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CRESTON HOLIDAYS� Creston lit up with holiday spirit Thursday with a variety of events for the entire family. Area chil-dren visited with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, dancers performed in a “snowglobe” and there were 35 entries in the lighted Christmas parade.

Fireworks explode above the restored Creston Depot following the annual lighted Christmas parade in uptown Thursday evening. The fire-works were set off by the Creston Shooters club near the Bill Sears Complex.

CNA photo by KYLE WILSON

Evan Murdock, 8, of Creston smiles for the camera after telling Mr. and Mrs. Claus what he want-ed for Christmas.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

Christmas basket donations for 2014 underway

The 2014 Union Coun-ty Christmas Basket Fund has started re-ceiving gifts.

Donations totaling $7,371.80 have been re-ceived to date.

This year’s fund goal is $19,000 and organizers are gearing up for another suc-cessful campaign.

Nominations for those who should receive a Christmas basket may be made using the Christmas basket nominations form appearing in the Cres-ton News Advertiser and Southwest Iowa Advertis-er at various times.

Nomination does not imply or guarantee a bas-ket will be received. All nominations are careful-ly screened to determine need, avoid duplication and other discrepancies.

Nomination deadline was Nov. 25. Follow-up forms go out today, with a return deadline of Dec. 5.

The pick-up/delivery cards will go out Dec. 12

and Christmas bas-kets may be picked up 8 to 10:30 a.m.

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SEE MORE ONLINE: Check out a video of the dancers at Leslie’s Dance Emporium perform from inside a “snow-globe” at www.crestonnews.com.

CHS bowling season previewThe Creston High School men’s and

women’s bowling team start their season Satur-day in Knoxville. Check out what head coach Ron Pendegraft thinks of the Panther’s chances this year of continuing their streak of sending an individual or team to state every year in SPORTS, page 1S.Track Iowa DOT plows

Iowa residents now have the technology to see where every Iowa Department of Transportation snowplow is and live cam-era views of road conditions from the com-fort of their own home. Iowa DOT Winter Operations Administrator Craig Bargfre-de describes how it can help on page 10A.Afton electricity rates

Afton residents and commercial busi-nesses will pay 7 percent more for elec-tricity next year. Check out the full story on page 8A.

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CNA photos by JAKE WADDINGHAMRight, the Southwestern Community College men’s basketball team ser-enades the crowd at Creston’s Restored Depot with some Christmas songs Thursday. Below, First United Methodist Church of Creston sings Christmas carols during the lighted Christmas parade.

The quilt show had more than 170 entries for spectators in the ‘There’s no place like Creston for the holidays’ event.

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Dec. 20.Last year, 222 baskets

serving 860 people and 125 nursing home baskets were distributed. Residents of care centers in Creston and Afton received fruit and Kleenex.

Baskets include meat, canned goods donated through efforts of Boy Scouts and school and com-munity projects and certif-icates redeemable at local supermarkets for perishable foods.

Each child 19 and younger will also receive a gift certifi-cate for clothing items.

The Christmas Basket Fund board is assisted in packing and distributing baskets by local service club volunteers and FFA stu-dents from Creston Schools.

Present board officers are President Bob Jungst, Vice President Ellen Gerharz, Treasurer Steve Crittenden and Secretary Rose Hen-ry. Additional board mem-bers are: Dean and Twila Brant, Todd Nielsen, Rich Paulsen, Brad Baker, Chuck Spindler, Don Damewood, Margaret Wilkins and Troy Peterson.

Contributions may be sent to: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 126, Creston, IA 50801; or dropped off at the Creston News Advertiser, 503 W. Adams St.

All contributions will be published in the Creston News Advertiser weekly progress report listed by name or “friend,” as desired.

Beginning Balance: $2,891.80

This week’s donations:From “The A’s” $50

Customers of Creston Ca-seys $1,400

American Legion Auxilia-ry No. 70 $50

Greater Regional Medical Center Medical Staff $350

In Memory of Eldon Van-dewater $30

In Memory of Lee and Irene Woosley $25

Donald & Helen Mosman $50

Jerusalem Church $1,500Joyce and LaVerne An-

derson $50Friends $40Warren and Marlene Mer-

both $100In Memory of: Walter

and Marcella Jones, Roger Jones, Linda (Jones) McK-eone, Matt McKeone and Glen Hardisty $150

Midge Scurlock $40Velma and Alan King $25Kenneth and Carol Sharp

$100Paul and Bernice Down-

ing $50In Memory of Don Scheel

$25In Memory of Rick Scheel

$25HIS Helpers SS Class of

the Cromwell Church $50Charles and Marlene Er-

ickson $30BMSF Coffee Club $25Ken and Carol Foster $75Frank and Marcia Riley

$50Raymond Banner $30Larry and Rosalie Denton

$25In Memory of Don Mullin

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imer $25Monday Card Club $40Dean and Betty Wallace

and family $20This week’s total: $4,480Total donations to date:

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Tough choice: John Campbell of Mount Ayr tries to make the tough choice of what soup he wanted for dinner at the Creston Restored Depot Thursday night. The dinner was a fundraiser for Appalachia Service Project.

Council Bluffs staff collect birds for winter

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — More than 10 domes-ticated birds left at a Council Bluffs park will be sheltered at a Glenwood farm to ensure they can survive the winter.

The geese and ducks, dropped off at Big Lake Park when their owners no longer wanted them, were gathered by animal control officials and volunteers Wednesday, The Daily Nonpareil reported.

Officials say abandoned birds are a yearly problem. The city parks department used to collect them and house them over the winter before returning them, but DeAnn Nelson with animal control said the money, time and space needed to do so be-came a burden.

The fowl can’t fly and don’t have the instincts necessary to survive in the wild. And with part of the lake frozen because of cold temperatures, the birds struggle finding a place to escape from preda-tors. Foxes have captured a few of the birds in the past few weeks.

Nelson and Galen Barrett, also with animal control, en-couraged residents to consid-er the responsibilities of car-ing for the birds when taking them in.

“Don’t buy if you’re not going to keep them,” Barrett said. “And don’t dump them here.”

Nelson added, “We don’t want to catch them every year.”

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A burst of U.S. hiring in No-vember — the most in nearly three years — added 321,000 jobs and provided the lat-est evidence that the United States is outperforming other economies throughout the de-veloped world.

In addition, the govern-ment said Friday that 44,000 more jobs were added in September and October com-bined than it had previously estimated. So far this year, job gains have averaged 241,000 a month, putting 2014 on track to be the strongest year for hiring since 1999.

The unemployment rate re-mained at a six-year low of 5.8 percent.

“These were boom-like numbers,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “They indicate that the U.S. economy is on very solid ground.”

November’s robust job growth, reflecting a steadily rising economy, could make it likelier that the Federal Re-serve will start raising interest rates by mid-2015 as many economists have speculated. The Fed has kept its key short-term rate at a record low near zero since 2008 to support the economy.

The job gains last month co-incided with a sharp increase in workers’ pay. The average hourly wage rose 9 cents to $24.66, the biggest gain in 17 months. Still, over the past 12 months, hourly pay has risen just 2.1 percent, barely above the 1.7 percent inflation rate.

Hiring last month was broad-based but particularly concentrated in retail, tempo-rary services and transporta-tion and warehousing. Those increases likely reflect season-al hiring for the holiday sea-

son. Shipping companies have announced ambitious plans: UPS has said it expects to add up to 95,000 seasonal work-ers, up from 85,000 last year. FedEx plans to hire 50,000, up from 40,000.

In addition, manufacturers added 28,000 jobs in Novem-ber, the most in a year, and education and health services 38,000. Professional and busi-ness services, a category that includes generally low-paid temps but also higher-paying jobs in fields such as account-ing and engineering, added the most jobs in four years.

The surge in hiring comes after the economy expanded from April through Septem-ber at its fastest six-month pace in 11 years. The addi-tional jobs should support steady economic growth in coming months.

The U.S. recovery still has far to go to fully rebound from the Great Recession, given that many people without jobs have stopped looking for one and are no longer counted as unemployed and many others have received little or no pay increases.

“At this rate, we won’t re-turn to pre-recession labor market health until October 2016 — nearly nine years since the recession began,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the liberal Eco-nomic Policy Institute.

Even so, the improving U.S. job market contrasts with

weakness elsewhere around the globe. Growth among the 18 European nations in the euro alliance is barely positive, and the eurozone’s unemployment rate is 11.5 percent. Japan is in recession.

China’s growth has slowed as it seeks to rein in excessive lending tied to real estate de-velopment. Other large de-veloping countries, including Russia and Brazil, are also straining to grow.

Most economists say the United States will likely con-tinue to strengthen despite the sluggishness overseas. The U.S. economy is much less de-pendent on exports than are Germany, China and Japan. U.S. growth is fueled more by its large domestic market and free-spending consumers, who account for about 70 per-cent of the economy.

That trend helps support the steady U.S. job growth. Most of the industries that have enjoyed the strongest job gains depend on the U.S. market rather than on overseas demand. Retailers, restaurants and hotels, and education and health care, for example, have been among the most consistent sources of healthy hiring since the reces-sion officially ended in 2009.

Seva, a chain of fast-casu-al spas located mainly inside

Wal-Mart stores, has been adding jobs all year while ex-panding from about 75 to 100 sites. It plans to open more free-standing spas in Georgia and Illinois next year.

CEO Vas Maniatis says its customers have been willing to spend more this year on higher-priced services such as body waxing and facials, which have boosted revenue. Just after the recession, the company had focused more on lower-priced procedures such as eye brow shaping.

“People want the services,” he said. “They are willing to spend more money and are spending more in our stores.”

Most recent figures on the economy have been encour-aging. Americans are buying more cars, which will likely keep factories busy in coming months. Auto sales last month rose to their second-fastest pace this year. Car sales are on track to rise 6 percent this year from 2013.

And a survey by the Insti-tute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, showed that ser-vices firms expanded at nearly the fastest pace in eight years last month. The ISM’s sepa-rate survey of manufacturing firms showed that factories are expanding at a brisk pace.

There have been some signs of moderating growth. Consumer spending rose only modestly in October. And businesses ordered few-er big-ticket manufactured goods that month, excluding the volatile aircraft category. That indicates that companies are holding back on invest-ment.

November job growthNovember’s robust job growth, reflecting a steadily ris-

ing economy, could make it likelier that the Federal Re-serve will start raising interest rates by mid-2015 as many economists have speculated. The Fed has kept its key short-term rate at a record low near zero since 2008 to sup-port the economy.

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For the record

Markets

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Sat12/6

37/26Intervals of cloudsand sunshine. High37F. Winds NE at 10to 15 mph.

Sunrise Sunset7:28 AM 4:48 PM

Sun12/7

38/31Cloudy. Highs in theupper 30s and lowsin the low 30s.


Mon12/8

43/22Mix of sun andclouds. Highs in thelow 40s and lows inthe low 20s.


Tue12/9

37/26Abundant sunshine.Highs in the upper30s and lows in themid 20s.


Wed12/10

41/36More clouds thansun. Highs in the low40s and lows in themid 30s.


Des Moines38/27

Cedar Rapids38/25

Sioux City38/28

Creston37/26

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 29 21 mst sunny Davenport 38 27 mst sunny Marshaltown 35 24 mst sunnyAtlantic 38 27 pt sunny Des Moines 38 27 pt sunny Mason City 31 21 mst sunnyAubudon 36 26 pt sunny Dubuque 37 25 pt sunny Onawa 39 28 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 38 25 pt sunny Farmington 37 27 pt sunny Oskaloosa 37 25 mst sunnyCenterville 36 27 pt sunny Fort Dodge 32 24 mst sunny Ottumwa 37 26 mst sunnyClarinda 40 28 pt sunny Ft Madison 37 28 pt sunny Red Oak 39 28 pt sunnyClarion 31 22 mst sunny Guttenberg 37 25 pt sunny Sioux Center 35 25 mst sunnyClinton 39 26 pt sunny Keokuk 37 29 pt sunny Sioux City 38 28 mst sunnyCouncil Bluffs 39 29 pt sunny Lansing 36 23 pt sunny Spencer 32 23 mst sunnyCreston 37 26 pt sunny LeMars 37 27 mst sunny Waterloo 35 24 sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 67 41 rain Houston 72 54 pt sunny Phoenix 73 52 pt sunnyBoston 49 35 rain Los Angeles 68 53 cloudy San Francisco 64 57 rainChicago 37 27 pt sunny Miami 77 66 pt sunny Seattle 52 45 rainDallas 63 44 pt sunny Minneapolis 27 20 mst sunny St. Louis 40 31 cloudyDenver 51 34 cloudy New York 50 37 rain Washington, DC 56 37 rain

Moon Phases

FirstNov 29

FullDec 6

LastDec 14

NewDec 22

UV IndexSat

12/62

Low

Sun12/7

1Low

Mon12/8

1Low

Tue12/9

2Low

Wed12/10

1Low

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

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Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (34), low past 24 hours (18) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Sat12/6

37/26Intervals of cloudsand sunshine. High37F. Winds NE at 10to 15 mph.


Sun12/7

38/31Cloudy. Highs in theupper 30s and lowsin the low 30s.


Mon12/8

43/22Mix of sun andclouds. Highs in thelow 40s and lows inthe low 20s.


Tue12/9

37/26Abundant sunshine.Highs in the upper30s and lows in themid 20s.


Wed12/10

41/36More clouds thansun. Highs in the low40s and lows in themid 30s.


Des Moines38/27

Cedar Rapids38/25

Sioux City38/28

Creston37/26

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 29 21 mst sunny Davenport 38 27 mst sunny Marshaltown 35 24 mst sunnyAtlantic 38 27 pt sunny Des Moines 38 27 pt sunny Mason City 31 21 mst sunnyAubudon 36 26 pt sunny Dubuque 37 25 pt sunny Onawa 39 28 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 38 25 pt sunny Farmington 37 27 pt sunny Oskaloosa 37 25 mst sunnyCenterville 36 27 pt sunny Fort Dodge 32 24 mst sunny Ottumwa 37 26 mst sunnyClarinda 40 28 pt sunny Ft Madison 37 28 pt sunny Red Oak 39 28 pt sunnyClarion 31 22 mst sunny Guttenberg 37 25 pt sunny Sioux Center 35 25 mst sunnyClinton 39 26 pt sunny Keokuk 37 29 pt sunny Sioux City 38 28 mst sunnyCouncil Bluffs 39 29 pt sunny Lansing 36 23 pt sunny Spencer 32 23 mst sunnyCreston 37 26 pt sunny LeMars 37 27 mst sunny Waterloo 35 24 sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 67 41 rain Houston 72 54 pt sunny Phoenix 73 52 pt sunnyBoston 49 35 rain Los Angeles 68 53 cloudy San Francisco 64 57 rainChicago 37 27 pt sunny Miami 77 66 pt sunny Seattle 52 45 rainDallas 63 44 pt sunny Minneapolis 27 20 mst sunny St. Louis 40 31 cloudyDenver 51 34 cloudy New York 50 37 rain Washington, DC 56 37 rain

Moon Phases

FirstNov 29

FullDec 6

LastDec 14

NewDec 22

UV IndexSat

12/62

Low

Sun12/7

1Low

Mon12/8

1Low

Tue12/9

2Low

Wed12/10

1Low

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

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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.

Union Squares, 7:30 p.m., Creston First United Methodist Church.

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

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

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

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

Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boz’s Kitchen in Corning. For more

information, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

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

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy. 34, featuring Coon Ridge Country.

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.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 2 to 5 p.m., Osceola Eagles Lodge, featuring Marylins Country Band.

MondayUnion County Board of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

VFW Post No. 1797, 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, 403 W. Montgomery St.

Meetings Union County Board of

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

Agenda includes: 9:05 a.m. open forum; 9:10 a.m. Steve Akes, county engi-neer: maintenance activ-ity report, discuss county safety program and discuss automatic vehicle locator system; 10:10 a.m. Sandy Hysell, county auditor: set public hearing for budget amendment, approve VA credit card and VA month-ly report; claims; adjourn; 4:30 p.m. LEC meeting, a subcommittee of the Board of Supervisors.

— — — — — —Mount Ayr School Board,

5 p.m. Monday, boardroom.Agenda includes: ac-

tivity fund; buildings and grounds: auditorium op-tions; transportation re-port; lunch reports; prin-cipal reports; technology; resolution ordering election on the question of levying a voter approved physical plant and equipment prop-erty tax; consideration of early retirement, licensed employee, policy 407.6 and classified employee, policy 413.6; allowable growth/drop out prevention; per-sonnel; secretary-treasur-er’s financial report; mis-cellaneous; superintendent report: “Green Card,”

Spanish teacher.— — — — — —

Union County Board of Health, 8 a.m. Thursday, DV Richardson conference room.

Agenda includes: Beth Turner, MA, CHES, mis-sion coordinator, tobacco control: community partner-ship grant funding for Union County; LouAnn Snodgrass, director, report; Robin Se-vier, public health nurse: monthly report; Amanda Husband, Union County environmental specialist: monthly report.

Birth Greater RegionalMedical Center

Matthew Gaede and Amanda Simmons of Green-field are parents of a daugh-ter born Dec. 3, 2014. Mack-enzie Lynn Faith Gaede wegiehd 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Grandparents are Dalyne Gaede of Creston, Tammy Simmons of Tarkio, Mo., and Nancy Gaede of Turtle Lake, Wis.

Brother is Hunter Gaede, 10 months.

Police Thomas Johnston, 35, 512

Wyoming Ave., was charged on a Taylor County warrant for fourth-degree theft 12:14 p.m. Wednesday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

Johnston was released on

$1,000 bond.Miscellaneous

Information, 9:13 a.m., Thursday, East Townline Street.

Talk to officer, 3:36 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Harassing communication, 3:51 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Assistance, 4:36 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 8:08 p.m., Thursday, South Vine Street.

Traffic stop, 9:27 p.m., Thursday, Russell Street.

Traffic stop, 2:03 a.m., to-day, West Mills Street.

Fire Miscellaneous

CO investigation, 8:56 a.m., Thursday, South Pine Street.

Vehicle fire, 5:37 p.m., Thursday, West Mills Street.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.50Soybeans — $9.57• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.50Soybeans — $9.73

LotteryIowa’s Pick 3: 5-1-1Hot Lotto: 7-18-20-28-46 (9)

CHS calendar Dec. 8-13Monday4 p.m. eighth grade girls

basketball against West Central Valley, here, mid-dle school; seventh grade girls basketball, here, middle school north storm gym; sev-enth grade boys basketball at West Central Valley (Stuart).

5:30 p.m. eighth grade boys basketball at West Central Valley Middle School (Redfield).

Tuesday3:30 p.m. JV/varsity boys

and girls bowling at Red Oak Lanes.

4 p.m. seventh grade boys basketball against Wint-erset, here, middle school; eighth grade boys basketball at Winterset Middle School.

4:30 p.m. ninth grade boys basketball against Shenan-doah, here.

6 p.m. JV girls basketball at Shenandoah; JV boys bas-ketball against Shenandoah, here.

7:30 p.m. varsity girls bas-ketball at Shenandoah; var-sity boys basketball against Shenandoah, here.

WednesdayOne hour early dismissal.Thursday4 p.m. seventh grade

girls basketball against Winterset, here, middle school; seventh grade boys basketball at Mount Ayr; eighth grade girls basketball at Winterset Middle School.

5:30 p.m. JV/varsity wres-tling double dual against Atlantic and Clarinda, here; March of Dimes Night.

Friday4:30 p.m. ninth grade girls

basketball at Atlantic.5 p.m. varsity wrestling

tournament at Central De-catur (Leon).

5:45 p.m. ninth grade boys basketball against Atlantic, here, middle school.

6 p.m. JV girls basketball at Atlantic; JV boys basket-ball against Atlantic, here.

7:30 p.m. varsity boys basketball against Atlantic, here; varsity girls basketball at Atlantic.

Saturday10 a.m. JV wrestling tour-

nament at Lenox.1 p.m. JV/varsity boys and

girls bowling against Deni-son-Schleswig, Creston Pan-ther Lanes.

5 p.m. varsity boys bas-ketball against Adel-DeSo-to-Minburn, Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines).

ACT prep course available at SWCC

The TRiO Educational Tal-ent Search (ETS) program at Southwestern Community College is offering free ACT test prep courses for all ETS high school participants the morning of Jan. 10.

Two options are available for students who attend:

Option 1 – 9 a.m. to noon. Students who choose option 1 will be participating in a mock exam consisting of the same conditions as the offi-cial ACT exam.

Option 2 – 9 a.m. to noon. Students who choose option 2 will attend three break-out sessions (math, English/reading and science).

Snacks will be provided to all registrants. The dead-line for signing up will be Jan. 8. Students may sign up through their ETS adviser or by calling 641-782-1392.

TRiO Educational Talent Search is 100 percent federal-ly funded by the U.S. Depart-ment of Education. More than 800 students in eight schools are served by the ETS pro-gram. The program’s offices are located on the Southwest-ern Community College Cres-ton campus. The goal of the ETS program is to encourage students to go to college.

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Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

The Full Moon today can create an accident-prone situation, so do be careful. Slow down and take it easy. Pay attention to everything you say and do.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Squabbles about posses-sions, money or cash flow might come to a head today. Just be cool, because you need to keep a level head in financial discussions.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today, the only Full Moon in your sign all year is taking place. This is why disputes with close friends, partners and spouses likely will arise. Patience is your ally.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be patient with those at work today, because the Full Moon can cause people to lose it. You don’t have to succumb to these vibes. However, watch how other people are reacting!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Parents must be patient and tol-erant with kids today because the Full Moon can cause hissy fits and meltdowns. Romance might be a bit rocky as well. (Oh dear.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today you will feel pulled between the demands of home and family versus the demands of your career and external world. With this Full Moon, you cannot ignore home and family.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be careful, because this is an accident-prone day. Keep your wits about you, and be mindful at all times. Think before you speak or do anything.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Something to do with how things are shared or divided might be a problem today. The Full Moon energy does not lend well to compromise and reconciliation. Wait a day or two.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Today the only Full Moon opposite your sign all year is taking

place. Naturally, this will create heated discussions with you and others. Stay chill.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Challenges with co-work-ers, especially females, are likely today because of the Full Moon. Just be aware that this tension is short-lived — gone in 48 hours.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.

18) Don’t be too demand-ing with children today, or even with romantic partners. Today’s Full Moon creates stress in all relationships but especially playful ones.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Despite the demands of home and family, you cannot ignore your career today. The Full Moon will make it difficult for you to make these choices, because it feels like a tug-of-war.

YOU BORN TODAY You are resilient and pragmatic. You

know how to make the best out of any situation. You are kind and caring. Go slowly this year. There is something important to learn. The first half of this year will seem slow, but soon your efforts of the past six years will start to show results! Get out into nature this year.

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Dear Heloise: My daughter is in her first year of college out of state. I want to send her CARE PACKAGES, but there are too many choices. Do you have any hints? — Ra-chel, via email

Sure do, and I can tell you, when I was in college and saw a package from my mother or daddy, I knew it was going to make me happy! There is a difference between want and need! What are favorite can-dies, snacks, magazines, etc.? College students often live on takeout or microwave meals. Homemade goodies are just the best, even if they do arrive in less-than-perfect shape. Who cares? They still taste the same!

A themed care package can be fun to put together and fun to open up. For a cheap night in, make a box full of movies, popcorn and candy. A “need” (but maybe not “want”) gift box is one full of tissues, cough drops, medicine, tea and instant soup. Do put in a treat, too!

When packing, put items that might leak in a zipper-top plastic bag. For cookies, wrap in plastic wrap, then put in a hard, plastic leftover contain-er. Use softer items to cushion things needing a little more

care. Don’t waste space on un-usable packing materials.

No matter what, your col-lege student will love getting a piece of home. If it is packed with love, it is perfect! — Hel-oise

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HeloiseP.O. Box 795000San Antonio, TX 78279-

5000Fax: 1-210-HELOISEEmail: Heloise@Heloise.

com TRAVEL HINTDear Readers: Travel today

is not like it was years ago. Here’s a lifesaving safety hint that you may have forgotten, but that is vital to remem-ber. When boarding a plane, train or bus, count the rows to your seat. Look around to see where the closest exit is — it might be right behind you. When going to your hotel/motel room, count how many doors to the exit. It takes only a few seconds to do this, and

you will most likely NEVER have to use the information, but just in case, be prepared. — Heloise

BICYCLISTS BEWAREDear Heloise: In your col-

umn on bicycle basics, you omitted what I feel is the most important safety aspect of bi-cycle safety: notifying other bicyclists when passing them. When approaching another bicyclist when you are about to pass, always clearly call out “Passing!” or “Passing on your left!” — J.H. in Ohio

Thanks for a good addition to bicycle safety hints! Of course, this is in a situation where one is assuming that it is safe and legal to pass an-other bicyclist. That said, in my mind, the most important safety aspect is wearing a hel-met. — Heloise

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Dear Heloise: My grocery store uses brown paper bags with sturdy handles. When going to a friend’s house, they make carrying food dishes eas-ier than plastic bags. During the holidays, I use them to carry gifts in from the car and back out on the way home. — Judy K., Athens, Ga.

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Ladies NightThursday, Dec. 11 • 5-8PM


Crest Area for LifeCrest Area for Life met

7:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at Holy Spirit hall. President Meg Crawford opened up the meeting with the right to life prayer. Eight members were in attendance.

Terry Madison gave the secretary’s report from Oc-tober. It was approved.

June Huewe gave the treasurer’s report. It was ap-proved.

Velma Riegel sent out seven baby congratulatory cards.

Under old business, Craw-ford thanked everyone for the help with the business meeting last month.

Under new business, it was decided the memorial service will be 2 p.m. Jan. 19 at Calvary Cemetery. Abun-dant Life Family Church will be a backup location in case of bad weather. Crawford will send letters out to local ministers.

Crest Area for Life’s next meeting will be 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 at Holy Spirit hall.

Rich Madison made a mo-tion, seconded by Phyllis Al-len to adjourn.

Catholic DaughtersCourt Joan of Arc No. 428

of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas met Nov. 11 in the parish hall after mass cel-ebrated by Fr. Ken Halbur. A meal was served by the committee of Anita Studer, Maxine May, Mary McElroy and Lois Nelson.

After the meal, a program was presented by Nellie Kretz from The Old Market on Maple Street. She has 30 years of crafting experi-

ence. She has lots of hand-made items in her store and her brother will also make custom furniture and signs. She gave the group a lot of Christmas ideas.

The business meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer by Regent Retta Ripperger. Minutes from the last meet-ing were read and approved. Motion to approve was made by Betty Baker and second-ed by Barb Thomson. The treasurer’s report was read and approved. Motion was made by Lois Nelson and seconded by Pat Wagoner.

Under old business, Bak-er confirmed the times and buildings for the Bunn bake sale. A work sign-up sheet was passed around. Mem-bers were reminded of the state convention to be held May 14-17 and of responsi-bilities as a host court.

Under new business, the Christmas basket was dis-cussed. There will be a gift exchange at the next meet-ing. Anita Studer gave a re-port from the Parish Coun-cil. Betty Baker gave the card report. Irene Ripperger won the half and half.

The meeting was closed by reciting the membership prayer. Baker made the mo-tion to adjourn. Wagoner seconded.

Bancroft History Assembly

Bancroft History Assem-bly met Dec. 1 at Greater Regional Medical Center. Nine members and three life members were in atten-dance.

JoAnn Nurnberg, presi-dent, called the meeting to order. The theme for the day was “Everyone has a burden. What counts is how you carry it.” The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. The inspirational thought: “A good laugh overcomes more difficult and dissipates more dark clouds than any other.”

Roll call was answered by answering “What are your Christmas plans?” Minutes from the November meeting were read by Sandy Oswald and approved. Avis Hainline presented the treasurer’s re-port. Marisue moved to ac-cept the treasurer’s report. The motion was seconded and passed. An amended budget was presented by Martha. Martha moved to approve the amended bud-get. Bobi seconded the mo-tion. Motion passed.

Correspondence was a note sent to Connie to wel-come her to the club. Read-ing lists were turned in. Kay will be taking scholarship pa-pers to Joan Chubick. There was no other unfinished business.

New business: JoAnn handed out folders telling about GFWC/IOWA for us to hand out and tell others about GFWC. She also hand-ed out projects of GFWC.

The next meeting is Jan. 19 at the community room at Crest Plaza. Ruth Long pre-sented a program on Marsha Wallace.

Creston Lions ClubCreston Lions Club met

6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The

Pizza Ranch. President Ron Dunphy presided over the meeting which opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Delmer Brown gave the in-vocation. The committee for the meeting were members Beth Perry, Radine Ward, Carol Harrison and Susan Weight.

After the meal, Dunphy opened the business meet-ing. Roger Turk presented the minutes of the Nov. 4 meeting which were ap-proved. Tom Braymen gave the treasurer’s report.

Perry reported for the Sight and Hearing Com-mittee. Discussion followed regarding a recent request for assistance with acquir-ing hearing aids and two requests for help with eye-glasses.

Creston Lions will have a float in the Lighted Christ-mas Parade.

Delmer and Alice Brown told about attending the 9SW District Lions meet-ing held Nov. 7-8 in Panora. Also attending the meeting were Dean and Twila Brant.

Dunphy introduced Weight who gave the pro-gram. Using PowerPoint, she told about the trip she and four other women took to It-aly in October.

The next regular meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Jan. 6 at The Pizza Ranch.

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary

Ladies Lakeshore Auxilia-ry met Wednesday.

Canasta winners were Rose Blakesley, first; Carol Harrison, second; and Beu-

lah McDonald, third.Barb Bills won the door

prize.The board will be host-

ess for cards and chatter Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Union County Genealogical Society

Union County Genealog-ical Society met Nov. 24 at Gibson Memorial Library. The meeting began with the annual social time of sharing finger foods.

Jane Briley presided at the business meeting with 10 members present. Plans were made to advertise the book, “Biographical and Historical Record of Ring-gold and Union Counties, Iowa, 1887,” which is for sale at the library and by the so-ciety.

Correspondence was re-ceived from Allen Coun-ty Public Library at Fort Wayne, Ind.

A scrapbook of all obitu-aries from the Creston News Advertiser and Afton Star Enterprise in the year 2011 has been added to the refer-ence shelf in the library.

Officers for 2015 were elected as follows: Jane Bri-ley, president; Tessa Hull, vice president; Dorothy Ey-berg, secretary; and Elaine Brown, treasurer. Roger Nurnberg will assist officers as needed.

Saundra Leininger report-ed on plans of the Iowa Ge-nealogical Society to observe its 50th anniversary in 2015. Plans include a “members only” website, and a possible road trip to a top-rated gene-alogical library.

Members told of their genealogical “finds” of the year, as well as “brick walls,” and all offered possible solu-tions and further research ideas.

No December meeting will be held. The next meeting is Jan. 26 at the library.

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Wednesday: roast turkey with gravy, whipped potatoes,

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Thursday: garlic rosemary chicken breast, country pota-toes, green peas, wheat berry bread with margarine, chocolate chip cookie.

Friday: goulash, California blend vegetables, green beans, wheat bread with margarine, pineapple tidbits.

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(BPT) - Heart disease and stroke remain the two top killers of Americans, according to the Amer-ican Heart Association. Some research shows that heart-related deaths in-crease by 5 percent during the holidays, no matter where you live, and more cardiac deaths occur on Christmas and New Year’s day than on any other days of the year, according to a study by the University of California, San Diego and Tufts University School of Medicine published in the journal Circulation.

Cardiovascular-related incidents increase in winter for a number of reasons, including drops in tempera-ture that constrict blood vessels, irregular workout routines, poor stress man-agement and changing eat-ing habits.

“We tend to eat signifi-cantly more inflamma-tion-promoting foods in the winter,” says Dr. Michael Roizen, founder of Real-Age.com. “The combina-tion of poor diet and other stressors can trigger plaque ruptures and cause chunks of fatty deposits lining ar-

teries to enter the blood-stream, potentially leading to more risk for heart attack and stroke.”

Here are suggestions for keeping your heart healthy this winter:

Maintain a healthy dietLess than 1 percent of

adults meet the American Heart Association’s defini-tion for an “Ideal Healthy Diet,” which means the majority of people need to make some smarter nutri-tion decisions. Don’t over-indulge on artery-clogging dishes, and instead focus on foods that contain key heart health nutrients, including:

* Omega-3s DHA and EPA, found in fatty fish like salmon and sardines, are essential fatty acids which have been shown to support healthy blood pressure and brain function. GOED (the Global Organization for EPA and DHA omega-3) recommends getting 250-500mg of EPA and DHA per day through foods and supplements.

* Vitamin D, found in mushrooms and added to soy and almond milks, has been shown to support heart health. Some research indi-

cates that a vitamin D defi-ciency may be a risk factor for heart attacks, congestive heart failure, peripheral arterial disease and high blood pressure. Sunlight is the best natural source for vitamin D, but since people spend more time indoors during the winter, add foods that pack an added vitamin D punch, like soy milk forti-fied with the nutrient to the

grocery list.* Beta-glucan, found in

oats, is a plant-based sugar known to lower absorption of cholesterol, which may reduce the risk of heart dis-ease. Research shows that consuming approximately 3mg per day of oat beta-glu-can has a statistically signif-icant cholesterol lowering effect.

* For more information

about nutrition for heart health, visit vitaminsinmo-tion.com.

Even if you do follow a healthy diet, a busy life-style can make it difficult to obtain the recommend-ed amounts of vitamins and minerals from food alone. One simple way to enhance your diet is to look for foods fortified with key nutrients and nutritional supple-

ments.Stay activeRegular exercise has a

favorable effect on many of the established risk fac-tors for cardiovascular dis-ease. For example, exercise promotes weight reduction and can help reduce blood pressure. Take the dog on a walk or challenge your kids to a snowball fight. Make it fun, but make sure it hap-pens.

Keep warmIf you’re going outdoors

in the cold, keep your mouth covered with a scarf so warm air hits your lungs first when you breathe in. For those who are travel-ing from a warm to a cold climate, pack warm gear, because some research sug-gests a dip in temperature from what you’re used to may increase your risk for stroke by 7 percent, and heart attack by 12 percent.

RelaxFocus on the pleasures

of the holiday season, like gift-giving, family time and volunteering. Giving and relaxation can benefit stress levels. Finally, sticking to your normal sleep schedule is very important.

One proverb says, “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness,” and we say it’s just about right. But in place of a candle, we’d recommend a couple of 1,600 lumen, energy-ef-ficient bulbs (equivalent to two old-style 100-watt in-candescents), especially if you’re 60 or older.

By the time you hit late middle age, your retina needs more light to see spe-cific tasks clearly. In fact, at age 60 you need about three times as much light on an object to see it as well as the average 20-year-old does. The solution? Adjust your lighting so that you don’t strain your eyes or miss something important (ev-erything from that spot on the front of your T-shirt to the small print in your med-ication instructions).

Turn on your table lamp and peruse our suggestions:

1. Increase ambient light at home and in the office. For instance, open blinds and curtains so natural light comes in. And use indirect lighting from floor and table lamps to get a soft, full glow (no shadows).

2. Get targeted LED spots for specific tasks, like threading a needle or read-ing.

3. At home, use automat-ic on/off switches to keep an even light level throughout the day. And use motion sensor lights that come on whenever you enter a room — no missteps in the dark-ness!

4. Reduce glare by elim-inating bare bulbs in over-heads or chandeliers. You also can reduce glare by putting runners or table-cloths over highly shiny sur-faces such as metal, glass or

polished stone.REFRESHING WAYS

TO HELP LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

For some folks, teeing up a golf ball is a great way to relax. In fact, according to Jimmy Demaret, the first golfer to win the Masters three times, “Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without be-ing good at [them].” But for those of you who find tee-ing up that small white ball more frustrating (or boring) than relaxing, there’s anoth-er kind of tea that can help you chill.

New research shows that if you take up drinking tea regularly, you can expect to see your top blood pres-sure number (systolic) dip by around 2.6 mmHg. Your bottom number (diastolic) will go down by about 2.2 mmHg.

The researchers who dis-covered this looked at the results of 25 randomized, controlled studies on tea and blood pressure (with a total of 1,476 participants) and concluded that if such improvements happened to everyone with high blood pressure, the stats for re-lated stroke risk would fall by 8 percent, for coronary artery disease mortality by 5 percent, and for all caus-es of mortality by 4 percent. Green tea seems to have the most powerful effect on blood pressure; black tea is second; and it makes no dif-ference if it’s caffeinated or decaffeinated.

So how does tea low-er your blood pressure? It seems to allow blood vessels to relax and help their lining stay healthy. Although this study didn’t say how much tea to drink, some others indicate that three to four cups a day may be optimal. So, no pressure, tee up a cup!

BEWARE THE SCARY FOODS OUT THERE!

In the fright film “Polter-geist,” seemingly harmless spirits dish up a load of hor-rible happenings. The same could be said for restaurant food you THINK is OK, but is actually a heart-stopping nutritional nightmare.

According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Chipotle chick-en burrito with tortilla, rice, pinto beans, cheese, chick-en, sour cream and salsa serves up 1,020 calories and 16 grams of saturated fat. That’s equal to six — count ‘em, six — Taco Bell chick-en soft tacos!

Solution: No mas flour tortilla, sour cream or cheese. Add avocados for a healthy treat! The Amer-ican Heart Association says a 2,000-calorie-per-day diet should include just 11-13 g saturated fat.

Think McD’s is bad for you? It is, but Five Guys’ plain hamburger has 700 calories (Big Mac has 520), plus 20 g of sat fat. Ouch! Large fries, no ketchup (20 ounces), a horrifying 1,314 calories (Mickey D’s is 500).

Solution: A veggie sand-

wich: 440 calories and 6g sat fat. Skip the fries. Even the small size has 526 calories.

Thinking Mediterranean food is always healthy? Ol-ive Garden’s Tour of Ita-ly (that’s lasagna, chicken parmesan and fettuccine Alfredo) could knock over the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It has 1,450 calories and 33 g saturated fat.

Solution: A bowl of Zup-pa Toscana (220 calories, 5 g sat fat), roasted parmesan asparagus (80 calories, 1g sat fat) and chicken meat-balls (260 calories and 3 g sat fat).

So, when you eat out, remember the famous line from “Poltergeist” and watch out for unhealthy foods, because “They’re here!”

GETTING TICKED OFF AT LYME DISEASE

When former teen idol Debbie Gibson went public with the news she had Lyme disease, she hoped her fans would show compassion for her unhealthy appearance and lack of energy. Turns out, that was “Only in (Her) Dreams.” They took to so-cial media, ridiculing her as skinny and unattractive.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gets 30,000 reports annu-ally about Americans with Lyme disease. But recent-ly, they discovered that the actual number of folks di-agnosed with the infection is 10 times that — 300,000! Who knows how many are undiagnosed.

What this means, particu-larly if you live in the North-east and upper Midwest, where 96 percent of cases occur, is that you need to be aware of the symptoms. Early treatment with inex-

pensive antibiotics usually takes care of the problem.

Day 3-30 after a Lyme-in-fected tick bite: About 70 percent to 80 percent of folks get a red, expanding bulls-eye rash. Fatigue, chills, fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, and swollen lymph nodes are other signs.

Days to weeks later: More rashes appear, facial or Bell’s palsy can develop, along with severe head-aches and a stiff neck (men-ingitis), painful and swollen joints, even heart palpita-tions and dizziness. These symptoms may go away without treatment, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods: Treatment helps you avoid chronic problems, even though 10 percent to 20 percent of folks who get treatment have lingering symptoms.

So wear long sleeves, high socks and slacks, and use DEET insect repellant when you’re out and about. And see a doctor ASAP if you think you’ve been bit-ten. You know the symp-toms.

HEY CURIOSITY, THANKS FOR THE MEMORY

If you don’t know what year Bob Hope and Shir-ley Ross originally sang “Thanks for the Memory,” but are curious to find out, chances are you’ll remem-ber once we tell you. They sang the memorable tune (it won the Oscar for Best Original Song) in a movie called “The Big Broadcast of 1938.” And “Thanks for the Memory” became Hope’s theme song for the next 65 years of his life.

What’s the reason, if you’re curious, that you’re

likely to remember that the year is 1938? It turns out that when you are curious and when that curiosity is satisfied, it activates your brain’s dopamine reward system, just like chocolate does. According to new research published in the journal Cell, when curios-ity (defined as an intrinsic motivation to learn) stimu-lates production of the neu-rotransmitter dopamine, what you learn sticks with you longer. That sharper brain function can increase your memory of other things happening around you, too.

Speaking of stickier: In addition to juicing up your dopamine response, choco-late seems to improve your memory because the fla-vonols it contains increase blood flow in the brain. That causes dendrites (the parts of neurons that re-ceive messages) to grow, and that translates to in-creased brainpower.

So what lesson can you learn from all this? For a better memory, sit down with some really good dark chocolate (70 percent ca-cao) and an old Bob Hope movie. Without looking, now; if you were to pick a year to start with, what would it be? We’re just cu-rious.

* * *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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Adair County 4-H’ers earn special honors GREENFIELD — Anna Horn of

Stuart was challenged to take advantage of the opportunities that life provides as she was presented the prestigious Dan-forth Award during the Adair County 4-H Awards Day program. She is the daughter of Jeff and Brenda Horn and a senior at West Central Valley High School.

Riley Lonsdale of Greenfield re-ceived an achievement award. Agricul-ture award went to Emily Huntington of Orient. Noah Cooper of Greenfield earned the Golden Apple Award for Food and Fitness. Merit awards were presented to Ryan Jensen of Bridgewa-ter; Joey Huntington of Orient; Hannah Jorgensen of Adair; Hank Bohling and Sam Marnin, both of Greenfield; and Alyssa Christensen of Stuart.

A group of high school 4-H’ers were recognized for outstanding leadership. Heath Downing of Creston was recip-ient of the Ak-Sar-Ben Leadership award. Shelby Soper of Adair received the leadership award.

Six 4-H’ers were honored with 4-H Spirit Awards. Spir-it Awards are presented to any age4-H’er who has gone above and beyond to make the 4-H pledge a reality. Alan Evans and Kate Jensen of Bridgewater; Dakota Hughes, Selena Rubio and Jill Wallace, all of Greenfield; and Madison Suhr of Adair were presented with spe-cially designed medallions to mark this honor. Union State Bank of Greenfield and Bridgewater is the local sponsor of the 4-H Spirit Awards.

The teamwork award was present-ed to a team of 10 members of Adair County Hot Shots – Skyler Rawlings, Nick Bartles, Kooper Brown, Merritt Caviness, Storm Hoadley, Mckenna Lilly, Calista Mason, Paige McElfish, Zayden Rawlings and Logan Stevens for their work in restoring the Mormon Trail Lake shooting range. Each mem-

ber of the team received a special 4-H lanyard.

President’s Volunteer Service Awards were presented to 17 Adair County 4-H’ers for their community service work during the past year. The national program encourages youth to give back to their community through volunteer work. Each honoree receives a certificate signed by President Obama and a specially designed pin. The local program sponsor is Union State Bank of Greenfield and Bridgewater.

Gold award recipients were Hank Bohling, Dakota Hughes, Jennifer Hol-liday and Skyler Rawlings, all of Green-field; Ashlyn Kralik of Orient; McKen-na Davenport and Paige Caltrider, both of Adair; and Terrin Gettler of Fonta-nelle. Youths 15 years and older were required to volunteer at least 250 hours to earn the Gold Award, while younger members had to log a minimum of 100 hours.

Silver honorees were Riley Lons-

dale of Greenfield; Shelby Soper and Hannah Jorgensen, both of Adair; and Halee Wallace of Creston. The silver award is reserved for youths who volun-teer a minimum of 175 hours, if they are 15 years and older, or 75 hours if they are younger than 15.

Bronze awards were presented to: Heath Downing of Creston; Storm Hoadley, Zayden Rawlings and Logan Stevens, all of Greenfield; and Joey Huntington of Orient. Bronze honorees gave a minimum of 100 hours for old-er members and 50 hours for younger members.

Aaron Kralik and Emily Huntington, both of Orient, were local honorees for volunteering at least 50 hours of com-munity service.

Dakota Hughes received a Certifi-cate of Excellence from the 2014 Pru-dential Spirit of Community Award program for her outstanding volunteer service with the Blooming in Fontanelle project.

Contributed photoAdair County President’s Volunteer Service Award winners are, seated, from left, Jennifer Holliday, Skyler Rawlings, Dakota Hughes, Hank Bohling, McKenna Davenport, Ashlyn Kralik, Paige Caltrider, Terrin Gettler, gold winners; standing, Zayden Rawlings, Logan Stevens, bronze winners; Halee Wallace, silver winner; Joey Huntington, Heath Downing, bronze winners; Riley Lonsdale, Hannah Jorgensen, silver winners; Storm Hoadley, bronze winner.

Professional Developers of Iowa (PDI) elects Pantini to vice president position

MORAVIA — At the an-nual business meeting of the Professional Developers of Iowa (PDI), the membership elected Wayne J. Pantini, Certified Economic Develop-er (CEcD), executive direc-tor, Union County Develop-ment Association as the vice president of the Association beginning Dec. 1. Pantini will serve a one-year term.

Founded in 1973, with cur-rent membership of more than 330, PDI is an organi-zation dedicated to advanc-ing the professionalism of its members through a wide range of programs and ser-vices. As an association, PDI provides professional training

that helps its members do a better job for their commu-nity. PDI creates an atmo-sphere of support and offers an instant network of sea-soned experts for local pro-fessionals to seek advice andsupport.

“As an organization, PDI fosters cooperation among its members to produce the best results for Iowa,” Lynn Harkin, CAE, PDI executive director said. “As individuals, every PDI member makes his or her community a better place to live and work. Our board is committed to taking the organization to the next level.”

Pantini received the distin-

guished CEcD designation in June 2011 from the Inter-national Economic Develop-ment Council (IEDC). Panti-ni has been the executive director of the Union County Development Association since 2004. His duties include promoting economic growth for new and existing business-es, providing demographic information to decision mak-ers in the public and private sectors. He also directs initia-tives of his board to enhance the quality of life such as im-provement of housing condi-tions, community leadership and workforce development. Pantini has just finished his role as chairman of Leader-

ship Iowa, a statewide pro-gram of the ABI Foundation. He has previously served on the Iowa Small Business De-velopment Centers Advisory Board (chairman 2010). He is a graduate of Economic Development Institute at OU and a graduate of Leadership Iowa 2006-2007.

Professional Developers of Iowa is headquartered in the offices of Association Management, Ltd. (AML), a central Iowa-based associ-ation management company providing full-service man-agement to nonprofit trade associations and profession-al society associations since 1976.

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Afton electricity rates increase in new year By SARAH BROWNCNA staff [email protected]

AFTON — Afton resi-dents and commercial busi-nesses will pay 7 percent more for electricity next year.

Under this new increase, electric utility rates will in-crease residential monthly demand from $7 to $7.50, commercial monthly de-mand charge from $11 to $11.80, energy regular from $0.12 to $0.1284 per kilo-watt-hour and all-electric from $0.11 to $0.1177 per kilowatt-hour.

Afton City Council ap-proved the increase, which will generate approximate-ly $54,630.38 more revenue for the city in 2015. The in-creased rates will start with usage on Dec. 29 and ap-pear on the first electricity bill of the year.

Afton City Clerk Toni Landers said the city will use the funds for infrastruc-

ture improvements, such as new poles, lines, transform-ers and possibly a new city-owned power substation.

“It made more sense for us dollar-wise to build our own in Afton,” Landers said.

In the past, Afton has purchased energy from the marketplace and had a rent agreement with Alliant En-ergy’s substation to process or lower the voltage com-ing in from transmission lines before it is able to be put to residential or com-mercial use.

Landers and Afton City Council have been in dis-cussion with engineers and a financial adviser to de-termine the best course of action for delivering power to the city.

A letter explaining the increase was sent to all Af-ton energy customers Nov. 26. A written explanation of all current rate sched-ules is available at Afton City Hall, 115 E. Kansas St.

Obama gets most of $6.2B request to fight Ebola

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be awarded the bulk of his $6.2 billion request to fight Ebola in Africa, a se-nior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee said Thursday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday that Obama won’t get the full $1.5 billion he requested for a contingency fund but he’s getting the green light for other portions of the re-quest.

Graham is the lead Sen-ate GOP negotiator on the foreign aid budget as law-makers wrap up talks on a $1 trillion-plus omnibus spending bill in advance of a likely vote next week.

Obama asked for $2 bil-lion for the United States Agency for International Development and $2.4 bil-lion for the Department of Health and Human Ser-vices.

That money would be used to strengthen the

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The administration would establish more than 50 Ebola treatment centers throughout the U.S., buy safety suits and more strict-ly monitor travelers upon their arrival in the country.

Obama also wanted $1.5 billion for a contingency fund to deal with any un-anticipated developments such as a new flare-up in West Africa or a need to vaccinate U.S. health care workers.

Graham said he want-ed to make sure that the contingency fund doesn’t amount to a “slush fund” but Obama’s other requests were “in the ballpark.”

A Senate aide, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations are being conducted in secret, said Obama will probably win more than $5 billion of the request.

The omnibus spending bill would cover the ap-proximately one-third of the budget dedicated to day-to-day operations of Cabinet agencies. Pro-grams such as Social Secu-rity, Medicare and the new health care law are sepa-rately paid for in the “man-datory” portion of the fed-eral budget.

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Cold shower: Jordan Nelson with the Creston Fire Department sprays the engine of Jacqueline Saylor’s van while smoke escapes from the engine compartment. According to a Creston Fire Department report, firefighters responded to a car fire on 607 W. Mills at 5:39 p.m. The cause of the fire was wiring. Estimated loss was $8,000.

Looking for a clear direction

By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

Iowa residents now have the technology to see where every Iowa Department of Transportation snowplow and live camera views of road conditions from the comfort of their own home.

“This information is available to the public in near real time to help them with their commute,” said Craig Bargfrede, Iowa DOT winter operations ad-ministrator.

The snowplows are rep-resented by pointed, orange shapes on the map. The current road conditions are colored with the different conditions specified in an interactive map key.

“They will also be able to see a blue icon which rep-resents our plow camera,” Bargfrede said. “It is taken right from the dash of our trucks, giving the same per-spective of what drivers are seeing.”

Bargfrede added this ad-vancement — which is rel-

atively inexpensive technol-ogy — is all about getting information to the public to help commuters make safe decisions before they travel.

Residents traveling in Union County could check to see what direction a snowplow is headed on Highway 25 or 34.

Bargfrede said some county engineers and law enforcement are using the snowplow tracking feature to see what the Iowa DOT is using to treat the roads and what roads are clear during an emergency.

Depending on the color of the plow, engineers can tell if the Iowa DOT is pre-treating with brine, spread-ing salt or using a combina-tion of sand and salt.

“Everything we have heard so far has been very positive,” Bargfrede said. “It is a pretty powerful tool in addition to the 511 traffic information line.”

County trackersUnion County snow-

plows do not have the tech-nology for residents to track e x a c t -ly where they are t r a v e l -ing at any given moment , Akes said that technology may eventually become af-fordable for counties.

“There are many advan-tages to having a tracker on the snowplows,” said Steve Akes, Union County Engineer. “You can see if a truck is in an area that you need or if another plow is close by to help each other out.”

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Cowboys winCHICAGO —

The Dallas Cow-boys look like a team that’s ready for another first-place showdown.

DeMarco Mur-ray ran for a sea-son-high 179 yards and a touchdown, Tony Romo threw for three scores and the Cow-boys beat the Chicago Bears 41-28 on Thurs-day night.

The Cowboys (9-4) made it look easy for most of the night against a struggling team that lost star receiver Bran-don Marshall to a rib injury. Dallas clinched its first winning season since 2009, but is look-ing for more, with an NFC East title and first playoff appearance in five years in sight.

Led by Romo and Murray, Dallas re-bounded from a blow-out loss to the Eagles on Thanksgiving and pulled within a half-game of them with another meet-ing in Philadelphia next week.Huskers hire Riley

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska has hired Mike Riley to lead its football program.

Riley, 61, comes from Oregon State, where he coached since 2003 af-ter a three-year stint as coach of the San Diego Chargers.

“It is truly an honor to join the University of Nebraska family,” Ri-ley said in a statement released by Nebras-ka. “Though we love Corvallis and Oregon State, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to coach at one of the nation’s most storied football programs and I can’t wait to get start-ed.”

Riley will be intro-duced at a news confer-ence Friday morning at Memorial Stadium. The coach will begin work immediately but will not be involved in bowl preparation.

Nebraska finished the regular season at 9-3 under Bo Pelini, who was fired this week after seven seasons, and will learn its postseason des-tination Sunday.McElwain hired

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jim McElwain’s rep-resentatives and Colora-do State have cleared up the issues surrounding his buyout, and McEl-wain has agreed to be-come the next head coach of the Florida Ga-tors.

The coach, who will be introduced at a news conference Saturday, will be paid an aver-age of $3.5 million per season over a six-year contract, according to sources.

To settle the dispute over McElwain’s $7.5 million buyout, Florida agreed to pay $3 million over six years to Colora-do State and also agreed to a future game — with a $2 million guarantee — in Gainesville.

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Panther bowlers open season Saturday By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

In order to continue its streak of sending an indi-vidual or a team to the state meet in every year of the program, the Creston/O-M bowling team will have to overcome a few obstacles.

But, head coach Ron Pen-degraft believes his team still has what it takes to con-tinue that streak.

The Panthers open the season Saturday at Knox-ville in tournament action.

With just six total boys on the team, every Panther boy will be in the varsity lineup. The girls, meanwhile, fea-ture a deep roster of proven bowlers with younger bowl-ers who have shown some promise early in the year.

“Depending on where we go for regionals, the girls team, I’ve got all the confi-dence in the world they’re going to be competitive team-wise and individu-al-wise,” Pendegraft said.

Pendegraft said there are four different Panther girls he sees as having the poten-tial to be a regional cham-pion — juniors Madison Hance and C h a r l e y P a r c h e r , along with s e n i o r s J e n n a Hayes and A s h l e y Knipfer.

Hance led the Panthers last year with an average game of 170.2 and an aver-age series of 340.4. Parcher averaged a 155.7 per game, while Hayes averaged 143.4 and Knipfer averaged 131.9.

For the boys, returning individual state meet quali-fiers Blake Eddy and Darin Hatfield lead the way, and look to make it back to the state meet.

The only other returner for the boys is junior Reece

Kramer.Eddy led the Panthers last

year with an average game of 189.3 and aver-age series of 378.7. H a t f i e l d bowled an a v e r a g e game of 171.9 and K r a m e r averaged 148.5.

“I’m really looking for-ward to seeing how well Da-rin and Blake do,” Pende-graft said. “Blake does a lot of bowling in the offseason. His goals he’s set for himself are pretty high. I hope he reaches them.

“Reece Kramer, he’s al-ways been that middle of the team, as far as average goes. But there’s days, I know he has it in him, where he can bowl really well, just like last year at regionals. He

was out of his mind that day. He can have those days, too. He has it in him.”Potential

Rounding out the boys team is a trio of freshmen in Dylan Linch, Jonathan Seals and Evan Taylor.

“All three are freshmen and new bowlers,” Pende-graft said. “Still developing, so it’s going to be a devel-opmental type year. But they’re good kids. They lis-ten well and so I think we’ll be OK.”

Pendegraft said this year’s girls team features more bowlers with more experi-ence at the beginning of the season than in years past.

He pointed to freshmen Casey Batten and Kimberly Orr, along with sophomore Leah Schuler and junior Mazzy Moore as new bowl-ers who could step up and make an impact for the Pan-thers this year.

“Casey Batten, I think she’s developing fairly well so far this year,” he said. “Kimberly Orr, I bowl with her dad in leagues. Her dad is a very good bowler, so she comes from that heritage. Leah looks good so far. Mazzy looks pretty decent. It’s just getting the mechan-ics, getting the belief in their head.”Class change

For the first time this year,

CNA file photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston/O-M senior Ashley Knipfer releases a shot at last year’s state meet at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines, while junior Blake Eddy approaches the lane in the background. The Panthers open the season Saturday at Knoxville.

Spartan women fall in best game of season

By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

TRENTON, Mo. — The Southwestern women’s bas-ketball team played its best game of the season here Wednesday in a 58-49 loss to North Central Missouri College.

The Spartans, now 0-9 for the season, had previously lost at home to the Pirates, 78-53, on Nov. 10.

“We didn’t spot them 20 points, that’s for sure,” Southwestern head coach Addae Houston said, refer-ring to the first meeting be-tween the two teams.

The Spartans jumped out to a quick lead early in the game, before North Central Missouri College bounced back. After exchanging sev-eral lead changes in the first half, the Pirates led 28-24 at halftime.

“Unfortunately, we start-ed the second half a little flat in the first five minutes,” Houston said. “They hit some shots. We had some turnovers and they stretched it out. I think the largest lead they got was about a 10-point lead. From then on, we battled to claw our way back into the game.”

With five minutes remain-ing in the game, the Spartans had cut the lead back to just 44-40.

But, turnovers down the stretch cost the Spartans. Southwestern committed 21 turnovers for the game, compared to just 11 by North Central Missouri Col-lege.

“We made some crucial mistakes with turnovers down the stretch,” Houston said. “We didn’t shoot the ball very well from outside. Jill Vanderhoof didn’t have a great shooting night and she’s someone we’re looking to to make outside shots for

us. You can’t make them ev-ery night.”

Sabrina Fountain led the Spartans with 10 points and two steals. Olivia Reifert came up just short of her third dou-b l e - d o u -ble of the s e a s o n with nine points and a game-high 15 rebounds.

Jazzlyn Wimbush took over point guard du-ties with S a ’ L i s a B r u c e m i s s i n g the game with a groin in-jury and f i n i s h e d with eight points and three rebounds.

“I really have to give cred-it to Jazzlyn Wimbush,” Houston said. “She played point guard the entire night for us. She did a good job handling the ball, handling pressure. She really played well.”

The Spartans return home Saturday to host Simpson College’s JV team at 1 p.m., prior to the Bill Krejci Hall of Fame induction ceremo-ny.

“Coming off this game, I think we played one of our best games of the year de-fensively,” Houston said. “We held them close to 20 points below their season average. We forced turn-overs. I’m hoping we can have that type of game, that type of energy going into our home game against

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Customers who have snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), off-road utility vehicles (ORVs), or off road motorcycles (ORMs) registered with the Iowa Department of Natu-ral Resources (DNR) will need to renew their regis-trations by December 31.

Registrations can be renewed by any county recorder office or on the DNR’s website at www.iowadnr.gov. User permits can be purchased at any location where hunting li-censes are sold including the Iowa DNR website.

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No. 20 Iowa State beats No. 18 Arkansas 95-77 By LUKE MEREDITHAP Sports Writer

AMES (AP) — Iowa State transfer Bryce De-jean-Jones appears poised to become more than just Georges Niang’s sidekick this season.

Dejean-Jones had 27 points, Niang added 26 with eight assists and 20th-ranked Iowa State never trailed in rolling past No. 18 Arkansas 95-77 on Thurs-day night.

Dustin Hogue scored 14 for the Cyclones (5-1), who led by as many as 23 points in extending their non-con-ference home winning streak to 24 games.

Iowa State’s fast-break offense overwhelmed the Razorbacks (6-1) from the opening tip. The Cyclones took their first double-digit lead less than six minutes in and led 52-32 at the break.

Dejean-Jones led the way, shooting 8 of 8 from the floor and 4 of 4 from

3-point range.“That’s a pretty good

line. I can’t believe he missed a free throw. But it was everything,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said. “He had to play good de-fense. He was out there the whole second half without a rest. .. It was great to see him get it going from the 3-point line.”

Bobby Portis scored 19 to lead the Razorbacks, who haven’t won a road game as a ranked team since 1999.

This was billed as po-tentially one of the high-est-scoring games of the season. Arkansas entered ranked fourth nationally at 90 points per game, and Iowa State was averaging 83.4 points through five games.

The Razorbacks knew they were in trouble once they found themselves down 15 after 12 minutes — even though they were shooting 50 percent from the field.

Iowa State pushed the tempo better than it had all season, and the Arkansas defense appeared power-less to stop the Cyclones.

Iowa State went on a 13-0 run midway through the first half to go up 39-20, and Niang’s layup made it 48-26 with 2:26 left.

The Cyclones hit 18 of their first 28 shots — with assists on 13 of their made baskets — and nailed sev-en 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes.

“(Hoiberg) was preach-ing before the game that we really need to get out and step on these guys from the beginning,” Niang said.

Portis hit a few shots ear-ly to keep Arkansas brief-ly within striking distance, and its press defense caused Iowa State some issues in the second half. But it was clear from the early stages that the Razorbacks were

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East Union 62, North Harrison 48

AFTON — East Union improved to 1-1 for the season with a 62-48 win over North Harrison (Mo.) here on Thursday.

“We made improve-ments from Tuesday night on both ends of the floor,” East Union head coach Thad Tussey said. “It’s about getting better each night and improving on the little things that help you win. We executed our game plan well and made things happen the way we

wanted.”East Union had three

p l a y e r s r e a c h d o u b l e figures in s c o r i n g , led by Ma-son Goss-man’s 20 p o i n t s . C o l e Campbell added 14 points and Gabe Nixon pitched in 10 points.

Casey Walter scored seven points and Bray-don Martinez scored four

points. Alex Brown added three points, as Brandon Hulsey and Tyler Kelley each scored two points.

“We overcame early foul trouble and got excellent minutes off our bench,” Tussey said. “We didn’t fall off when we subbed, and that is extremely ben-eficial to get contributions that won’t show up in stats or scorebook, especially on defense and doing the right things on offense.”

East Union returns to action at home tonight against Nodaway Valley.

Ranked Spartans suffer first loss of season

By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

TRENTON, Mo. — The 11th-ranked Southwest-ern men’s basketball team suffered its first loss of the season here Wednesday against 17th-ranked North Central Missouri College.

The Spartans fell to 9-1 with the 84-83 loss.

Southwestern worked through foul trouble in the first half to take a 36-33 halftime lead, as point guard Ahmad Newsome had to sit for about 11 min-utes with two fouls.

After falling behind by 11 points in the second half, the Spartans battled back and had a chance to tie the game at the free throw line with 5.3 seconds remaining.

Newsome had two free

throw attempts, with the Spartans trailing by two, but missed the first attempt.

After a North Central Missouri College timeout, Southwestern head coach Todd Lorensen subbed in his big men, so the New-some could try to intention-ally miss the second free throw, giving the Spartans a chance to tap the rebound out for a game-winning shot attempt.

In trying to miss the sec-ond free throw, however, Newsome banked it in. The Spartans tried to foul on the inbounds pass, but didn’t get there in time and the clock expired.

Jaylon Smith led the Spartans with 29 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the floor. Mataika Koyamain-avure added 22 points with five rebounds, while TJ

Bower recorded 13 points with four assists.

The Spartans return home for a 3 p.m. game against William Penn’s JV team, following the Bill Krejci Hall of Fame induc-tion ceremony.

NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI (84)

SOUTHWESTERN (83) — Jaylon Smith 11 4-4 29, Mataika Koyamainavure 9 4-9 22, TJ Bower 5 2-2 13, Ahmad Newsome 2 3-4 7, Josh Kirk 3 0-1 6, Josh Tolbert 1 0-0 3, Marquise Yarbrough 1 0-0 3. Totals — 32 13-20 83. FG shoot-ing — 32-56 (57.1 percent). 3-point goals — 6 (Smith 3, Bower 1, Tolbert 1, Yarbrough 1). Rebounds — 23 (Kirk 6, Koyamainavure 5, Smith 4, Bower 2). Assists — 10 (Bower 4, Smith 2, Kirk 2). Steals — 3 (Smith 2). Blocked shots — 3 (Koyamainavure 1, Bower 1, Yarbrough 1). Turnovers — 13. Team fouls — 25. Fouled out — Kirk.

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No. 7 Louisville women rout No. 22 Iowa 86-52By GARY B. GRAVESAP Sports Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville started fast and never let up, no matter who was playing.

Sara Hammond scored a season-high 19 points, Myisha Hines-Allen add-ed 16 and No. 7 Louisville ran away quickly from No. 22 Iowa for an 86-52 rout Thursday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Seeking a good tuneup before Sunday’s Bluegrass showdown with No. 13 Kentucky, the Cardinals (8-0) never trailed in rac-ing to their first win over a ranked team this sea-son. Hammond’s 9-of-13 shooting led Louisville’s 35-of-66 performance from the field, its fifth 50-percent shooting effort this season.

On the other end, the Cardinals held the Hawkeyes (6-2) to 30 percent, including 1 of 17 from 3-point range.

“It was just not letting them get their 3s off be-cause that’s what they rely on (with) their offense,” Hammond said. “They kind of went away from that and it was like, ‘What do we do?’ We could read it all over their faces.”

Freshman forward Mari-ya Moore had 12 points and six assists, and senior guard Bria Smith added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals, who dominated the Hawkeyes 58-32 in the paint and out-rebounded them 50-38.

Bethany Doolittle scored 12 points for Iowa, which fell to 0-2 against Louisville, with both meetings coming this year. And like the Car-dinals’ 83-53 drubbing of the Hawkeyes in the sec-ond round of last spring’s NCAA tournament, Lou-isville succeeded in taking Iowa’s scorers out of the game.

Louisville’s defensive effort was particularly impressive considering this Iowa squad featured a starting lineup of dou-ble-digit scorers, with

Ally Disterhoft (16 points per game) leading the way. But the sophomore guard tallied just nine points and senior guard Samantha Logic eight in a game in which the Hawkeyes com-mitted 20 turnovers lead-ing to 21 Cardinals points.

Then again, Louisville’s goal was making oppor-tunities and baskets diffi-cult to come by for Iowa, and the Cardinals opened strong in holding the Hawkeyes scoreless over a 5-minute stretch that in-cluded 11 straight misses. The Hawkeyes went on to shoot 24 percent (9 of 38) in the half and improved just slightly in the second.

“Their defense just took us out of it and we lost our confidence,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. “A team that’s had as much success as we’ve had and (with) four veteran starters re-turning, we should not lose our confidence that easily. Shots just weren’t falling for us.

“I think we played worse tonight than we did last year in the tournament.”

The Cardinals, on the other hand, were quick and accurate thanks to the inside presence of Ham-mond and Hines-Allen, who combined to shoot 11 of 14 through 20 min-utes and 14 for 20 overall. They keyed Louisville’s 53 percent first-half shooting and edges in rebounding (27-21) and assists (11-6), with Moore feeding both post players and adding

seven points.Iowa kept pace for a

few minutes before Lou-isville’s 12-0 run over 3:19 provided a 26-9 lead that grew to a 46-23 half-time edge and steadily in-creased after that.

“We did exactly what we needed to do,” Cardi-nals coach Jeff Walz said. “When you play that hard and share the basketball as well as we did, good things are going to happen.”

———RECORD MARGINLouisville won by the

largest margin in ACC/Big Ten Challenge histo-ry, surpassing Michigan’s 33-point win over Wake Forest in 2010.

WITH AUTHORITYSmith jumped high to

make a two-handed block of Whitney Jennings’ 3-point shot, grabbed her own deflection and raced for a layup to give the Car-dinals a 35-15 lead.

TIP-INSIowa: The Hawkeyes

didn’t have a double-dig-it scorer until Doolittle’s layup with 15:18 remain-ing.

Louisville: Emmonnie Henderson had 10 points had seven rebounds as the bench outscored Iowa’s reserves 29-17. Shawnta’ Dyer had seven rebounds and six points.

UP NEXTIowa: Hosts Colorado

on Sunday.Louisville: Hosts No. 13

Kentucky on Sunday.

Playoff scenarios: Who’s in if things get weird?By RALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football Writer

The 12-member College Football Playoff selection committee will gather Sat-urday in Texas to watch the final weekend of the season play out and then rank the top 25 teams in the country. The top four will compete for the national championship in the sport’s first ever playoff.

How difficult the commit-tee’s job will be depends on the outcome of about a half dozen games to be played Fri-day and Saturday.

“At that point, we will have had a season long body of work to evaluate, in addition to knowing who the confer-ence champions are,” com-mittee chairman Jeff Long said.

The top four heading into the weekend are in order: Alabama, Oregon, TCU and Florida State. If they all

take care of business, there is a good chance that will be the top four on Sunday, too. Probably. Maybe?

But what happens if things don’t go as expected? Let’s dive into the possibilities.

What happens if ....Missouri beats Alabama?The unthinkable — at least

for many down South. There is a very real possibility the Southeastern Conference would be left out of the play-off. Missouri is ranked 16th in the latest playoff rank-ings. That’s a long way to go to get in the four-team field. The committee clearly is not loving Missouri’s ugly loss-es (at home against Indiana and 34-0 to Georgia), so it’s doubtful it will forgive Ala-bama for losing to the Tigers and allow the Crimson Tide to back into the field. If the Tigers pull an upset, the SEC is going to need a lot of help. The Crimson Tide is favored

by 14.5.Arizona beats Oregon?The Wildcats are seventh in

the rankings, heading into a rematch with Oregon Friday. Two wins away from home against the Ducks would be like holding a pair of aces: tough to beat. It could come down to a resume contest between Baylor and/or Ohio State and Arizona. Don’t bet against the Wildcats making the big jump. The Pac-12 and commissioner Larry Scott are touting their championship as a playoff play-in game. They might be right. Despite losing the first game, Oregon is fa-vored by 14.5.

Georgia Tech beats Florida State?

Considering the fourth-place and unbeaten Semi-noles have been dropping when they win, there’s no

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Public notice

NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLICMEETING

Governmental Body: Creston City CouncilDate of Meeting: December 16, 2014Time 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 govern-mental body is meeting at the time andplace listed above for the followingpurpose.

The meeting is for the purpose of ac-cepting public comment on proposedgas and electric franchise ordinances.

__ 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,Code of Iowa, and local rules of saidgovernmental body.

Lisa WilliamsonClerk, City of Creston

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFCRESTON, STATE OF IOWA, ONTHE MATTER OF THE PROPOSEDRESOLUTION ADOPTING REV-ENUE PURPOSE STATEMENT RE-GARDING USE OF REVENUESFROM PROPOSED GAS AND ELEC-TRIC FRANCHISE FEES PUR-SUANT TO IOWA CODE § 364.2(4)(f)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat the City Council of the City of Cre-ston, State of Iowa, will meet on the16th day of December, 2014, at 6 o'-clock P.M., in the City Hall, City ofCreston, 116 W. Adams Street, Creston,Iowa, at which meeting the City Coun-cil proposes to consider the adoption ofthe attached Resolution Adopting Rev-enue Purpose Statement RegardingRevenues from Proposed Gas and Elec-tric Franchise Fees Pursuant to IowaCode § 364.2(4)(f).

This Notice is given by order of theCouncil of the City of Creston, Iowa, asprovided by Sections 364.2(4)(f) and362.3 of the Code of Iowa, as amended.

Dated this 2nd day of December,2014.

Lisa Williamson,City Clerk, City of Creston,

State of IowaRESOLUTION NO.__

RESOLUTION ADOPTING REVENUE PURPOSE STATE-MENT REGARDING USE OF

REVENUES FROM PROPOSEDGAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE

FEES PURSUANT TO IOWACODE § 364.2(4)(f)

WHEREAS, the City of Creston isconsidering a renewal to its current gasfranchise with IES Utilities, Inc., nowInterstate Power and Light Company,and current electric franchise with IESUtilities, Inc., now Interstate Power andLight Company (under which a fran-chise fee will be assessed); and

WHEREAS, the City Council of theCity of Creston will hold a public hear-ing regarding any renewal to its gas andelectric franchises prior to adoption ofany franchises renewals; and

WHEREAS, Iowa Code § 364.2(4)(f)requires adoption of a "Revenue Pur-pose Statement" by a city council priorto the adoption of any franchise con-taining a franchise fee or any ordinanceimposing a franchise fee specifying thepurpose or purposes for which any rev-enue generated by a franchise fee willbe used, and

WHEREAS, as required by IowaCode § 364.2(4)(f) a copy of the pro-posed "Revenue Purpose Statement"has been published in the manner pro-vided by Iowa Code § 362.3.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE-SOLVED by the City Council of theCity of Creston:

Section 1: The following "RevenuePurpose Statement" is hereby adoptedby the City Council of the City of Cre-ston, to wit:

REVENUE PURPOSE STATEMENT REGARDING USEOF REVENUE FROM GAS ANDELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEESPursuant to Iowa Code § 364.2(4)(f)

the City of Creston states that all rev-enue generated from franchise fees as-sessed on the sales of gas or electricitywithin the city shall be deposited in thefranchise fee account in the generalfund and shall be used to reimburse theCity for all costs associated with in-specting, supervising or otherwise regu-lating its franchises. Moneys in thefranchise fee account in the generalfund in excess of the amounts necessaryfor costs associated with inspecting, su-pervising or otherwise regulating itsfranchises shall be expended for any ofthe following: repair, remediation,restoration, cleanup, replacement, andimprovement of existing public im-provements and other publicly ownedproperty, buildings, and facilities;projects designed to prevent or mitigatefuture disasters as defined in Iowa Code§ 29C.2; energy conservation measuresfor low-income homeowners, low-in-come energy assistance programs, andweatherization programs; public safety,including the equipping of fire, police,emergency services, sanitation, street,and civil defense departments; the es-tablishment, construction, reconstruc-tion, repair, equipping, remodeling, andextension of public works, public utili-ties, and public transportation systems;the construction, reconstruction, or re-pair of streets, highways, bridges, side-walks, pedestrian underpasses andoverpasses, street lighting fixtures, andpublic grounds, and the acquisition ofreal estate needed for such purposes;abatement of fees for property damagedby a disaster as defined in Iowa Code §29C.2; and economic development ac-tivities and projects.

Section 2. The City Clerk shall causethis "Revenue Purpose Statement Re-garding Use of Revenue from Gas andElectric Franchise Fees" as adopted tobe published in the manner required byIowa Code § 362.3.

Adopted the __day of __2014.Warren Woods, Mayor

ATTEST:Lisa Williamson, City Clerk









































Creston Community School DistrictSpecial Board of Directors meeting -

November 24, 2014The Board of Directors Creston

Community School District met in Spe-cial Session, Monday, November 24,2014 in the Board Room at 6:02 PMPresident Dunphy presided and the fol-lowing answered roll call: Dunphy, Ea-gan, Fyock, Snodgrass and Zumbach.

Administrators present were: Super-intendent Steve McDermott, MS Princi-pal Brad Baker, Liaison Officer MaiganCarroll, Business Manager Billie JoGreene, student, parents and representa-tion from local advocate services.

Zumbach moved and Fyock second-ed approval of agenda. Roll Call Vote-Motion carried 5-0.

Zumbach moved and Eagan second-ed that the Board enter into closed ses-sion to conduct a hearing to considerdisciplinary action against a studentpursuant of Iowa Code Section 21.5.(1)(e) and to review and discuss recordswhich are required by state and federallaw to be kept confidentioal pursuant toIowa Code Section 21.5(1)(e). RollCall Vote-Motion carried 5-0.

The Board entered into closed ses-sion at 6:04PM.

The Board returned to open sessionat 6:55PM.

Snodgrass moved and Zumbach sec-onded that the student who was the sub-ject of the disciplinary hearing beplaced on out-of-school suspension forthe remainder of first semester in accor-dance with the terms and conditions es-tablished by the Board. Roll Call Vote-Motion carried 5-0.

Zumbach moved and Eagen second-ed that the meeting adjourn. Roll CallVote-Motion carried 5-0.

Meeting adjourned at 7:01 PMPresident Ron DunphyBoard Secretary Billie Jo Greene

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTUNION COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OFDONALD HUGH KELLER, Deceased

Probate No ESPR015707NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF

ADMINSTRATOR AND NOTICE TOCREDITORS

To All Persons Interested in the Es-tate of DONALD HUGH KELLER,Deceased, who died on or about Octo-ber 7, 2014:

You are hereby notified that on the14th day of November, 2014, the un-dersigned was appointed administratorof the estate.

Notice is hereby given that all per-sons indebted to the estate are requestedto make immediate payment to the un-dersigned, and creditors having claimsagainst the estate shall file them withthe clerk of the above named districtcourt, as provided by law, duly authen-ticated, for allowance, and unless sofiled by the later to occur four monthsfrom the second publication of this no-tice or one month from the date of themailing of this notice (unless otherwiseallowed or paid) a claim is thereafterforever barred.

Dated this 21st day of November,2014.Mark L Smith ICISPIN: AT0007354Attorney for the AdministratorPOB 230Winterset, IA 50273

Donald U. KellerAdministrator of the Estate

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Probate Code Section 230Date of second publication: December 5, 2014.

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the state is going to a three-class system for bowling, bumping up from two classes.

After hovering around the cutoff line between Class 1A and Class 2A during the preseason, bouncing from class to class for a while, the Pan-thers finally found out they’d compete in Class 2A.

“We just happen to be the smallest school in Class 2A, but that’s OK,” Pendegraft said. “I like our

chances. I’ve looked at all the teams in our area that’s 2A and I’m sure we can compete with any of them, girls-wise. Boys are going to be tougher.”

The Panthers will likely either travel west to Coun-cil Bluffs or north to Des Moines for the State Qual-ifying Meet.

With the change to three classes, there will only be four teams per State Qual-ifying Meet, as opposed to seven in the past.

Also changed is the number of teams that qual-ify for state.

In the past, the state took the eight champions from the State Qualifying Meet and the two teams with the best scores at the State Qualifying Meet that did not win.

Now, just the team champions at each State Qualifying Meet will ad-vance to state. Individu-al champions from each State Qualifying Meet also qualify, along with five best non-champion scores statewide.

“The season is the sea-son. It really doesn’t mat-ter until regionals,” Pen-

degraft said. “We can bowl well, we can do poorly. Just as long as we’re out there learning, doing things to improve. Everything we do during the year is get-ting us ready for regionals and the conference tourna-ment.”

After Saturday’s sea-son-opener, the Panthers host their first home event at 1 p.m. on Dec. 13 against Denison-Schleswig.

“It will be a good match,” Pendegraft said. “They’ve got some good bowlers. That will be a good opener for us. I’d

like to see as many people as we can. Always good for the kids when they see a lot of people here.”

RosterSeniors — Jenna Hayes,

Ashley Knipfer, Darin Hatfield.Juniors — Madison Hance,

Mackenzie McKinney, Mazzy Moore, Charley Parcher, Meghan Pierce, Emily Stults, Blake Eddy, Reece Kramer.

Sophomores — Livi Hartman, Alex Miller, Jordan Phillips, Leah Schuler.

Freshmen — Casey Batten, Ginger Gilleland, Kimberly Orr, Dylan Linch, Jonathan Seals, Evan Taylor.

ScheduleDec. 6 — at Knoxville, 11

a.m.Dec. 9 — at Red Oak, 3:30

p.m.

Dec. 13 — vs. Denison-Schleswig, 1 p.m.

Dec. 20 — at Shenandoah, 1 p.m.

Jan. 10 — vs. Harlan, 1 p.m.Jan. 13 — at Red Oak

Tournament, 3:30 p.m.Jan. 17 — Panther

Invitational, 1 p.m.Jan. 20 — vs. Red Oak, 3:30

p.m.Jan. 24 — vs. Shenandoah,

1 p.m.Jan. 31 — at Central Decatur,

1 p.m.Feb. 7 — at Lewis Central,

1 p.m.Feb. 13 — at Hawkeye 10

Conference Tournament (Thunderbowl in Council Bluffs), 12:30 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at State Qualifying Meet

Feb. 23 — at State Meet

PANTHERS:


Simpson. We’re looking to pick up that first win of the year. I think if we can do that, we can pick up some momentum.”

NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI (58) — Brooke Parton 5 9-12 22, Imani White 5 1-4 11, Madison Winters 2 6-10 10, Narel Santos 2 0-0 4, Nancy Berwanger 1 0-0 3, Jackie Graham 0 2-2 2, Camille Buttroff 0 2-2 2, Katelyn Hefley 1 0-0 2, Kaitlin Williams 0 2-3 2. Totals — 16 22-33 58. FG shooting — 16-50 (32.0 per-cent). 3-point goals — 4 (Parton 3, Berwanger 1). Rebounds — 25. Assists — 12. Steals — 8. Blocked shots — 4. Turnovers

— 11. Team fouls — 19. Fouled out — none.

SOUTHWESTERN (49) — Sabrina Fountain 3 4-5 10, Olivia Reifert 3 3-4 9, Jazzlyn Wimbush 3 2-2 8, Jill Vanderhoof 2 2-2 6, Cambry Schluter 2 0-0 6, Jordan Williamson 1 0-0 3, Peyton Russell 0 2-2 2, LaStella Slack 1 0-0 2, Brinee Stewart 1 0-0 2, Ashley McClary 0 1-3 1. Totals — 16 14-18 49. FG shooting — 16-42 (38.1 percent). 3-point goals — 3 (Schluter 2, Williamson 1). Rebounds — 34 (Reifert 15, Slack 4, Wimbush 3, Vanderhoof 3, Stewart 3, Fountain 2, McClary 2). Assists — 7 (Russell 3). Steals — 4 (Fountain 2). Blocked shots — 2 (Vanderhoof 1, McClary 1). Turnovers — 21. Team fouls — 25. Fouled out — Wimbush.

NCMC — 28 58SWCC — 24 49

SPARTANS:


headed to their first loss of the season.

Alandise Harris had 15 points for Arkansas, which never got within single digits after halftime.

“We were a half-step slow. I thought they came out and they attacked us and they put us on our heels,” Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. ‘We got stagnant offensively.”

———TIP-INSArkansas: Though Arkan-

sas had only visited Ames once prior to Thursday, An-derson knows the Cyclones well. He went 8-2 against Iowa State as the head coach at Missouri. ... The Razorbacks had assists on 14 of their first 16 shots — yet trailed 61-38.

Iowa State: Niang was named to the Naismith Tro-phy watch list on Wednesday. Niang averaged 18.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and three as-sists in Iowa State’s first five

games. He was even better against Arkansas, going 9 of 12 from the floor and 6 of 6 at the line.

UP NEXTArkansas plays at Clemson

on Sunday.Iowa State hosts Missou-

ri-Kansas City on Dec. 9.PIVOTAL MOMENTArkansas got within 11

twice late in the second half. But Niang answered with a bank shot off a hook and a drive from the 3-point line that featured two spin moves, and Iowa State went back ahead 81-68. Dejean-Jones then hit a contested 3 that made it 85-69 with 5:27 left.

STAT LINESIowa State shot 64 percent

from the field and outscored the Razorbacks by 20 points in the paint. Arkansas outre-bounded Iowa State 9-2 on the offensive glass and 28-26 overall. The Razorbacks were held to a season low in points. They had 78 in a win over SMU.

ISU:


doubt they’d be done with a loss. Georgia Tech is 11th and beating Florida State would mean finishing the season with three straight wins against ranked teams. The Yellow Jackets would probably need Baylor (vs. Kansas State) and Ohio State (vs. Wisconsin) to lose to reach the top four, but considering who those teams are playing, that doesn’t seem so like such a stretch. Florida State is favored by 4.

TCU struggles to beat Iowa State?

The Horned Frogs got a pass for squeaking by at Kansas last month. That can’t happen again against a 30-point underdog at home. If it does, it would open the door for either Baylor or Ohio State to re-

place the Frogs in the top four. With the Bears and Buckeyes in position to add marquee wins to their resumes, the third-ranked Horned Frogs better exert some serious game control against the Cyclones.

Three of the top four teams lose?

Assuming it won’t be TCU, the Big 12 would be looking good to get two teams in the field. TCU, Baylor, Ohio State and Ar-izona sounds about right in this scenario. If Baylor were to lose to K-State, the ninth-ranked Wildcats could become a viable op-tion, though that scenario probably allows Georgia Tech to squeeze through.

Alabama, Ohio State and Baylor lose?

This is how Missouri could get in. Assuming Ar-izona and Georgia Tech

also lose, the final spot with Florida State, TCU and Oregon comes down to Missouri, Kansas State and Wisconsin. Michigan State (eighth) and Missis-sippi State (10th) would likely come back into the conversation, but neither would have the conference championship that those other three would have on their resumes. And what team would have a bet-ter win than Missouri if it takes down the commit-tee’s No. 1 team on a neu-tral field?

The top six teams all lose?

Long and his crew might have to pull an all-nighter.

The questions with this doomsday scenario are: Could it allow Alabama to back in? Would Missis-sippi State and/or Michi-gan State get in? And how

bad will the TV ratings be for a final four of Arizo-na, Georgia Tech, Kansas State and Wisconsin or Missouri?

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