

a. Transportation of the displaced per-son and personal property from the dis-placement to the replacement site. Trans-portation costs for a distance beyondtwenty-five (25) miles are not eligible.

b. Packing, crating, unpacking and un-crating of personal property.

c. Disconnecting, dismantling, remov-ing, reassembling and reinstalling relocat-ed household appliances and other person-al property.

4. Least Costly Approach. The amountof compensation for an eligible expenseshall not exceed the least costly method ofaccomplishing the objective of the com-pensation without causing undue hardshipto the displaced tenant and/or landlord.

10.07 OUTSIDE FUNDING ASSIS-TANCE. The City may seek Federaland/or State grant or loan programs in de-veloping proposed projects. Several stateand federal programs are potentially avail-able.

10.08 APPLICATION AND PRIORAPPROVAL. A person may submit a pro-posal for an improvement project to theCouncil to receive prior approval for eligi-bility for a tax exemption on the project.The Council shall, by resolution, give itsprior approval for an improvement projectif the project is in conformance with theUrban Revitalization Plan. Such prior ap-proval shall not entitle the owner to ex-emption from taxation until the improve-ments have been completed and found tobe qualified real estate; however, if theproposal is not approved, the person maysubmit an amended proposal for the Coun-cil to approve or reject. All prior approvalsfor an improvement project shall be effec-tive for a period of one year from the dateof prior approval of the City; if construc-tion has not begun by the date, prior ap-proval is null and void. An applicationshall be filed for each new exemptionclaimed.

1. The first application for an exemp-tion shall be filed by the owner of theproperty with the Council by February 1of the assessment year for which the ex-emption is first claimed, but not later thanFebruary 1 of the assessment year follow-ing the assessment year in which all im-provements included in the project arefirst assessed for taxation. The applicationshall contain, but not be limited to, the fol-lowing information:

a. The nature of the improvement;b. The cost of the improvement;c. The estimated or actual date of com-

pletion;d. The tenants that occupied the own-

er's building on the date the City adoptedthe resolution of finding.

2. The Council shall approve the appli-cation, subject to review by the local as-sessor, if the project is in conformationwith the Urban Revitalization Plan devel-oped by the City, is located within a desig-nated revitalization area, and if the im-provements were made during the time thearea was so designated. The Council shallforward for review all approved applica-tions to the appropriate local assessor byMarch 1 of each year.

Applications for exemptions for suc-ceeding years for approved projects shallnot be required.

SECTION 2. REPEALER. All ordi-nances or parts of ordinances in conflictwith the provisions of this ordinance arehereby repealed.

SECTION 3. SEVERABILITYCLAUSE. If any section, provision or partof this ordinance shall be adjudged invalidor unconstitutional, such adjudicationshall not affect the validity of the ordi-nance as a whole or any section, provisionor part thereof not adjudged invalid or un-constitutional.

SECTION 4. WHEN EFFECTIVE.This ordinance shall be in effect from andafter its final passage, approval and publi-cation as provided by law.

Passed by the Council the 1st day ofApril, 2014, and approved this lst day ofApril, 2014.

Warren Woods, MayorATTEST: Lisa Williamson, City ClerkFirst Reading: April 1, 2014Second Reading: April 1, 2014Third Reading: April 1, 2014

Board of Directors - March 24, 2014Creston Community School DistrictThe Board of Directors of the Creston

Community School District met on Mon-day, March 24, 2014 in the Board Room at6:00 PM. President Zumbach presidedand the following answered roll call: Dun-phy, Eagan, Fyock, Snodgrass and Zum-bach.

Administrators present were: Callie An-derson, Brad Baker, Jeff Bevins, ScottDriskell, Steve McDermott, and BillMesserole.

The news media and visitors werepresent.

Fyock moved and Snodgrass secondedthat the agenda be approved as presented.Motion carried 5-0.

Fyock moved, Snodgrass seconded thatthe Board approve the minutes of theFebruary 17, regular meeting, the bills in-cluding the schoolhouse fund, the finan-cial reports for February 2014, resigna-tions from Gerry Latham, maintenance/grounds; Krystal Irelan, cook; contractswith Margarita Rodriguez, ELL parapro-fessional; Tonya Nauman, paraprofession-al; and Kevin Teno, Director of Learning.Motion carried 5-0.

Congratulations to the following stu-dents who won the “Best Of CenterAward” at our 5th Grade Band Solo/En-semble Contest on February 27. Center 1:Unity Anderson, Flute; Center 2: AliChristensen, Trumpet.

Congratulations to Mariah Harlan andLorelei Herrod for earning “I” ratings atdistrict individual Speech competition!They both advance to the state competi-tion on March 15.

Jeremy Stoll and Audrey Fyock will berecognized for their academic excellenceat the Hawkeye 10 Banquet in April. Bothwere selected by an independent commit-tee headed by the conference president.Michelle Powers will be awarded the H10Character Award at the banquet. Congrat-ulations to all three.

The following senior athletes meet yourcriteria for 3.5 GPA or above from Cre-ston High School:

Boys Basketball - Maxx Walters; Bas-ketball Cheerleaders - Michelle Powers;Wrestling - Adam Baker, Zack Peppmeier,Garret Taylor; Girls Basketball - SadieJones; Bowling Girls - Taylor Suiter.

Saturday, March 8th, 37 Creston FFAmembers attended the South Central Dis-trict Leadership Convention in Chariton,Iowa. Advancing to state competition areMaddie Travis earning gold in AgricultureBroadcasting; Experience the Action teamreceived a gold and advance to state,members include Madison Skarda, NicoleHaley, Savannah Hartman, Olivia Hart-man, Chad Lamb, Darin Hatfield, and Lo-gan Pettit. Creston had many gold ratedcontests and 3rd place finishes. Contestresults include: Brooke Thelen, Chapterwebsite (Gold); John Gravlin, Ashley Har-ris and Ann Waigand, Chapter Program(Gold); Macy Evans, Will Gordon, Mor-gan Shawler, Rebecca Watson, TrevorMarlin, Cody Tanner, and Mattie Wheeler,Conduct of Meetings (3rd Gold - Alternatefor State); Emily Gravlin, Maria Mostek,Gracie Russell, Caitlin McIlravy, and Bec-ca Ross, Parliamentary Procedures (3rdGold - Alternate for State); Adam Baker,Jake Miller, Tyson Tucker, Darrian Fisch-er, Wyatt Thompson, Kruz Adamson, andZach Hoffman, Agricultural Issues andPerceptions (Bronze); Kyle Jennett, JakeMiller, Emily Gravlin and Nicole Haley,Chapter Quiz (Silver); Tyler Wadding-ham, Agricultural Sales (3rd Gold - Alter-nate for State); Lane Miller, Prepared Pub-lic Speaking (Gold); Taylor Rice, Job In-terview (Gold), Secretary's Book(Bronze); Madison Skarda and SavannahHartman, Reporter's Scrapbook (Silver).

Members receiving the Iowa FFA Aca-demic achievement award include: AdamBaker, Jeremy Stoll, Taylor Rice, andZack Peppmeier.

The 2014 Iowa FFA Degree recipients:Chad Lamb, Brooke Thelen, Darin Hat-field, Bryce Briley, Gavin Leith, TylerWaddingham, Ashley Harris, Kyle Jen-nett, Madison Skarda, Savannah Hartman,Jake Miller, and Jacob Powers.

Basketball All Conference: Boys-JayWolfe - 1st team Unanimous; ColeThompson - Honorable Mention; AlexNielsen - Honorable Mention; Girls-Natal-ie Mostek - Honorable Mention; JennaTaylor - Honorable Mention.

Joni Gilliam, Hannah North and TerriVan Gelder presented the K-5 Math SACReport discussing how students are ex-pected to solve problems using a variety ofinstructional strategies. Students explaintheir thinking as well as showing their an-swers. The group continues to use instruc-tional strategies for math concepts throughinquiry and explorations, including MDIs,PBITs, talk alouds, think alouds and theuse of manipulatives.

Vicky Wood presented the 6-12 MathSAC Report explaining to the board howreporting the curriculum has been alignedto match the Iowa Core Curriculum. Sup-port classes Algebra 1 Triumph, GeometryTriumph, and Algebra 2 Triumph havebeen added at the HS. Extended mathclasses are in place at the middle school.There are currently 25 students in Calcu-lus and 10 Eighth grade students are re-ceiving high school credit for Algebra 1.

Snodgrass moved and Eagan secondedthat the Board approve the sharing agree-ment with Southwestern Community Col-lege. Motion carried 5-0.

Snodgrass moved and Eagan secondedthat the Board approve the sharing agree-ments with Lenox, Mt. Ayr, Murray, O-M,Nodaway Valley, and Prescott. Motioncarried 5-0.

Fyock moved and Dunphy secondedthat the Board review the open enrollmentrequests as presented. Motion carried 5-0.

The public had the opportunity to re-view the 2014-2015 School Calendar aspresented.

Fyock moved and Eagan seconded thatthe Board approve the 2014-2015 SchoolCalendar as presented. Motion carried 5-0.

Fyock moved and Snodgrass secondedthat the Board approve April 14, 2014 forthe Children's Internet Protection Act(CIPA) hearing date. Motion carried 5-0.

Eagan moved Fyock seconded that theBoard approve the quote for the EMS SafeRoom Gym Floor. Motion carried 4-1.

Mr. Larry Sigel presented informationregarding the Certified Budget and theprocess, answering numerous questionsposed from the Board.

The Board reviewed the 2014-2015Budget Plan Proposal as presented.

Snodgrass moved Fyock seconded thatthe Board approve publishing the budgetfor the 2014-2015 School Year and set thehearing date for April 14, 2014 at 6:00p.m. Motion carried 5-0.

Dunphy moved, Snodgrass secondedthat the meeting adjourn. Motion carried5-0.

Special meeting: Monday, April 14 at6:00 p.m. in the Board Room.

Regular meeting: Monday, April 21 at6:00 p.m. at the Elementary/MiddleSchool.

Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.GENERAL FUNDAEROFUND FINANCIAL INC. .5,493.75AGRILAND FS, INC..................10,962.81AGRIVISION...................................156.08AKIN BUILDING CENTERS.........626.72AMERICAN HOME DESIGN CENTER.............................................92.14APPLE COMPUTER INC..........26,738.01ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY..........511.74B.M. SALES INC..........................6,192.90BRAIN POP LLC.............................205.00BYERS LOCK SHOP..........................5.50CDI COMPUTER DEALERS INC.................................................2,757.98CDW GOVERNMENT INC........1,929.90CENTRAL PLAINS ELECTRIC......31.00CLAUSEN UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION...........................845.00CONTROL MANAGEMENT INC....................................................369.55COUNSEL OFFICE&DOCUMENT....................................920.75CREATIVE BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL LLC.......................7,689.60CRESTON FARM & HOME..........114.63CRESTON PUBLISHING CO........778.61CRESTON TRUE VALUE HARDWARE & RENTAL..............312.05DISCOVERY KIDS PRESCHOOL INC.................................................6,005.80ECHO GROUP INC......................3,512.50EMC INSURANCE COMPANY....908.80FAREWAY STORES......................231.18FASTENAL COMPANY................386.74FREIGHTLINER OF DES MOINES INC...................................283.81GREEN HILLS AEA.......................955.07GREEN VALLEY PEST CONTROL &.....................................................2,820.00GRUHN LAW FIRM PC.................472.50HEARTLAND TIRE & AUTO.........13.08HILLYARD SUPPLY CO............3,083.12HY-VEE FOOD STORE..................645.79IA ASSN OF SCHOOL BOARDS..367.50IA ASSN SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICI..............................................438.00IA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.......................................198.11IA DIRECT EQUIPMENT & APPRAISA.......................................380.00INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING INC....................................................542.50JENSEN, TONY ................................50.00JIMS TRUCK REPAIR & SANITATION INC.......................1,533.00LANGE, MARY ..............................100.80LENOX COMMUNITY SCHOOL......................................13,502.25LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC......................................................35.00MAILFINANCE...............................436.11MATURA ACTION CORP/CRESTON HEAD START...........6,550.40MIKKELSEN, STEPHANIE ..........650.00NAPA.............................................1,061.73NOLTE,CORNMAN & JOHNSON P.C..................................................2,580.00NORTH TAMA COUNTY COMM SCHOOL.............................450.08OFFICE DEPOT............................1,000.94OFFICE MACHINES CO....................9.99ORIENT-MACKSBURG PRESCHOOL................................3,702.40PEPPER & SON INC, J.W. ..............32.40PESI, INC..........................................597.00PIZZA RANCH................................165.00POSITIVE APPROACH PRESCHOOL...................................854.40PRAIRIE SOLID WASTE AGENCY..........................................190.00RIDDELL / ALL AMERICAN....3,465.00RIEMAN MUSIC.............................597.44SADDLEBACK EDUCATIONAL, INC....................................................376.32SAI.......................................................50.00SCHOOL BUS SALES....................378.60SCHOOL HEALTH CORP................39.95SECURITY EQUIPMENT INC......522.00SERVICE TECHS INC....................220.02SOFTCHOICE CORPORATION...........................4,429.65SOUTHERN IA TROLLEY............255.30SOUTHWESTERN COMM COLLEGE.................................115,849.69SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS LLC................................................1,485.79ST. MALACHY PRESCHOOL.. .2,563.20THOMAS BUS SALES OF IOWA INC....................................................363.86TIERNEY BROTHERS...................918.00TRINITY PRESCHOOL...............5,696.00U.S. SCHOOL SUPPLY..................122.85ULTIMATE NURSING SERVICES.....................................1,810.00USI EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT SALES.................578.04WINTERSET COMMUNITY SCHOOL........................................4,500.75ZELLMER'S SOFT WATER..........112.10ZIMCO SUPPLY CO.......................828.10ALLIANT ENERGY..................22,347.13BAKER, BRAD ...............................276.23CRESTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.....................................1,367.37DAVIS, ALFRED ................................5.00DRISKELL, SCOTT .......................140.54IA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVEST.............................................600.00IA SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE.......11,796.73IDE, MARILYN ................................94.58JADE GARDEN.................................40.00JAVA J'S.............................................65.17JOHNSON, JODI ...............................58.53KIRKLAND, DENNIS ......................39.75KLUG, LEON ....................................49.46LANGE, MARY ..............................350.00MASTERCARD/ISSB..................1,277.41McNUTT, LARRY ............................39.99McQUEEN, KELSEY .......................38.44MID-IOWA SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CONSORTIUM................................450.00MORAN, RONALD ..........................73.01PETERSON, JAMIE .........................76.81PETTY CASH - CRESTON COMM SCHOOL DIST..................223.96SCHIEFFER, STEPHAN ....................6.00SEMINOLE RETAIL ENERGY SERVICES LLC............................6,996.13SUBWAY SANDWICHES & SALADS.............................................36.81TACO JOHN'S....................................34.54TANNER, ROBBIE ...........................38.86VOINEA, ANNA-CORINA ...........140.00VOINEA, KARINNA ........................70.00WALMART COMMUNITY BRC...................................................767.70WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CRESTON...................................20,481.83WATSON, DONNA ..........................47.56WEST, DARWIN ............................211.18ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATORS.......................127.89IA SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE.......92,783.21DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDGC3, LLC....................................27,943.96MOBILE MINI INC.........................441.57LOCAL OPTION SALES/SVC TAXBALL TEAM LLC......................82,588.01BREIHOLZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY..................................29,258.04LAUGERMAN & ARCHITECTS INC.................................................3,168.25MASTERCARD/ISSB.......................68.88CAPITAL PROJECTSBALL TEAM LLC....................467,998.74BREIHOLZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY...............................165,795.62LAUGERMAN & ARCHITECTS INC...............................................17,953.45MASTERCARD/ISSB.....................390.32SCHOOL NUTRITION FUNDFOOD SERVICE..............................332.83ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY CO...................................................8,490.43BOLTON & HAY INC....................243.26CAMPBELL, JEAN ........................471.30CASWELL, SHARI ........................346.60CDW GOVERNMENT INC........2,860.84CHEERS, DEANNA .........................13.90EARTHGRAINS BAKING CO INC....................................................480.65FARNER BOCKEN......................3,300.85HY-VEE FOOD STORE....................13.38K12 ADMINISTRATION (SCHOOL DINING ASYSTEM)....................1,750.00Martin Bros. Distributing Co, Inc.................................................23,125.14WALMART COMMUNITY BRC....53.54STUDENT ACTIVITY FUNDBAYMONT INN..............................430.08BEVINS, JEFFREY ........................486.37CRESTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIST...............................................1,508.98D.A. DESIGNS.................................226.00DMACC SOFTBALL - VICTORY CLUB................................................390.00DOWNING, LESA ............................62.95DRAKE JAZZ FESTIVAL..............225.00FEHRLE, REGAN .............................91.78FRAIN, DARRELL ......................1,197.00GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.............................4,870.95HOPKINS, DENNIS .........................75.08IGHSAU............................................378.00IHSAA............................................3,296.00IHSADA..............................................85.00IHSMA..............................................576.00IHSSA..................................................69.00IOWA FBLA.....................................220.00IOWA FFA ASSOCIATION........1,385.00MARCH OF DIMES.....................3,008.92MENC...............................................115.00RED OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL......180.00RODRIGUEZ, JESUS .......................91.10SCHLAPIA, PATRICK ....................28.79SEVIER, TRISHANNA .......................378THOMSON, JON ............................247.81WALMART COMMUNITY BRC................................................1,076.14WEBB, KEVIN ..................................72.00WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE.............200.00AKIN BUILDING CENTERS.........206.82ALDRICH, MARTIN ......................133.90BAKER, BECKY ............................180.00BAKER, LYNN ...............................240.00BOOSTER CLUB, CRESTON ACTIVITIES ....................................129.00BURKHALTER, FAITH ................200.00BUSCH, SCOTT .............................120.00CHAFA, KYLE ...............................120.00DAKE, BROOKE ............................131.80DREES, ALLAN .............................100.00EBLEN, LUKE ................................100.00FRYE, DAVE ..................................220.00GLEN'S REFRIGERATION..............95.00GRAPHIC EDGE..........................5,703.79HEWETT, JOHN .............................130.00HINK, ERIC .....................................100.00HY-VEE FOOD STORE..................191.84IHSAA.................................................20.15JOHNSON, DEWAYNE .................100.00JUST FOR KIX CATALOG............786.60KELLY'S FLOWERS........................45.00KETEL, GRANT .............................100.00LINDNER, STEVE .........................100.00LOU'S SPORTING GOODS...........201.53McCABE, BRYANT .......................220.00McCANN, STEPHEN E .................700.00MONAGHAN, MICHAEL A .........330.00MORENO, JIMMY .........................220.00NUETZMAN, MATT .....................100.00O'DONNELL, JARROD .................137.20PEPPERS, LARRY ...........................50.00PIZZA RANCH................................913.00RED OAK HARDWARE HANK.. .306.44SCHIPPERS, BRYAN ....................300.00SHANTZ, STEVEN ........................220.00STUMPS...........................................301.53TAYLOR, LINDA .............................50.00TEPLY, LARRY .............................100.00THIES, JONATHAN .......................220.00TROPHIES PLUS, INC...................468.66VANDONSELAAR, ROGER ........115.00VEITZ, JEFF ....................................155.00WEISSMAN.....................................674.84WEST, MICHAEL ..........................160.00

WINDROW, THE ...........................146.28WINTERSET HS..............................320.00FEBRUARY 2014 PAYROLL.................................979,821.96

































































































THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTUNION COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

LEON ARGYLE FREY, Deceased.Probate No. ESPR015647

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTOF ADMINISTRATOR

AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSTo All Persons Interested in the Estate

of LEON ARGYLE FREY, Deceased,who died on or about March 21, 2014:

You are hereby notified that on the28th day of March, 2014, the undersignedwas appointed administrator of the estate.

Notice is hereby given that all personsindebted to the estate are requested tomake immediate payment to the under-signed, and creditors having claimsagainst the estate shall file them with theclerk of the above named district court, asprovided by law, duly authenticated, forallowance, and unless so filed by the laterto occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of the mailing of this notice(unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claimis thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 31st day of March, 2014.Jona J. Hutson

Administrator of the Estate708 W. Thomas Ave, Apt. 401

Shenandoah,IA 51601Todd G. Nielsen, ICIS PIN Number Todd G. Nielsen ISBA #AT0005759Attorney for the AdministratorKENYON & NIELSEN,P.C.211 North Maple Street Creston, IA 50801Date of second publication: April 11, 2014

Public notice

Audiological Services Inc, is seeking a part-time

Patient Care Coordinator (PCC) for our

Creston location.

Must be available at least one 8 hour shift a week and as needed. Must be willing to complete training in Clarinda, IA mileage

will be compensated.

Please contact Jessica at [email protected]; or

712-623-4802 for questions and to submit resume.

Accountant WantedA small manufacturing company is looking for a person with at least a

four year degree in accounting. Must have a minimum of 5 years

of work experience doing Balance Sheets, Profit & Loss Statements, Accounts Receivables, Accounts

Payables, and Payroll. Salary based on experience.

Send resume toAttn: Stan Brown,

Brown Bear Corporation, PO Box 29, Corning, IA 50841,

Ph. 641-322-4220, Fax 641-322-3527 or email [email protected]

Competitive wages & benefits, Equal Opportunity Employer

CARRIER NEEDED in Greenfield

Deliver Monday-Friday

Contact Sandy Allison Creston News Advertiser,

641-782-2141 x222

First United Methodist Church is looking for a

PT Administrative Secretary

Performs a variety of complex clerical, secretarial & administrative functions.

Computer skills are a must.

Submit ReSume to:Pastor Gideon Gallo

P.O. Box 265, Creston, IA 641-782-2427

Iowa Select Farms has positions open for CDL Drivers responsible for transporting hogs between farm sites and to packer locations. Drivers operate company-owned late model Peterbilt trucks and haul five days a week, home every day.

This position requires a Class A CDL with a clean driving record. Candidates must be dependable, detail-oriented and follow all regulatory, safety, biosecurity and record keeping protocols. Previous livestock hauling experience desired.

Drivers receive competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package that includes single/family health, vision and dental coverage, 401(k), life insurance, flex plan and vacation, holiday and sick pay with sick day payout. Get hired and refer a friend to any position within the company — employees receive a $1,560 referral bonus.

CDL DRIVER

Apply online at www.iowaselect.com, contact Domingo Pedro at 641-347-5065 or

stop by 101 North Douglas in Afton to complete an application.

Iowa Select Farms is an equal opportunity employer.

LENOX CARE CENTER

Now hiring a full time RN to join our new

Premier Ventilator Weaning Unit/Long Term Care Center.

On site training provided by our on staff Respiratory Therapist.

Competitive benefits and 401K. Leading the area in RN wages!

If you are interested in joining our team contact Kim Bashor, RN/DON

641-333-2226 or stop by and apply within.

Shop Avon at home or in your office with personal or direct delivery and

guaranteed satisfaction!Contact STACY MILLER • 641-344-6229

Avon Independent Sales Representativewww.youravon.com/stacymiller

RN Health Care CoordinatorVintage Park Apartments Assisted Living in

Lenox, Iowa is excited to be seeking a dedicated, committed and experienced full-time RN Health Care Coordinator. The ideal candidate will have previous

long-term/assisted living experience and must possess an Iowa RN licensure without restriction and

in good-standing. The candidate should possess 1-2 years supervisory experience along with strong assessment skills, leadership, organizational and

interpersonal skills. This position will be responsible to meet the health care needs for our residents,

manage and delegate staff and requires 24/7 On-Call coverage and ensuring staff coverage as

needed. Must have superior customer service skills, be enthusiastic and have excellent written and communication skills. If you enjoy working with the elderly in a team atmosphere and have an outgoing

personality, this is the opportunity for you!

We offer a full benefits package and an exciting, supportive work environment. Please email your resume to:

Vintage Park Apartments801 East Van Buren, Lenox, Iowa 50851

Email: [email protected] Drug Free

Dalton Ag, Inc. in Lenox, Iowa is currently accepting applications for full-time and temporary

Assemblers, Fabricators, and Welders.

Assemblers must be able to read a tape measure, be mechanically inclined, and forklift experience is a plus.

Fabricators need to be able to read a tape measure, have experience with blueprints, be able to lift a minimum of 75 lbs, and previous experience with an iron worker or as a saw operator preferred.

Welders must be experienced and be able to read blue prints; MIG welding experience with stainless steel preferred.

Good work history and previous manufacturing experience is a plus. We

offer competitive wages, benefits, referral bonuses, overtime, and Dalton Ag is now

a 100% employee owned company.

To fill out an application stop by 602 E. Van Buren, Lenox IA from

7:00 am - 4:30 pm or call 641-333-4518 for more information. Pre-employment drug screen and physical

required. EOE

Prairie View Assisted Living is having a community

GaraGe Sale Saturday, April 12

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.All proceeds will go to Prairie View Resident Council

DRIVERS: FLATBED.New Pay Increase. GreatMiles/ Pay & Hometime, New 2014 trucksw/APU's & RefrigeratorFull Benefits + FlatbedEquipment Supplied.CDL-A, 2yrs exp. 855-219-5996

TRUCK DRIVERS:$1,000 Sign-On Bonus!Make up to $70,000 AYEAR! No QUAL-COMMs~ No NYC~APUs www.Univer-setruck.com~1-866-958-7825.

FOR SALE: PUREBREDregistered black Angusbulls, freeze branded,semen checked, gooddisposition. Also pure-bred open heifers.Bradley Angus Farms,641-344-3875.

ORIENT or CRESTONCAREGIVER needed. As-sist senior with house-keeping, 5-10 hours perweek, $8.75/hr. + bonusCall Caretech 1-800-991-7006.

CLARK'S TREE &STUMP Removal. FreeEstimates, Insured. Call641-782-4907 or 641-342-1940.

Card of Thanks

Lost & Found

BusinessServices

Employment

Garage SaleNorthwest

Livestock

For Rent For Rent

For Rent

For Sale

PLUMBERS &HELPERS, New Con-struction & ServiceCook Plumbing Corpo-ration, 1425 FullerRoad, West DesMoines EEO

HOUSECLEANINGWANTED: $12.50 perhour, weekly or bi-monthly, references, callTeresa, 641-278-0595.

POLLED HEREFORDBULLS, 2 year olds andyearlings, will deliver,virgin bulls; yearlingpolled Hereford heifers,Dick Graham 641-340-0325.

TWO BEDROOMAPARTMENT for rent,310 N. Oak, Creston, de-posit required, 641-202-1827.

EFFIENCY APARTMENTin Afton, $375/mo., in-cludes stove, refrigera-tor, A/C, washer/dryeron premises, 641-344-5478.

2 BEDROOM HOUSE,$500/month, plus de-posit and utilities, nopets, NO SMOKING, ref-erences required, 641-344-3201.

MISSING IN THE KENTAREA: Border Collie,white with black spots,female, answers to“Lou”, 641-202-1227.

MCNEILL TREE SER-VICE. Topping, Trim-ming and Removal. FreeEstimates, insured. CallDavid at 641-344-9052.

We would like tothank everyone for theirgenerosity and kind-ness.

We sincerely appreci-ate all of the prayers andoffers of help. They willsurely be missed.

God Bless you all.Denise and Leon Frey

families

GARAGESALE

400 N. SycamoreSaturday, April 5

8:00 a.m. - ?Furniture, pictures,small table & chairs, ta-ble lamps, small roll topdesk, adding machine,medicine cabinet, sometools, & misc.

A huge thank you toall for the cards, phonecalls, hugs and gifts Ireceived upon my retire-ment.

It was unexpectedand greatly appreciated.

Alice Reed

FOR SALE: HEDGEPOSTS, Circle T Ranch,Kellerton, 641-223-0826.

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATHDuplex. Includes utili-ties, yard care, snow re-moval, appliances, cableTV, wireless Internet,$775/mo. plus damagedeposit, call Kent 641-745-0568.

FOUND: SET OF KEYSon key ring at 212 S.Sumner, call 641-202-1560 to identify andclaim.

CONVERT useful but no-longer-needed items into extra spending money with a low-cost Classified Ad. 641-782-2141.

CLS110A Creston News Advertiser

Friday, April 4, 2014

Continued from page 7A

said of the 2011 Final Four in Reliant Stadium.Where’s the love?

A reporter asked Calipari why Kentucky seems to en-gender dislike.

“It’s Kentucky,” he said. “It’s what you buy into if you want to coach at Ken-tucky or play at Kentucky, You got some guys (report-ers?) with agendas. You got some guys that, you know, it’s that program. It’s part of it.”1-and-almost-done

Calipari and Wiscon-sin Coach Bo Ryan hinted broadly that the so-called one-and-done rule will be significantly changed soon.

Nothing that he and the UK coach served on the Na-tional Association of Bas-ketball Coaches Board of Directors, Ryan said, “I’m sure there’s something com-ing down the road that’s go-ing to alter that.”

Calipari questioned why so-called one-and-done players are perceived as something less than fully-fledged college athletes.

“Does a player have to be here four years to be a terrif-ic college player?” he asked.

Calipari said new labeling would help.

“The issue of one-and-do-ne has now (gained) a bad con-notation,” he said. “So we’re going to break out something new this week to

get you guys off this one-and-done so that we can think about (it) in another term, which is trying to help these kids do what they’re trying to do as college stu-dents, as where they want their careers to go.”‘Not a business’

UConn wing Niels Giffey spoke of the value of a four-year college experience.

“I think it’s just a great opportunity to grow as a person and a player on a different level where it’s not all about business,” he said. “Where it’s not about money.

“It’s about family and get-ting together as a group. . . .

“You will always have that family ad that basis. I think that’s why peop;le should consider taking four years, getting their degree and really making an impact on your university.”Level 5

More than once, Ollie noted how UConn had to play at “level 5” against Florida in Saturday’s other semifinal.

Level 5?“It’s just a championship

mentality,” he said. “It’s playing together, playing unselfish, playing as five and not just one. Because some-times you get to this stage and you want to play as one and you want to go off and be an individual. But that’s not going to work.”

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FINAL FOUR:

Calipari

Come and be a part of an awesome day of music of all genres, fun, performances, and youth sharing

the love of God through their life testimonies.

FREE ADMISSIONPlease bring a non-perishable food item to enter into a

drawing of many awesome prizes

You will have a chance to win several $50 Walmart gift cards, MP3 players, $25 Casey’s gift cards, iTunes cards,

movie passes, 19 inch flat screen TV.

All food will be used to support families in the community!!

All ages welcomed! For the young and young at heart!!!

Saturday, April 5th • 1pm to 5pmEvent Location: YMCA Fine Art Center

Acts 2:17 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.

For More Info Please Call (515) 249-3364

Youth CommunitY EvEnt

Salvatore Aleto, Jr.

“Generations”will be on display at the

Creston Depot

from April 4 - April 30, 2014

Opening Reception April 4th from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND CONTRACTORS

The Union County Conservation Board is currently seeking sepa-rate bids associated with a Park Ranger Residence at Three Mile Lake. The first bid packet is for a 30’ X 64’ 3 bedroom, 2 full bath modular home. The second bid packet is for a 30’ X 64’ walkout basement for a modular home. The third bid packet is for a septic system to include the tank and lateral fields to accommodate a 3 bedroom, 2 bath modu-lar home. Bid packets may be picked up at the Union County Conser-vation Board Office by appointment or at the Union County Auditor’s Office during regular business hours. All sealed bids must be turned into the Union County Courthouse Auditor’s office during regular busi-ness hours. Sealed bids are due by April 30, 2014 at 4:00 P.M.

Bids tentatively will be opened May 5, 2014 at the regularly sched-uled Union County Board of Supervisors meeting at 300 N Pine St. Creston, IA. All bidders are welcome to attend this bid opening.

Successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond equal to 100% of the contract price on the modular home and the walkout basement projects.

A bid security equal to 5% of the total bid will be required.All bidders will follow Local, State, and Federal regulations on spec-

ifications within the project area. Whenever possible and feasible all ADA specifications and State Fire Codes will be used and followed.

The Union County Conservation Board is an equal opportunity em-ployer, and will follow all regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Please include the following information with your bid on the official bid sheet:

Your business name, business phone, cell phone and business address. A list of three references that will include: job site or title of project and contact person directly related to the job and contact information

For more information contact Doug Jones at 1577 Creamery Rd. Afton, IA 50830 or call:

Office- (641)-347-5100 Cell-(641)-344-3680


Auction CalendarComplete sale information is published in the

Wednesday edition of the Creston News Advertiser and/or the Southwest Iowa Advertiser

Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.”

Sat. April 5- 10:00AM Rural Creston, IA. Lawn Tractors; Tractor and Machinery; Vehicles; Antiques & Collectibles; Tools; Furniture and Household Goods for Jack and Joyce Fils Estate. Auctioneers: Tom Frey, Darwin West, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Zack Ballard.Sun. April 6- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Exceptionally nice offering of RS Prussia, Depression era glassware, Collectibles, Furniture and more for Bob, Jo & Tim Loudon. Auctioneers: Tom Frey, Darwin West, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.Sun. April 6- 9:00AM Corning, IA. Furniture/Collectibles, Guns, Tools/Vehicles for Neal & Evelyn Brown Estate and consignors. Auctioneers: Jack Kretzinger, Dan Kretzinger, and Tony Douglas.Sat. April 12- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Real Estate, Shop, Hand Tools, and all types of Equipment used in a scrap yard for Iron Man Recycling. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

Dial-A-Service

Siding & WindowsGAULE EXTERIORSSteel and vinyl siding, replacement windows and seamless guttering. Quality craftsmanship, over a decade of professional service in Southwest Iowa. 641-782-0905.

WESTMAN WINDOWS. Replace-ment windows tilt for easy cleaning and rebates bays, bows, sliders, etc. Any custom size and shape, 30+ years in Creston. I sell, service and install, for no-pressure estimate call Charlie Westman 641-782-4590 or 641-344-5523.

BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. All major brands of vinyl and steel siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal replacement windows. Recipient of the Revere Premium Renovator Award. Seamless guttering and Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of continuous reliable service in Southwest Iowa, free estimates, 641-322-5160 or 1-800-245-0337.

Computer RepairBUILTNETWORkS, 805 Wyoming Ave, Creston, IA, 641-782-4765, Computer sales, repair, network-ing. Over 25 years experience. PC & Mac.

SpROUSE COMpUTER SOLU-TIONS. 120 N. Main, Lenox, 641-780-5760 12 years experi-ence. Reasonable & Quality PC repair and tutoring.

StorageShARp’S SELf-STORAGE Boats, records, inventory, furniture. You store it, lock it, take the key. Industrial park, Creston, 641-782-6227.

PlumberSChROEDER pLUMBING and ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/new installations, new breaker boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, water heaters. Specialize in manufactured and mobile homes. Free estimates, licensed, insured, 641-202-1048. Accept Visa & Mastercard.

hOME SERVICES DIRECTORYFind the right people for the job,

right here.

GlassQUALITY GLASS CO. Automotive, home, business and farm. Commercial lock service and trailer sales. hwy 34 East, in Creston 641-782-5155

Home Improvements & Repairs

ELECTRICAL. John Brennan. Licensed. 641-782-3795.

CNACreston Nursing & Rehab Center is now hiring caring CNAs with

strong work ethic to join our team. We are proud to invest in you by providing nurse aide membership

benefits (NAHCA), online train-ing, LPN & RN tuition assistance, a generous anniversary bonus, &

much more! Visit us on the web to learn more and apply.

Sign On BOnuS$500 Full-time • $250 Part-time

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center

1001 Cottonwood641-782-8511

[email protected]

Not for Profit EOE/AAP Disability & Vets

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center1001 Cottonwood, Creston, IA

641-782-8511EOE/AAP Disability & Vets

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center is looking for a

Full-time NurseSign On BOnuS

$1000 Full-time • $500 Part-timeIf you are interested in making a difference in the lives of our residents please contact:

Jessica Seitz, RNDirector of Nursing Services

Lois Monday, Broker/Owner -202-1776 609 W. Adams • Creston, IA • Office 641-782-2310

www.bluegrassbor.com

Monday’sREALTY

Montgomery Street Pub• Well established business in Creston• All Furnishings included• Inventory Extra• Smoke Shack• Owners selling due to health issues

Priced to sell!

Just listed!

Available for Adoption

641-782-2330Creston Animal Rescue Effortwww.crestonanimalrescue.petfinder.comLearn more about these pets on our Website!

Sponsored by...

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641-782-5155Hwy 34 EastCreston, IA

Small Engine Mechanic

Responsible for repair or all brands lawn mowers, chain saws and string trimmers. Must work

well with the public, compensation based on experience.

Apply at Creston True Value641-782-2882

Ask for Zeke or Kent

Become part of the UnityPoint family.

We are recruiting FT/PT nurses (RN/LPN) to work with children in the home setting in

the Lamoni, Osceola, and Creston areas. Daytime and overnight hours available.

Training provided. Excellent compensation package including benefits for both FT and PT.

For consideration, visit our website WWW.UNITYPOINTATHOME.ORG and apply to job code 37127 for RN or

37127 for LPN.

Help WantedWaitstaff

Bar staff

Kitchen staffApply in Person

The Windrow102 W. Taylor • Creston

Call for an appointment today...

Gay Lynn Owens, Agent 641-782-0077

OPEN HOUSES

Crest Plaza/701 W. Townline, CrestonOffice 641-782-7197 Broker: Stew Stewart

www.stewartrealtyia.com“the Real Estate People”

Crest Plaza/701 W. Townline, CrestonOffice 641-782-7197 Broker: Stew Stewart

www.stewartrealtyia.com“the Real Estate People”

Crest Plaza • 701 W. Townline • CrestonOffice: 641-782-7197 • Broker: Stew Stewart

www.stewartrealtyia.com

619 N. Mulberry • Creston

Move right in!One Story Home • 3 BR 1 3/4 Bath

New Roof 2008 • Geothermal Heating & Cooling3-Season Sunroom • 2-Car Attached Garage

Appliances & Utility Shed Included

908 W. Summit • Creston

Fantastic Living Space!4 BR 2-1/2 BA • Ranch Home • Located on

5 City Lots • 3-Car Attached Garage Parking Pad for Recreational Vehicles

Storage shed included

Saturday, April 5th • 10-11:30am

Saturday, April 5th • 1-2:30pm

LAND AUCTION77 acres in Adams County

Land Location: 8 miles west of Creston in Section 10 of Union Township.General Description: 77 acres more or less in Adams County, Iowa.leGal Description The West Half of the Northwest Quarter (W½NW¼) in Sec-tion Ten (10), Township Seventy-two (72) North, Range Thirty –two (32), West of the 5th P.M., in Adams County, Iowa, or as per abstract. Available to farm March 1, 2015; subject to crop-share lease and cash rent lease for 2014 crop yearcsr: 49.2 net taxes: $376.00 and $522.00terms: Cash, Ten percent (10%) down payment after acceptance of bid with balance due at closing on or before June 6, 2014. Sale is not subject to buyer obtaining financing. Sale is subject to court approval.methoD of sale: Sealed bids will be received until noon on April 25, 2014, at Harvey Law Office, 109 W. Montgomery Street, Creston, Iowa. Those submitting highest sealed bids will be invited to a private auction 10 a.m. May 1, 2014, at Harvey Law Office, at which time the successful buyer will sign a real estate con-tract containing the full terms of sale. Ten (10%) percent of the purchase price shall be paid upon execution of the contract and the balance of the purchase price will be due before June 6, 2014, upon presentation of abstract showing marketable title and delivery of Court Officer Deed.SELLERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.*Announcements on the day of sale shall take precedence over any written ad-vertising material. This sale is subject to the approval of the Iowa District Court for Union County. This sale is subject to a crop-share lease and cash rent lease for 2014 crop year.

DONALD D. MULLIN ESTATEExecutor of the Estate is Patricia Mullin

Buyers shall do their own research as to farming practices and tillable acres available. Typically the North ½ has been for tillable crop acres and the south ½ has been for

pasture. Sellers make no warranty as to ground quality and productivity.

For bid forms, proposed contract and additional information on the real estate, contact: Harvey Law Office, Loretta L. Harvey, Attorney at Law, 109 W.

Montgomery Street, P.O. Box 85, Creston, Iowa 50801; phone (641) 782-7051; fax (641) 782-7053; email: [email protected].

NOW HIRING:General Laborer

For consideration, please fax or mail resume with salary requirements to:Helena Chemical • 1308 E Howard St

Creston, IA • 641-782-0123

Helena Chemical Company, a national agricultural-chemical company, has an immediate opening for a

General Laborer at our Creston location. Requires high school diploma or GED; experience driving a forklift; and

ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Mechanically inclined is a plus. Responsibilities include moving product; loading and

unloading trucks and assisting Blender Operator as needed; stacking product on pallets; provides general assistance in repair maintenance; hanging supersacks for loading; and

performing cleaning duties around location. We offer an excellent working environment and an outstanding compensation and benefits package.

Pre-employment drug screen required.

EOE M/F/V/H

After a stop and go to the arrival of Spring,

maybe it is here to stay.

Open April 9We have a large assortment of statues, benches, bird baths and gazing balls.

If you have statues needing repainting or other repair give us a call

Hours: Tuesday - Friday9AM–Noon and 1-6PM

and Saturday - 9AM–1PM We are 7 miles north of Creston on Cherry Street Road.

Call us at 641-337-5391 or 641-344-5369

Hope to see you ~ Rodney and Linda Mahn

Red Barn Lawn Ornaments

Looking for great people for all shifts

The following positions are available for Crew:

• Breakfast• Lunch

We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms,

employee meal plan and much more!

This independent McDonald’s Franchise is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed

to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

McDonald’s Creston 608 Wyoming Avenue

Creston, IA 50801

Apply online at: www.mcstate.com/6077

Looking for great people for all shiftsNow Hiring:

• Shift ManagersWe offer flexible hours, competitive

pay, free uniforms, employee meal plan

bonus, insurance & retirement program

and much more!

This independent McDonald’s Franchise is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed

to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

McDonald’s Creston 608 Wyoming Avenue

Creston, IA 50801

Apply online at: www.mcstate.com/6077

Universal WorkerVintage Park Apartments Assisted

Living in Lenox, Iowa is excited to be seeking a dedicated, committed and friendly Universal Worker. The ideal candidate must

possess good communication and written skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team and

willingness to accept supervision. This position will be responsible to assist with resident services, food service,

housekeeping/laundry and maintenance services as needed. Must have excellent customer service skills. If you enjoy working with the elderly in a team atmosphere and have an outgoing personality, this is the opportunity for you!

We offer a full benefit package and an exciting, supportive work environment.

Please apply in person at:Vintage Park Apartments

810 East Van Buren • Lenox, Iowa 50851E.O.E./Drug Free Workplace

RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BARHWY. 34 • CRESTON, IA • 641-782-5014Locally owned & operated by Bill & Janet Hayes since 1980

Iowa Breakfast Buffet

Sunday, April 6th

8-10:45 am

$999Serving lightly

breaded grilled loins,

bacon, sausage, eggs,

hashbrown casserole,

pastries & fruit Beverage not included

Hamburger NigHtMonday, April 7th

5 - 7:30 p.m.Hamburger $3 • Cheeseburger $3.25 Bacon Cheeseburger $3.50 • Fries $1.75

Coffee and Tea Included— Open to the Public —

Eagles Club • Creston

Your Guide To Dining And Entertainment

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Miscellaneous $50 or Less $50 or Less

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3 TIER CHOCOLATEFOUNTAIN, used once,21 inches tall, $10.00,641-782-5361.

TOSHIBA TheaterWide61” analog rear-projec-tion television, works,$50.00, 641-782-4582.

CHINA, PLACE SETTINGfor 10, $30.00; 33records $10.00; green7Up jug that came fromthe old Coke plant,$20.00; 641-344-5892.

BLUE BATHROOM toiletstool, new insides intank, $25.00 OBO, 641-782-5992.

Cedar Lane Greenhouse NOW OPEN

1-mile N. of Redding, IA,E. on 292nd St. 1/3 mile

Garden Seed; SeedPotatoes; Onion Sets &Plants; Asparagus;Rhubarb; RaspberryPlants; Strawberries;Fruit Trees; Roses;Shrubs; Perennials;Bedding Plants; HangingBaskets; Veggie Plantsin Season; Supplies andmore

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Adair County 4-H, FFA swine tagging protocol for 2014

GREENFIELD — All Adair County 4-H and FFA members who are planning to exhibit swine at the 2014 Adair County Fair must have their pigs tagged as part of the countywide iden-tification program sched-uled for April 9 to 15.

Adair County Extension office staff and the Adair County Fair swine commit-tee have the responsibil-ity to follow protocol that will provide swine exhibi-tors and their farm sites the greatest protection from dis-ease when identifying swine for exhibition at the Adair County Fair and the Iowa State Fair. Porcine Epidem-ic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) is a new virus to the U.S. and was first confirmed in the country on May 17, 2013. PEDV only infects pigs, not humans or other livestock.

Because PEDV is highly infectious and can create tremendous financial losses to a pork producer, the swine tagging process for the 2014 Adair County Fair will be different than in past years. If you are planning to exhibit swine at the 2014 Adair County Fair and/or the 2014 Iowa State Fair and

have not received a letter with detailed protocol and instructions for tagging, con-tact Adair County Exten-sion immediately at 1-800-ISUE 399.

Separate classes will be offered at the fair for market barrows and gilts. Each ex-hibitor can show three head of market barrows and three head of market gilts. In ad-dition, they may enter up to two pens of market hogs. Exhibitors may also show two breeding gilts. Birth dates for all gilts must be provided in order for those animals to be eligible for the breeding class.

Members may also choose to nominate up to six head of their pigs for the lean value carcass contest sponsored by Adair County Pork Producers. There is a $3 per head entry fee. No pigs will be weighed. Final placing in the contest will be determined by lean car-cass value – not lean gain per day on test.

For more information about the county and state fair swine tagging require-ments, call the Extension office at 641-743-8412 or 1-800-ISUE 399.

E-mail the CNA’s

SCOTT [email protected]

Celebrate National Volunteer Week GREENFIELD — Na-

tional Volunteer Week, April 6 to 12, is a week-long celebration that fo-cuses on recognizing the work of volunteers.

Adair County Extension and Outreach is fortunate to have many caring and faithful adult volunteers. Each year, hundreds of Extension volunteers lend

their support to youths through mentoring, skill development, citizenship and leadership while oth-ers lend their support by serving on committees and boards.

Whether in 4-H family homes across the county, in community settings, or in the Extension office, a tremendous “thank you”

is extended to our volun-teers for their extraordi-nary effort. Many of the programs and events in the Adair County 4-H pro-gram would not be pos-sible without the support and dedication of many volunteers.

This year’s volun-teer recognition theme is “Celebrate Service.”

Adair County Extension and Outreach staff salute our volunteers now and throughout the year.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of National Volunteer Week, demon-strating the enduring im-portance of recognizing the country’s volunteers for their vital contribu-tions.

Iowa Democrats, GOP ‘kind of’ agree to education budget deal

(MCT) — Democratic legislative leaders say there’s agreement on a fiscal 2015 budget that will amount to nearly one-seventh of the proposed total general fund spend-ing next year.

“We’ve reached a bipar-tisan agreement on invest-ing $986 million, an in-crease of $87 million over last year,” Senate Edu-cation Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Brian Schoenjahn, D-Ar-lington, said Thursday.

Mostly true, said his House counterpart, Rep. Cecil Dolecheck, R-Mount Ayr.

“About 90 percent of the money is kind of agreed to, but there are

sizable differences,” he said.

Schoenjahn, speak-ing at Democratic lead-ers’ weekly news confer-ence, acknowledged he and Dolecheck “are still working to find common ground on every priority.”

However, he’s con-vinced lawmakers will agree on a budget that increases investments in helping teachers improve, helping kids learning to read, and freezing tuition at regents universities.

“All in all, I believe we’ve put the mon-ey where it belongs,” Schoenjahn said.

Right place or not, Senate Minority Leader Bill Dix, R-Shell Rock,

said Senate Democrats “continue to show they have an insatiable desire not spend Iowans’ hard-earned money and grow government.”

Gov. Terry Branstad and House majority Re-publicans have proposed budgets that spend less and increase spending at a rate more in line with growth in family budgets, which, Dix said, have in-creased 3 to 3.5 percent. The proposed state bud-get represents a 7.5 per-cent increase.

“If we, as Republicans, were in charge, we would be dealing with budgets that are spending substan-tially less” than the pro-posed $7 billion general

fund budget, Dix said.That would cost those

families Dix was talking about, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said.

“I certainly appreciate that Republicans think that tuition should go up,” he said referring to Dix’s remarks. “That’ the result if we don’t fund regents at the level we’re fund-ing them. If they want to make that case, they can offer amendments to cut this budget and force tu-ition to go up.”

———©2014 The Gazette

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