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Volume 130 No. 124Copyright 2013

Contact us ContentsIn person: 503 W. Adams StreetMail: Box 126, Creston, IA 50801-0126Phone: 641-782-2141Fax: 641-782-6628E-mail: [email protected]

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Above, f ifth-grade flutists, from left, Unity Anderson, Jayden Sexton and Halee Weir play during the fifth-grade band and vocal program themed “A Nice, Nice Christmas” at Creston Elementary School Tuesday. Right, fifth-grade trombone player Wyatt Franklin takes his music stand off the stage with his classmates after the fifth-grade band finished performing its holiday concert at Creston El-ementary School Tuesday.

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Holly, jolly Christmas

Council denies extension for accounting firm

By KYLE WILSONCNA assistant managing [email protected]

Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Co. accounting firm of Creston has handled auditing services for

the city of Creston for more than 10 years. But, that streak of service ended Tuesday.

Why?The local firm missed the city’s

Nov. 22 deadline for all propos-als to be submitted. Randy Cook, CPA for Draper, Snodgrass, Mik-kelsen & Co., was present at Tues-day’s city council meeting held at the restored Creston Depot.

Cook had requested via letter the deadline be extended so his firm could submit their audit proposal.

“We have enjoyed a long work-

ing arrangement with the city and would like to be able to work with and continue to provide services to the city,” Cook said in the letter. “Thank you for considering our request for extension of the dead-line for the submission of the audit proposal.”

However, the council denied Cook’s request to extend the dead-line citing they’ve never extended a deadline in the past and wouldn’t want to set a precedent for the fu-ture.

Instead, the council voted 5-0 in

favor of hiring Martens and Co. of West Des Moines. Nancy Loudon and Paul Vandevender were ab-sent Tuesday. The contract with Martens and Co. is for three years where they will be paid a total of $46,600.

In other city news Tuesday:• Creston Fire Department re-

ceived a $3,500 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Re-sources. The money will be used to purchase six sets of Nomex wildland gear — lighter in weight — used specifically to battle grass-

fires.The grant will also pay for two

new mobile radios, two nozzle fit-tings and 11 units of foam that’s mixed with water to better combat fires.

• Two mowing nuisance prop-erties at 510 N. Maple and 908 W. Adair St., were identified by the council. The property owners owe the city $325 and $175, re-spectively. The council approved a resolution to collect these past due payments in the same manner as general property taxes.

� Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen of Creston had handled auditing services for the city for more than 10 years.

Calf sale today to benefit Frey memorial fund

A roll-over calf sale to benefit the T.J. and Na-than Frey Fund is slated noon today at Creston Livestock Auction.

Brothers T.J. Frey, 11, and Nathan Frey, 9, died Saturday after falling through the ice and drowning in a farm pond in Adams County.

The boys parents — Tom and Leisa Frey — released a statement Tuesday thanking friends near and far for the ongoing support they’ve re-ceived this week. The roll-over calf sale is an example of the “outpouring of support” the family has received since Sat-urday.

“We ask that you continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers,” they said.

Curt and Heather Sporled-er from Unionville, Mo. — friends of the Frey family — donated the 800-pound steer up for bid in today’s roll-over calf sale.

The way the sale will work is the highest bidder will pay for the calf, then donate it back to be auctioned again. The calf will then be sold over and over again with all money going to a memorial fund in T.J. and Nathan’s name.

Four world-class auctioneers will be on hand to administer today’s sale.

A joint funeral for the boys is 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Open visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Friday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25.

Nathan Frey

T.J. Frey

Union County Attorney hires temporary assistant By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA staff [email protected]

Union County Board of Supervisors unanimously ap-proved a temporary assistant for Union County Attorney Tim Kenyon Monday.

Elizabeth Kenyon — Tim Kenyon’s daughter — will start as a temporary assistant in De-cember and focus on juvenile court matters.

“Per the (Iowa) Code, for him to have a fam-ily member working for him, he had to get approv-al from the board,” said Union County Auditor Sandy Hysell.

Kenyon was approved for about $12,000 for an assistant

in the past two budgets, but has been unable to find an attorney who is available to fill the part-time role.

“Right now, we have a num-ber of cases going on, our plate is full,” Kenyon said. “There are very few young attorneys in the area that are willing to do juvenile work and be conflicted out of things.”

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SWCC board approves framing, elevator bids By BAILEY POOLMANCNA staff [email protected]

Southwestern Community Col-lege Board of Directors approved bids for framing and elevators for the new dormitory building during a special meeting Tuesday. All board members were present except Zach Gunsolley of Diagonal.

Lansink Construction of John-ston was unanimously approved to do construction for precast hollow-core plank, masonry, miscellanous

metals, wood framing, joists, truss-es, sheathing, building wrap and windows. The company bid was $587,000.

“It’s really just a rough framing project that’s enclosed,” said Ken Rech, SWCC board president. “So it’s just really a dried-end project, but there’s no innards in it.”

Edge Commercial of Grimes bid $742,000, and Jensen Builders of Des Moines bid $640,000. The estimated

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No death notices were submitted for publication today.

Cookbooks, wine guides for holiday gift-giving (MCT) — Whether the

cook on your holiday gift list is interested in reading about family and food in So-viet Russia or the prepara-tion of classic French dishes such as jambon au foin (“leg in hay”), baking pies or mak-ing authentic pasta carbon-ara, this fall has been an ex-cellent season for food and wine books.

Here are highlights of the cookbook season.

• “The World Atlas of Wine, Seventh Edition” by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson (Mitchell Beazley, $55)

British wine writer Hugh Johnson’s “The World Atlas of Wine” has long been every wine lover’s bible. Johnson is an erudite and engaging writer, pouring decades of wine knowledge into suc-cinct paragraphs that place each country and region in context. And the brilliantly detailed maps have been essential to understanding why certain vineyards and appellations produce the wines that they do. For the last few editions Johnson has been joined by another stellar wine writer, Jancis Robinson. The two have just signed off on the seventh edition of “The World Atlas of Wine.” It’s also available in an e-book format for the iPad. Of course, the world of wine today is very different from when the book was first published in 1971. There are now about 215 maps, includ-ing those for coastal Croatia, Swartland in South Africa, northern Virginia — and Ningxia in China. (Virbila)

• “The New California Wine: A Guide to the Pro-ducers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste” by Jon Bonne (10-Speed Press, $35)

Jon Bonne’s new book is a wonderful, engaging read with a cast of charac-ters who think outside the box, care about sustainabil-ity and have a strong curios-ity and work ethic. This is a new generation of Califor-nia winemakers who aren’t hedge fund directors or dot-com entrepreneurs. If they want to buy a piece of land to plant a vineyard, it takes years to save up. Some are children of winemakers, oth-ers grew up in wine country and always wanted to do something with wine and still others are hard-core dream-ers with an itch to make wine. Their wines can be clas-sic or wildly experimental, definitely hands-on and most often made in small quanti-ties. They tend to be lower in alcohol, more subtle in style

than the wines that have gar-nered top scores in recent years. More important, they tend to be food-friendly too. (Virbila)

• “Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing” by Anya von Bremzen (Ran-dom House, $26)

Hunger, to paraphrase the old line, makes the best sauce. Judging from Anya von Bremzen’s splendid new “Mastering the Art of So-viet Cooking,” it also makes for a pretty good memoir. The essence of “Mastering” — named after Julia Child’s first book with what seems a very Soviet-style mix of cynicism and irony — is Von Bremzen’s personal history of growing up in the Soviet Union. While most food memoirs are recollections of meals past, “Mastering” is more about meals missed — in both senses of the phrase. There are constant shortages and hunger. But there is also the intensity of unexpected, almost miraculous feasts that the well-fed may never expe-rience (even if in retrospect they don’t measure up as such). (Parsons)

• “Daniel: My French Cui-sine” by Daniel Boulud, Syl-vie Bigar, Thomas Schauer and Bill Buford (Grand Cen-tral Life and Style, $60)

Is there anyone who has done more for French cook-ing in the United States than Daniel Boulud? If you have any doubts, you need only pick up his new cook-book, “Daniel: My French Cuisine.” This is one seri-ously gorgeous book, and

it has the air about it of a magnum opus. While previ-ously he has mostly aimed at home cooks, “Daniel” is a full-fledged chef book, a kind of document of where his cooking stands at this stylistically advanced stage of his career. In addition to the main body of the book, there is also a fascinating series of essays by New Yorker writer Bill Buford (“Heat”) detailing the mak-ing of several classic French dishes, and almost as if Boulud couldn’t publish a cookbook without includ-ing at least something you could make at home, there’s a short section of the sorts of dishes he says he cooks for friends on Sundays. (Parsons)

• “Manresa: An Edible Re-flection” by David Kinch and Christine Muhlke (10-Speed Press, $50)

David Kinch’s cooking at Manresa restaurant in Los Gatos looks like it comes from another world, yet it is definitively Californian, rooted in nature, whether it’s the soil of Love Apple Farm or the Pacific Ocean. Leafing through the pages of his new cookbook, that becomes ut-terly clear. Eric Wolfinger’s photos of Kinch’s plates, ut-terly abstract yet perfect, alternate with his equally gorgeous shots of land and

sea (the cover is the exterior of an abalone shell shot so close it looks like Japanese raku pottery). It’s some trick, plating food so that it looks absolutely perfect but almost accidental, but it’s one Kinch has mastered. It’s the artifice of cooking carried to an ex-treme that the hand of the cook almost disappears. Call it exquisitely natural. (Par-sons)

• “Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way” by Oretta Zanini De Vita and Maureen B. Fant (W.W. Norton, $35)

Why in the world would we need another pasta cookbook? Surely every-thing that possibly could be said has been covered to death by now. Well, pick up “Sauces and Shapes” and find out just how wrong you are. It’s the companion piece to 2009’s “Encyclope-dia of Pasta” by the same authors. One of the most delightfully nerdy books around, “Encyclopedia” was more than 350 pages of everything you could pos-sibly want to know about pasta history, geography, literature and, yes, cooking — without a single recipe. This new book fills that gap, thoroughly, admirably and entertainingly. (Parsons)

• “One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal” by David Tanis (Artisan, $25.95)

Amid this season’s flurry of massive cookbooks from important chefs comes this modest entry from a former Chez Panisse chef. What he means by one good dish is “tasty, simple and real,” i.e., something a home cook could make without devoting the entire week-end to one recipe. Brows-ing through sections named “Eating With a Spoon (Plea-sure in a Bowl),” “A Dab of This and That (Superior Homemade Condiments)” and “Strike While the Iron Is Hot (Scorched, Seared, and Griddled),” I kept slipping torn pieces of paper next to recipes I want to try. At the end of an hour, my book was bristling with strips of paper. (Virbila)

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McClatchy-Tribune photo by Los Angeles Times“The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste” by Jon Bonné (10-Speed Press, $35). It makes for one of many fine choices during the gift-giving season.

UNI professor shot in face while seated in car

CEDAR FALLS (MCT) — A University of Northern Iowa professor was shot in the face while driving with her family through Ohio dur-ing Thanksgiving break.

Julie Husband, associate professor and interim head of UNI’s Department of Languages and Literatures, was struck in the jaw by a slug from a 12-gauge shotgun just outside of Toledo, Ohio, Sunday.

Ohio State Patrol officials said Tuesday they are still in-vestigating who might have fired the gun.

Husband is expected to make a full recovery. The slug, typically used for hunt-ing large game, only broke her jaw.

Doctors at Toledo Hospi-tal surgically removed the mass of metal and wired her jaw shut. Her jaw will be shut for the next four to six weeks.

“I thought I had been shot and at first I thought it might be intentional,” Husband wrote in an email.

Her spouse, Jim O’Loughlin, was driving their 2012 Prius on the Ohio Turnpike about 20 miles out-side of Toledo when the slug shattered the passenger win-dow, striking Husband in her right mandible. Her three children, ages 7 to 15, were in the backseat at the time.

“It’s a trip we’ve done a dozen times,” O’Loughlin said. The family was on its

way to visit Husband’s fam-ily in Rochester, New York.

“We immediately came to a stop and we didn’t know at the time what it was...There was just broken glass and blood,” he added.

Ohio State Trooper Duane Dotson responded to the in-cident.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen something like this happen,” said Dotson, who has worked 26 years in the field.

Dotson said the shot came from the ground outside the car. But he’s not sure where the round came from since the family was traveling along a rural route with a partially open field.

O’Loughlin said the per-son who fired the gun prob-ably did not know the fate of their shot.

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panies were very highly rec-ommended, do a lot of work in the greater Des Moines area,” said Tom Lesan, SWCC vice president of eco-nomic development. “We were happy with those bids, and actually the low bid is coming in below the expec-tations of the management company.”

O’Keefe Elevator of Omaha, Neb., was unani-mously approved to do el-

evator work on the new dorm. The company’s bid was $69,500. O’Keefe’s com-petition, Schumacher Eleva-tor of Denver, bid $75,668.

“It’s good news, both bids were actually below the es-timate (of $99,861),” said Lesan. “Once again, a good number for us, and getting a little bit back from that dirt work bid that was a little higher than we expected.”

The building will be built on campus west of the cur-rent residence halls and is expected to be finished Sep-tember 2014.

SWCC:

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An attorney who is repre-senting the state for Union County cannot represent any other county for court appointments. Kenyon said this made it challenging to find an attorney available to

fill the position.Elizabeth Kenyon, a gradu-

ate of the College of Law at the University of Iowa, will work on a month-to-month basis. She has completed mul-tiple internships concerning juvenile court matters in the Cedar Rapids area.

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Markets

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Thu

12/5

21/6Cloudy and windy.Cold. High 21F.Winds NW at 15 to25 mph.

Sunrise Sunset7:27 AM 4:49 PM

Fri

12/6

19/2Mix of sun andclouds.


Sat

12/7

18/11A few clouds. Highsin the upper teensand lows in the lowteens.


Sun

12/8

21/7Snow showers attimes.


Mon

12/9

14/-2Windy with morningclouds, then after-noon sun.


Des Moines22/10

Cedar Rapids22/11

Sioux City17/0

Creston21/6

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 14 0 pt sunny Davenport 25 15 cloudy Marshaltown 18 6 cloudyAtlantic 20 5 cloudy Des Moines 22 10 cloudy Mason City 15 3 pt sunnyAubudon 17 5 pt sunny Dubuque 24 13 cloudy Onawa 19 5 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 22 11 cloudy Farmington 25 14 cloudy Oskaloosa 21 10 cloudyCenterville 23 12 cloudy Fort Dodge 16 4 pt sunny Ottumwa 23 11 cloudyClarinda 23 7 cloudy Ft Madison 26 15 cloudy Red Oak 22 6 cloudyClarion 17 2 pt sunny Guttenberg 21 9 cloudy Sioux Center 11 -3 pt sunnyClinton 26 14 cloudy Keokuk 28 18 cloudy Sioux City 17 0 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 20 6 pt sunny Lansing 21 6 pt sunny Spencer 14 -2 pt sunnyCreston 21 6 windy LeMars 12 -2 pt sunny Waterloo 19 9 cloudy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 71 63 rain Houston 78 49 t-storm Phoenix 53 36 sunnyBoston 53 51 rain Los Angeles 64 42 sunny San Francisco 55 35 sunnyChicago 31 20 cloudy Miami 81 69 sunny Seattle 37 26 sunnyDallas 42 27 rain Minneapolis 10 -4 pt sunny St. Louis 34 23 snowDenver 12 -5 pt sunny New York 59 55 rain Washington, DC 66 60 rain

Moon Phases

NewDec 2

FirstDec 9

FullDec 17

LastDec 25

UV IndexThu

12/51

Low

Fri12/6

2

Low

Sat12/7

2

Low

Sun12/8

1

Low

Mon12/9

2

Low

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 (50), low past 24 hours (34) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Thu

12/5

21/6Cloudy and windy.Cold. High 21F.Winds NW at 15 to25 mph.


Fri

12/6

19/2Mix of sun andclouds.


Sat

12/7

18/11A few clouds. Highsin the upper teensand lows in the lowteens.


Sun

12/8

21/7Snow showers attimes.


Mon

12/9

14/-2Windy with morningclouds, then after-noon sun.


Des Moines22/10

Cedar Rapids22/11

Sioux City17/0

Creston21/6

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 14 0 pt sunny Davenport 25 15 cloudy Marshaltown 18 6 cloudyAtlantic 20 5 cloudy Des Moines 22 10 cloudy Mason City 15 3 pt sunnyAubudon 17 5 pt sunny Dubuque 24 13 cloudy Onawa 19 5 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 22 11 cloudy Farmington 25 14 cloudy Oskaloosa 21 10 cloudyCenterville 23 12 cloudy Fort Dodge 16 4 pt sunny Ottumwa 23 11 cloudyClarinda 23 7 cloudy Ft Madison 26 15 cloudy Red Oak 22 6 cloudyClarion 17 2 pt sunny Guttenberg 21 9 cloudy Sioux Center 11 -3 pt sunnyClinton 26 14 cloudy Keokuk 28 18 cloudy Sioux City 17 0 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 20 6 pt sunny Lansing 21 6 pt sunny Spencer 14 -2 pt sunnyCreston 21 6 windy LeMars 12 -2 pt sunny Waterloo 19 9 cloudy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 71 63 rain Houston 78 49 t-storm Phoenix 53 36 sunnyBoston 53 51 rain Los Angeles 64 42 sunny San Francisco 55 35 sunnyChicago 31 20 cloudy Miami 81 69 sunny Seattle 37 26 sunnyDallas 42 27 rain Minneapolis 10 -4 pt sunny St. Louis 34 23 snowDenver 12 -5 pt sunny New York 59 55 rain Washington, DC 66 60 rain

Moon Phases

NewDec 2

FirstDec 9

FullDec 17

LastDec 25

UV IndexThu

12/51

Low

Fri12/6

2

Low

Sat12/7

2

Low

Sun12/8

1

Low

Mon12/9

2

Low

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.

WednesdayFriends Helping Friends

Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living room 114, 1709 W. Prairie St.

YMCA Clover Kids, 4 to 5 p.m. meeting, First Christian Church.

ThursdayBurlington Northern and

Santa Fe Railroad retirees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Celebrate Recovery (a Christ-centered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St.

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

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

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

FridayHoly Spirit Rectory ReRun

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

Southern Prairie YMCA 55 Plus, 11:45 a.m., Summit House. Bring $2 for pizza and change for bingo.

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

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

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 to 10 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. Theme: Fabulous ‘50s. Caller: Brian Keesler.

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

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

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

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

Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boz’s Kitchen in Corning. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

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

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

SundayAlcoholics Anonymous (AA),

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

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

Police Miscellaneous

Alarm, 12:37 a.m., Tues-day, West Taylor Street.

Alarm, 6:48 a.m., Tuesday, Livingston Avenue.

Traffic stop, 9:12 a.m., Tues-day, North Spruce Street.

Traffic stop, 9:33 a.m., Tuesday, Orchard Drive.

Traffic stop, 11:06 a.m., Tuesday, North Cherry Street.

Harassing communication, 2:17 p.m., Tuesday, South Division Street.

Lost property, 3:38 p.m., Tuesday, Laurel Street.

Talk to officer, 5:24 p.m., Tuesday, North Pine Street.

Missing juvenile, 5:26 p.m., Tuesday, West Townline

Street.Information, 6:27 p.m.,

Tuesday, South Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 7:46 p.m., Tuesday, West Townline Street.

Alarm, 9:52 p.m., Tuesday, West Montgomery Street.

Disturbing the peace, 3:22 a.m., today, West Montgom-ery Street.

Traffic stop, 6:28 a.m., to-day, West Townline Street.

Fire Miscellaneous

Medical, 12:25 p.m., Tues-day, West Prairie Street.

Structure fire, 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, North Maple Street.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $4.33

Soybeans — $12.77• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $4.28Soybeans — $12.90

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2013 Carolathon set for Thursday The third annual Caro-

lathon event will be held Thursday at the United Church of Christ Congre-gational Church, 501 W. Montgomery St., during the Creston Uptown fes-tivities before the lighted Christmas parade. People can come and go or stay to listen to featured perform-ers and join in group sing-ing 5 to 6:30 p.m. Admis-sion is free.

Individuals, churches and other organizations can sup-port this event by pledging or donating in advance as follows:

• To hear your favorite lo-

cal musical group – $50• To sponsor a vocal or in-

strumental soloist – $25• To request a favorite

carol or holiday song – $10All funds collected go di-

rectly to the crisis fund to help those in need. These funds are administered through the Union County Ministerial Alliance.

The event is sponsored by Union County Ministerial Alliance.

Contact Victoria Bram-mer at 641-745-7700 or [email protected] for information or to acquire a pledge sheet for donation.

Iowa youths convene for Iowa Youth Congress

DES MOINES — The 8th annual Iowa Youth Congress was held Oct. 25 in the House Chamber at the Iowa State Capitol. The Iowa Youth Congress (IYC) is a “mock congress” and a civic leadership opportunity for underrepresented high school students, which in-clude minority students and youths with disabilities from across Iowa.

This year, 78 students par-ticipated from a variety of Iowa schools. The Iowa De-partment of Human Rights (DHR) organizes the event each year. State Representa-tive Phyllis Thede, D-Scott County, presided over IYC during the event.

The Youth Congress cre-ated and passed four bills this year:

• Tanning Restrictions – restricting individuals less than 18 years of age from tanning at tanning salons.

• Language Education – requiring all elementary schools to provide foreign language coursework.

• Suicide Prevention – re-quiring teachers to receive training on suicide preven-tion.

• Cyber-bullying – requir-ing schools to intervene for the safety of their students in cases of cyber bullying, or bullying through electronic means, which occurs outside of school.

IYC members will be contacting their respective local state representatives and senators asking for their support of these bills during the 85th General Assembly, which convenes in January 2014.

Prior to the IYC, all youth participants attended re-gional meetings to research and develop bill ideas. Dur-ing the regional meetings, the youths also learned about implementing policy issues from grassroots ideas, collaborating across diverse populations and contribut-ing to public life.

After the event at the Capitol, the annual Dream Forward Dinner and dance was held at the Holiday Inn Downtown in Des Moines. This was a celebration for the IYC participants.

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2013

The countdown to the end of 2013 is gaining momentum and time to finish those yearly to-do lists is quickly fading.

While the days remaining nears single digits — keeping pace with the falling temperature this week — there is still some time to end the year on a positive note and start those pesky New Year’s reso-lutions on the right foot.

First on most people’s list is fin-ishing holiday shopping.

For those not brave enough to fight the crowds on Black Friday, leery of online shopping Cyber Monday or just procrastinating like myself, shopping for others can be a daunting task.

While gift cards and cash don’t

provide that surprise factor like other presents, they are almost a guarantee to be useful.

Youngsters hoping for that per-fect gift can now send their Santa letters electronically.

Luckily, Santa didn’t hire the same company that designed the website for the Affordable Health Care Act, so all Christmas letters are successfully arriving to the North Pole inbox.

On a serious note, it does sound like the website is performing at a much higher success rate, which is great news for individuals trying to sign up for the services it provides.

The next seasonal items on the list for a lot of people are college finals and plans to return home for the winter break.

Preparing for a college kid to come home for a couple of weeks can be just as stressful for parents as the semester tests are for stu-dents.

The hardest adjustment is match-ing conflicting schedules. College kids are used to their new inde-pendence. Parents are used to an empty house or not having an extra person making messes and clean-

ing out the cupboards.Remember, spending time to-

gether is important, but giving each other space this winter break will help keep tempers from flaring.

Finally, if you are looking to make a big change for 2014 — los-ing weight, studying more often or learning a new skill — start prepar-ing for it now.

It is comparable to quitting smoking — another great New Year’s resolution. The success rate quitting cold turkey is much lower than an individual who uses sup-port groups or other aids to help ease the transition.

Starting your goal now will give you a test run of what works and what doesn’t for you personally.

Take the time to find out what healthy foods you like and can prepare easily, see if you can get a cheaper rate at a gym for the holi-day season or find a friend to hold you accountable for your goals.

———I wanted to give a shout out to all

the runners who braved the frigid conditions at the 35th Living His-tory Farms race. Temperatures barely made it into double digits, making the seven-mile cross coun-try race even more challenging.

I also really enjoyed the Band of Brotherhood 5K Run/Walk put on by Creston Fire Department. A special congratulations to Emma Harper for a strong finish.

Will the real Honus Wagner please stand up? Editor’s note: Michael Osacky

— writer of this opinion piece — started collecting vintage sports cards when his grandfather bought him a shoebox full of cards for his birthday more than 15 years ago. Since then, he has been on the hunt to find undiscovered cards and sports memorabilia collections hiding in dusty attics, garages and barns. He can be reached at (312) 379-9090 or www.baseballinthe-attic.com. He recently visited Crest-on and purchased a baseball signed by Babe Ruth.

As the leaves changed from green to burnt amber in Cres-ton this autumn, my drive through town was distinctly different. The memories of the EF2 tornado that swept through town in April 2012 are still fresh in our minds accord-ing to a passerby.

When I received a call a few weeks prior to this trip, a gentle-man from Creston (who requests to be anonymous) with a raspy voice and excited tone greeted me.

“I have the Honus Wagner to-bacco card. It is worth millions of dollars.”

I quickly added, “Please turn the card over and tell me what it says.”

The gentleman says I see the name Piedmont in big letters. When I ask if there is anything else on the card, I hear silence on the phone. “Hello, are you still there?” The gentleman sadly whispers, it is a reprint!

As a vintage baseball card col-lector and appraiser from Chicago,

I frequently get calls from individ-ual collectors and estates to advise on values of their vintage sports collectibles.

The Honus Wagner T-206 baseball card is the most expensive baseball card in the hobby and most widely rec-ognized. An original Honus Wag-ner card would sell for a minimum of $75,000 (low grade) and recently sold for as high as $2.1 million in high grade.

Mr. Wagner was not a fan of to-bacco products in the early 1900s. When Honus found out his image on a baseball card was being in-serted into packages of tobacco, he immediately ordered that his portrait not be used any further. Honus didn’t want children to find his image with tobacco. The Honus Wagner reprint is virtually worth-less and I figured the conversation with the Creston man was over.

The gentleman then confides in me that he has a special keepsake that has been passed down in the family for several decades.

In 1927, two days after the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the World Series, several major leaguers traveled across the country to showcase their talents in local communities.

These “barnstorming tours” fea-tured players such as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig that invaded towns

for a day to play baseball with lo-cal baseball players. Many schools and other governmental facilities closed for the day when the barn-storming tour came to town.

October 16, 1927 was the day the barnstorming tour invaded Des Moines. This gentleman’s father attended the game in 1927 and had Babe Ruth sign a baseball. This baseball has been kept in a safe for several decades. The signature has faded over the years, but the large signature on the sweet spot is very striking. I purchased this baseball for $3,000 along with some other baseball cards.

Attics and garages are chalk full of items from decades past. As time goes by, we forget what is inside the dusty treasure trove. “Junk” left to us from previous generations might not be junk any-more. As these dilapidated attics and garages fall into disrepair, it is important for baseball history to carry on for future generations. It’s the stories that I preserve.

When I returned home, I called the gentleman in the raspy voice to tell him I found a Honus Wagner in his collection. Taped to the back of an album with tobacco cards, was a T-206 Wagner. He remembered taping it there some decades ear-lier. He then asked me how much I would offer. I didn’t say anything. He then said, Michael talk to me. Sadly, I was looking at yet another reprint.

Osacky

Miles of trialsJake Waddinghamstaff writer

Pearl Harbor attack veterans reunion will be held in Hawaii

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

The Pearl Harbor attack veter-ans reunion will be held in HawaiiSaturday. It’s quite dull. Last year the surviving Japanese pilots whoattacked Pearl Harbor showed up for the reunion, which was a bigsurprise, because they never an-nounce when they are coming.

British Petroleum announced Monday the appointment of American Robert Dudley as its new CEO. The company says it’s committed to new energy sources, Thanks to BP, Ford just invented a car that runs on water, but only on water from the Gulf of Mexico.

The Wall Street Journal blamed the economy on lower holidayretail sales Friday. It’s solvable. The War on Drugs brought in more drugs and the War on Terror cre-ated more terrorists, maybe next year we declare a War on Money and Jobs, and watch what happens.

Ukrainians protested their gov-ernment caving in to Russia and not joining the EU. Right now the Ukrainians want to take on the Russians while Japan looks eager to challenge China. This time of year, the only thing that impresses the pollsters is strength of sched-ule.

Auburn upset Alabama on the final play of the game Saturday when a kid ran a failed field goal at-tempt back for the winning touch-down. The kid got a call from the White House after the game. The Obamacare website designer want-ed to know if he had any ideas.

Florida State might face Auburn or Missouri or even OklahomaState for the national title in Janu-ary. College football is a religionin the South. Last year, Mitt Rom-ney carried all seventy-seven coun-ties in Oklahoma because Obama sounds way too much like Go Bama.

The White House boasted Mon-

day the Obamacare website can handle fifty thousand users an hour. That’s one-tenth what Porn Hub does. The difference is, if you scroll down the list of porn hub ti-tles, you can always find a nurse or a doctor who’s willing to help you.

The White House asked every-one not to log on the Obamacarewebsite during peak morning or evening hours. That leaves work hours. Look, the expensive health care plans are one thing, but asking Americans to give up their video poker time could cost Democrats the Senate.

GOP critics lashed out at Obam-acare, saying while the website may be increasing enrollees, it’ll result in fewer doctors willing to treat sicker policy holders at the expense of a shrinking pool of in-vestors. If you are a health insur-ance company, I bet you that I’m going to die, then you bet me I’m going to live, and then I pay you a fortune, hoping you win.

President Obama was modest about his presidential good deeds in an ABC interview Friday. The truth is, he’s improved race rela-tions. After five years, rednecks don’t like Barack Obama being president because of his policies, and that’s genuine social progress.

USA Today reported on the urban street game Knockout, where urban youth sneak up be-hind white people on the street and deck them. It’s spreading. In Philadelphia there’s an Amish version of Knockout, wherethey sneak up behind a woman on the street and build a barn around her.

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BUSINESS/FARMBUSINESS/FARM Davidson graduates from auction college

MASON CITY — Earn-ing the honorary title of “Colonel,” Chantz Da-vidson of Orient recently graduated from World Wide College of Auc-tioneering (a.k.a. Reisch World Wide College of Auctioneering) during the Nov. 16-23 class.

Davidson successfully completed the course of instruction and training covering all phases of auc-tioneering taught by 20 professional instructors at the college. Students re-ceived instruction in real estate, benefit/charity/fun-draising, automobile, farm, antique and specialty auc-tions, as well as vocal train-ing and auction law. Other subjects included business management, technology, marketing, networking, online auctions and the development of an auction chant and bid calling.

During the training pro-gram, Davidson also re-ceived the real-life expe-rience of calling a public auction sale.

Creston FFA promotes hunting safety to sixth-grade students

Creston FFA partnered with Deena Bevins’s sixth-grade language arts class to write essays regarding hunting safety.

Bevins worked with the students on the principles of language arts and the FFA’s Environmental Is-sues Committee read the

essays. Two student essays were selected as the most creative and thorough in covering the topic of hunt-ing safety.

The two award recipients of the essay contest were Brittany Linch and Hunter Fry; each student received a blaze orange hunting

vest as the winning prize. Awards were presented at a special hunting safety program coordinated by the Creston FFA Chapter.

Corey Carlton, Union County game warden, was guest speaker. He covered gun and hunting safety rules.

Governor’s STEM Advisory Council names new regional manager

The Governor’s Science, T e c h n o l -ogy, En-gineering and Math-e m a t i c s ( S T E M ) Advi sory Counci l ’s s o u t h -west re-gional hub housed at Southwestern Community College has announced the placement of the region’s new STEM Manager Deb Frazee.

Frazee comes to the STEM Advisory Council after years of work in education and

economic development, in-cluding 13 years with Iowa Western Community Col-lege as a job training special-ist, five years with the Iowa Department of Education as a rehabilitation counselor and further experience in the private sector.

Frazee is replacing former Manager Beth Kulow, who now serves as Southwestern Community College’s dean of student services. Kulow will continue to serve the STEM Advisory Council as the STEM hub’s institutional contact.

“I am happy to hand off this important baton to Deb

Frazee,” said Kulow. “She has experience that will ben-efit the business and educa-tion sectors and will con-tinue to forward the impact of STEM in southwest Iowa. I look forward to seeing all that Deb accomplishes in her new role at Southwestern Community College. The southwest region is in very capable hands.”

Frazee has already begun her duties in southwest Iowa and will continue to make connections across her re-gion. Frazee is responsible for connecting educators in the southwest region to Scale-Up programming op-

tions in the coming year. She will also lead STEM activi-ties on behalf of the STEM Council in southwest Iowa.

“Serving the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council as the southwest regional manager is a privilege that I am happy to take on,” said Frazee. “My passion for con-necting Iowans to the work-force and driving STEM ed-ucation into that pipeline, is something I feel I can greatly represent. Southwest Iowa’s educators, students, parents and businesses have a won-derful STEM story to tell, and I am determined to tell them all.”

Frazee

Contributed photoCreston FFA members, along with Union County Game Warden Corey Carlton, present two blaze orange hunting vests to Brittany Linch and Hunter Fry for their outstanding hunting safety essays. Pictured, front, from left, are Linch and Fry and, back, Darin Hatfield, Wyatt Thompson, Darrian Fischer, Chad Lamb and Carlton.

Contributed photoChantz Davidson of Orient calls at a public auction sale during class at World Wide College of Auctioneering.

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Relations with authority figures are pleasant today. People are in a good mood; bosses, par-ents and VIPs view you as a charming and cordial.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Non-business travel will please you today. Grab every opportu-nity to explore new places, new ideas and talk to people from different backgrounds.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep your pockets open, because you can benefit from the wealth and resources of others today. Meanwhile, back in the boudoir, this is a cozy day for couples.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Relations with partners and close friends are warm and friendly today. People feel generous to each other and are happy to share good times together. Laugh it up!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a good day to talk to supervi-sors, employees, co-workers or anyone you might be working with to do any task that you set for yourself. Physically, you feel strong, except this is a tempting day for desserts and sweets.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) A playful day! Accept invita-tions to party. Enjoy the the-ater, movies, musical perfor-mances, sports events and playful times with children. Great day for romance and a hot date.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a wonderful day to entertain at home. Invite friends and family over for good food and drink. It’s also good day to find real-estate deals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your ability to charm others today is amazing, which is why this is a great day to schmooze, especially with relatives and siblings. This is also an excel-lent day to write, sell, promote, teach and act.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Business and com-merce are favored today. Look for ways

to boost your income or make money on the side. If shopping, you’ll love to buy beautiful things for yourself and others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re full of good will to others today, which is why you will enjoy the company of everyone. Go forth and be

friendly.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.

18) Solitude in beautiful sur-roundings will please you today because you feel quite content with yourself. It’s easy to appreciate who you are and what you have.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) All group activities today will be upbeat and enthusiastic. In fact, a friend could become a lover.

YOU BORN TODAY Your confidence in your abilities and talents makes you daring

and energetic. You are lively and dynamic, as well as gener-ous and eager to share your knowledge with others. You are decisive and capable of acting quickly. You are philo-sophically optimistic because you believe in your future. Your year ahead will be unusu-ally social and beneficial for all your relationships.

Birthdate of: Otto Preminger, film director; Philip K. Wrigley, gum manufacturer/Chicago Cubs owner; Walt Disney, busi-ness magnate.

Dear Heloise: A few years ago, my mother gave me a book of recipes from her church. Several of the reci-pes call for BUTTER-FLA-VORED GRANULES. What are they, and where can I find them? — L. King in California

Butter-flavored granules are a powdered form of but-ter that is fat-free, gluten-free and good for those watching calories. The main ingredi-ents are natural butter flavor (processed into a dry form), maltodextrin (a natural carbo-hydrate that comes from corn) and salt.

You can find them in most grocery stores in the bak-ing or spice aisle. Keep the top sealed tightly, and once opened, store in the refrigera-tor. They are good to keep on hand, as they can be used for many foods. — Heloise

P.S.: I love them! I some-times mix some with nonfat sour cream or yogurt to top a baked potato. Or I use them on steamed veggies, in brown rice with veggies and on hot oatmeal, among a few other things.

STORING KETCHUPDear Readers: Did you

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NEED to be refrigerated? De-pending on where you keep it and the temperature, though, its stability and quality can be affected.

So, what do you do? You can store ketchup in the pan-try, but manufacturers recom-mend that you refrigerate it for the best flavor and quality. The same with mustard: You don’t have to refrigerate it, but it is recommended. — He-loise

EATING OUTDear Heloise: A year ago, I

decided to really take care of myself. Healthier food choices are now a part of my life. A lot of my meals are eaten in res-taurants. Here are some tips I use when eating out:

• Sauces and gravies “on the side” or not at all.

• Salad dressing on the side.• Order food that is broiled,

steamed or roasted. Anything fried is full of fat grams and calories.

• Red sauce instead of white

(usually cream!) for pasta.• Corn tortillas instead of

flour, and whole black beans instead of refried.

• Steamed rice instead of fried.

With these simple chang-es, I still get to enjoy eating out with friends and family and know that I’m eating as healthy as I can. — Jessica G. in Tennessee

SAUSAGE WRAPPERDear Heloise: When I buy

sausage that comes in a roll, I freeze it. When it’s frozen, it doesn’t leave a lot of sausage stuck to the wrapper when you cut it off. You must be careful, because it’s slippery. — Gloria in Kansas

EASY CLOSEDear Heloise: It’s frustrat-

ing trying to open bread ties. When I get the wire unwound, I replace it with a clothespin. No more twisting and untying. — Pat M. in Florida

GROUND MEATDear Heloise: I use a heavy

meat-tenderizing tool (the type with cleats) to break up ground beef or sausage be-ing browned for chili or meat sauce. — Ruth B. in Kansas

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Branstad to push EPA on renewable fuel standardDES MOINES (MCT) –

Gov. Terry Branstad says he plans to travel to Virginia to offer s t r o n g public sup-port for the federal renewable fuel stan-dard — a topic that he noted “didn’t come up” when he was in oil-rich Texas for a political fundraiser on Mon-day.

Branstad, who is expect-ed to seek a sixth term as Iowa governor in 2014, said his trip to Houston was in-tended to learn about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s economic successes and to meet with Perry friends “that said they wanted to help me.”

The timing of this week’s

trip to Texas was interest-ing given oil industry efforts to undo the renewable fuel standard, Perry’s opposition to ethanol and Branstad’s intent to testify at a public hearing regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reduce U.S. production of ethanol fuel in 2014.

Branstad told reporters at his weekly news confer-ence he believes the EPA is “making a huge mistake” to reduce the renewable fuel standard, which in turn could push the price of corn below the cost of production, drive down farm land prices and cut the demand for farm ma-chinery.

“I don’t believe that this administration really realizes the huge negative impact that reducing the renewable fuel standard could have

on the economy here in the Midwest and we’re the one region that’s been the most successful,” he said. “This is going to hurt us.”

That’s a message he gladly will deliver to the EPA but he did not discuss the topic when he was in Texas at Per-ry’s invitation.

“That was not a subject that came up,” Branstad said and he noted that he didn’t bring it up.

The GOP governor also declined to tell reporters how much money he raised for his expected 2014 bid, saying “this will all come out in the disclosure report, but we felt it was a very success-ful event.” He also said he did not refuse to take con-tributions from oil industry executives, telling reporters he has never put restrictions like that on campaign contri-

butions.“I think people know

where I stand,” Branstad said.

“There is nobody that’s a stronger supporter of renew-able fuels than I am. I am a strong advocate of that and I’m not afraid to say that in Texas or anywhere else be-cause I believe it,” he added.

Branstad said his Texas trip did not earn Perry an inside track in the state that kicks off the 2016 presidential sweep-stakes, saying he has wel-comed a number of prospec-tive GOP candidates to Iowa in recent months and wants to “be a very good host” who en-courages them to spend time and money in Iowa.

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Predicting winter in Iowa day-to-day process this yearWATERLOO (MCT)

—Temperatures of late are running a bit below normal. Precipitation is in the fore-cast today.

Does that mean additional wicked winter weather is a foregone conclusion? Well, it is Iowa. But beyond that, not necessarily.

In terms of meteorology, winter each year begins Dec. 1.

“So to say this is a har-binger of what’s to come is a little difficult,” said Kevin Skow, a meteorologist with the National Weather Ser-vice in Des Moines.

“We’re actually looking at, overall, the winter with fairly average temperatures and for precipitation,” he added.

Strong climatic forces that help meteorologists make predictions aren’t offering much guidance this year.

El Nino and La Nina represent opposite ends of what scientists call the El

Nino-Southern Oscillation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. The term describes variations in temperature between the surface of the Pacific Ocean and atmo-sphere near the equator.

El Nino happens more frequently and represents warmer-than-average tem-peratures. La Nina tempera-tures are cooler than normal.

NOAA continually moni-tors the temperatures, winds and currents, relying on a network of about 70 buoys anchored in the Pacific called the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array. At the mo-ment, surface temperatures on the ocean are running about average and have been for about two years, meaning a valuable hint about what lies ahead for North Ameri-ca is missing.

“It’s a challenge to pro-duce a long-term winter

forecast without the climate pattern of an El Nino or a La Nina in place out in the Pacific because those cli-mate patterns often strongly influence winter tempera-ture and precipitation here in the United States,” Mike Halpert, acting director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, said in a prepared statement.

“Without this strong seasonal influence, winter weather is often affected by short-term climate patterns, such as the Arctic Oscilla-tion, that are not predict-able beyond a week or two,” Halpert added.

Here’s what climatologists can offer: Montana may get more precipitation than av-erage this winter; parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Florida may get less. At the same time, Northern Min-nesota, Montana and North and South Dakota may be

colder than usual; Texas and much of the South will likely be warmer.

Which leaves vast areas of the country, including Iowa, in winter weather limbo.

“There is not a strong or reliable enough climate sig-nal in these areas to favor one category over the others, so they have an equal chance for above-, near- or below-normal temperatures and/or precipitation,” according to NOAA.

And what has transpired so far may not carry forward, according to Skow.

“We’ve been in a cooler pattern for the last couple of weeks, last couple of months actually,” he said. “That could easily switch.”


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

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Sat. Dec. 7- 11:00AM Lenox, IA. Farm Machinery & Farm Misc.; Tools; Antiques & Collectibles; Yard & Garden; Hot Tub for David Brown. Auctioneer: Brown & Kinker Auction Service.Sun. Dec. 8- 12:00PM Creston, IA. Close Out Auction for Country Hearts consisting of New Merchandise, Furniture and Displays for Bob and Kay Wagner. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill.Mon. Dec. 9- 10:30AM Corning, IA. 261 Taxable Acres, Adams Co., Washington Twp. for Don and Colleen Bickford. Auctioneers: Jack Kretzinger, Dan Kretzinger, Tony Douglas.

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AccountantRuth R. Long, CPA-CFP. Complete accounting, financial planning, consulting, electronic filing and tax services for business or individuals. Reasonable fees. 620 1/2 New York Ave. 641-782-7CPA (7272)

Backhoe & Bulldozer

KINKADE INDUSTRIES INC. Complete backhoe service with extra reach bucket. Sanitary systems, basements, crawl spaces, dig footings with tren-cher or hoe. Free estimates. Eb Knuth, 641-782-2290; 641-202-2012.

Computer RepairSPRoUSE ComPUTER SoLU-TIoNS. 120 N. main, Lenox, 641-780-5760 12 years experi-ence. Reasonable & Quality PC repair and tutoring.

Consignment StoreToo GooD To bE ThREw. 114 N. maple, Creston, IA Mens, Womens, Childrens Clothing & Home Decor. Tue.-Fri. 10AM-5:30PM, Sat. 9AM-2PM 515-473-1126

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

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

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

StorageShARP’S SELF-SToRAGE Boats, records, inventory, furniture. You store it, lock it, take the key. Industrial Park, Creston, 641-782-6227.

Tree ServicemINERS TREE SERvICE. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding, fully insured. Free estimates. Justin miner, 712-621-4847.

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

RoofingRooF-TECh INC., Residential -met-al and asphalt roofing. Commercial - seamless fluid applied membranes. FRee estimates, call 800-289-6895 or 641-782-5554 or go online at www.rooftech.us.

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

FORK LIFT OPERATORCMC-Dalton Ag Products, a leading manufacturer of fertilizer

application equipment, is accepting applications for a Forklift Operator.

The Forklift Operator is responsible for operating equipment to load, unload, move, stack, and stage product and materials using a forklift, clamp truck, or other power equipment and may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

If you are interested in joining a company with a history of proven stability and growth as well as great benefits including holiday & vacation pay, uniforms, health insurance, retirement and overtime, apply in person at 602 E. Van Buren, Lenox, Iowa from 7:30am – 4pm.

A pre-employment drug screen and physical exam are required. EOE Employer

Land auctionMonday, December 9 • 10:30 a.m.Corning IA - 1560 State Hwy. 148 Adams Co.,

Washington Twp.Sale location: Kretzinger Auction Building, Corning IA

Hwy 34/148 1/2 mile east

261 taxable acreStract 1 73 Acres with home, 21.77A cropland

tract 2 188 Acres with 99.6A cropland. Good deer and turkey hunting

Don and Colleen BickfordKretzinger Auction 712-621-9400; 712-621-0135

www.kretzingerauction.com

Now accepting applications for the following position:

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Joyful Noise presents...

Guests include: Ken Rummer, Juleen Krings, Meghin Pearson, Jane Warner, Community Mass Choir, John Steinbach, Mary O’Riley ...and our grandchildren!

Proceeds go to Creston Basket Fund and Union County Food Pantry.

All Creatures Great and SmallA Community Christmas ConcertSunday, December 8, 2013 ~ 2 p.m.

Creston High School Auditorium

Close-out AuCtion for Country Hearts in Uptown Creston

Sunday, December 8 • 12 Noon104 N. Maple St., Creston IA

New Stock MerchaNdiSe: Spagnum moss; floral supplies, up lights; new lamps and shades; potpourri; xmas lights; 7.5 Donner fir tree; metal toy wagon; miniature straw bales; asst. candles and battery operated candles; various glass containers and kitchen wares; wine bottle stoppers; cheese server; french flower buckets; baskets; bushel baskets; pickled vegetable displays; artificial fruits, vegetables; picture frames; wind socks; plate racks; deco wall plaques; candle rings; xmas wreathes; ornaments; wall transfers; fall decorations; misc. Davinci rings and beads. Sales Tax will apply on new merchandise. Dealers be sure to bring your sale tax ID.MerchaNdiSe diSplayS: Lots metal shelving; glass shelving; wire shelving; shelving brackets; card racks; wood shelving; folding tables; metal cabinets; misc. tempered glass, many sheets; countertop jewelry display; several folding tables; desks; bar stools; Yankee Candle displays; IHF displays; (2) 4 drawer file cabinets; misc. baskets; hanging baskets; coffee pump pots; Bunn coffee maker; Bunn GI 1# commercial coffee grinder; office chair; velvet covered jewelry displays; brochure displays; ornament displays; cases of fluorescent tubes; brass eagle; 6 store counters; step flower displays; (2) 6’ four shelf fancy cabinets; wood chest; tapestry racks; asst. slat wall pegs; plastic display risers.aNtiqueS: old wooden school desk; copper kettle lids; roll paper dispenser; old wooden Iowana bed side stand; milk crate; walnut bookcase; 42”x50” maple drop leaf table; lidded candy and coffee jars; 30”x60” oak desk tagged Villisca IA; curved back chair.FurNiture: wicker framed day bed with trundle and mattresses; lawn furniture; Haier mini fridge; GE microwave; other items.terMS: Cash/good check with photo ID if unknown by the auction crew.

Bob and Kay Wagner641-745-0817; 641-202-4625

Auction conducted by: West & Frey Auctioneers LLC, Creston, Iowa & Creston Livestock Auction Services

Darwin West 641-344-1958; Todd Crill 712-621-1453; Tom Frey 641-344-5082Sale clerks: June West, Leisa Frey. Ringman: Vern Blazek.

Public AuctionSaturday, Dec. 7, 2013 • 11:00 a.m.

Located 813 E. Van Buren St., Lenox, IA ~ Watch for signs(Inclimate weather date Saturday the 14th, listen to KSIB Radio)

Farm machinery & Other Farm relateD itemS: 9N Ford Tractor; 1 ton portable bulk bin; blade; 2 pallet forks; 2 lowboy trailers; small calf creep feeder; 2 sheep hay feeders; a few chicken waterers; (3) 10’ & (1) 12’ red HW Brand pipe gates; (3) 35’ (approx.) telephone poles; 50-75 used steel posts, 15-20 each of cattle & hog panels.tOOlS: Sears Craftsman table saw; Sears 1” belt/8” disc sander; Delta Home-craft band saw; a variety of hand tools & tool sets.Farm antiques & ColleCtible items. yarD & GarDen itemS: Sears Craftsman front-tine tiller, 22” Walk-behind Weedeater, power washer; Yardman 26” Push mower; and other items often found at a sale of this type.miSc.: “Hot Spot” Round Hot Tub, seats 4termS: Cash or good check with proper ID is required. Not responsible for ac-cidents or theft. Nothing is removed until settled for. Announcements made day of sale take precedent over previous advertising.

For David brown by Brown & Kinker Auction Service

641-344-5559 Auctioneer: Curtis Kinker 641-333-2820Bethany Murphy - Clerk; Lunch on Grounds; Beverly Kinker - Cashier

PLANT MANAGERDalton Ag Products, a first-class, fast growing manufacturing

company in Northeast Taylor County is seeking an experienced Plant Manager. Our company is highly regarded in both the industry and community.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or Engineering and at least 5 years of experience managing complex manufacturing operations. In addition, excellent leadership, communication and organization skills are required.

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, relocation, and opportunities for growth.

For immediate consideration, send a current resume and salary requirements to:

[email protected]. Put “Plant Manager” in the subject line of the email.

CDL DRIVERIowa Select Farms has positions open for CDL Drivers responsible for transporting hogs within our Iowa-based production region. This candidate will be responsible for operating a semi-truck and trailer and following all safety, biosecurity and record keeping protocols.

This position requires a Class A CDL and a clean driving record. Candidates must be dependable, detail-oriented and very well organized. Competitive compensation and full benefits package.

Apply online at www.iowaselect.com, stop by 101 North Douglas in Afton to complete an application or call Human Resources at 641-347-5065. EOE.

Women of Faith ChristmasLive simulcast from Texas

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Prairie View is having a

Memory Care Job Fair to explain the job positions on

Thursday December 5th from 1-5 pm

at Prairie View Assisted Living 1709 W. Prairie St.

Bring your resume and interview that afternoon. Prairie View Memory Care is seeking Part-time & Full-Time CNAs & CMAs

for all shifts in our upcoming memory care. In addition to personal care, memory care programming will involve providing meaningful activities and in a small group setting for early to mid stages of Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Must be caring and compassionate. Competitive Wages. If you love working with older adults in a team environment please apply online at www.midwest-health.com/careers.

If you have questions please contact Gloria Rink, RN or Amy Edmonson-

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EFFICIENCY APART-MENTS. Spaciousdowntown Creston one-room apartment fur-nished with frig, mi-crowave, private bath.$425/monthly includesall utilities, plus [email protected], R Realty641-782-9408 or 641-223-0997.

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APARTMENT FOR RENTin Afton: Nice 1 bed-room, $450/month, ref-erences required, appli-ances furnished, washerand dryer on premises,641-344-5478.

FOR RENT: LARGE 2Bedroom apartment inCorning, $600 permonth, includes utilities.641-202-1630.

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4 INCH CRAFTSMANwood jointer, $30.00,641-782-4640.

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DOUBLE KITCHENSINK, white, porcelain,8 inches deep, $50.00;641-782-5756.

SECOND EDITION OFGrandma Irene's Cook-book, 3 ring hard cover,494 recipes. Christmasspecial $15.00 for 1book or $25.00 for 2books. Makes a greatgift, call Irene Rippergerat 641-782-3323.

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‘Tis the season: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, lights the Capitol Christmas tree amid a ceremony Tuesday on the west front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The second tallest tree ever used at the Capitol, the 88-foot Engelmann spruce is from the Colville National Forest in Washington state.

Obama strives to pivot from health care woes

WASHINGTON (MCT) — President Barack Obama, stung by the enduring con-troversy over his health care overhaul, tried Tuesday to go on the offensive. Republicans waited with a new round of congressional hearings.

Obama told hundreds of handpicked supporters gath-ered at the White House com-plex that America needed to move beyond the health care website to focus on the ben-efits of the law.

“What’s important for ev-erybody to remember is not only that the law has already helped millions of people, but that there are millions more who stand to be helped, and we’ve got to make sure they know that,” the president said. “Our poor execution in the first couple months on the website clouded the fact that there are a whole bunch of people who stand to benefit.”

Obama, who has seen his approval rating plunge to the lowest levels of his presidency, will spend the next month

on a renewed effort to tout the law’s benefits. He plans to stress how the Afford-able Care Act, also known as Obamacare, will slow growth in health care costs, provide preventative care and assist those with pre-existing condi-tions.

Health care is shaping up as a defining issue for the two major political parties as the 2014 campaign year begins. Democrats on Capitol Hill, many who have begun to worry about the law’s impact on next year’s elections, issued statements praising Obama’s speech, in a show of solidar-ity. Republicans quickly fired back.

Obama has been dogged in recent weeks by problems with the health care website, and Tuesday’s event was an effort to pivot attention from that turmoil.

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Iowa employers anticipate hiring to increase in first half of 2014

DES MOINES (MCT) — Major employers across Iowa will be looking to add work-ers in the next six months, ac-cording to the latest six-month forecast from the Des Moines-based Iowa Business Council.

IBC, comprising CEO’s of Iowa’s 25 largest employers, issued a “cautious yet posi-tive” forecast for the next six months Monday.

The IBC’s Overall Eco-nomic Outlook Survey Index was 62 — one point higher than last quarter and the same as one year ago.

Eighty-five percent of sur-vey respondents expect hiring levels for the next six months to remain steady or grow, and half expect increases.

“That employment num-ber really jumped, so I think that really gives one hope for a solid start to the beginning

of the new year,” IBC Ex-ecutive Director Elliott Smith said. “Maybe that indicates employers are gaining a little optimism and hope that the progress we’ve seen since the recession is gaining some mo-mentum.”

There are no guarantees, though, he said.

“There could be some things that throw some sticks into the spokes, depending on what happens in Wash-ington and a minimum of international incidents and flare-ups,” he said. “But, if you keep pedaling ahead, you could see some good things in 2014.”


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1Duke football enters December with the same number of losses as Duke basketball for the fi rst time. Both teams have two losses entering December.

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THE NUMBERS GAME

Lolo outPARK CITY, Utah —

Lolo Jones has been re-placed in the Team USA bobsled lineup for the opening day of the Park City, Utah, World Cup event, according to the Team USA website.

Jones, a Des Moines native, and her teammate, driver Jazmine Fenlator, finished in a tie for 15th place in Saturday’s World Cup competition at Cal-gary. Team USA’s two other units took second and third place in that meet.Hawks win

IOWA CITY — Iowa entered Tuesday’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge game averaging 89 points a game. Notre Dame was close behind, at 83.7. And then both teams went out and padded their aver-ages.

The 23rd-ranked Hawkeyes had a little more in the tank, leaving sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a 98-93 vic-tory.

Iowa made 12 out of 14 free throws in the final 4 1/2 minutes of the game. Iowa shot 56.9 percent from the field, made 25 of 29 free throws overall and had five players hit double figures to win for just the third time in 11 ACC/Big Ten Challenge games and the first since 2005.

Aaron White led Iowa with 20 points, eclipsing 1,000 points for his career.UNI falls

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin-Milwaukee used a 23-3 run to surge past the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team 83-72 on Tuesday.

Northern Iowa led 38-31 at the break. The Pan-thers extended the lead to 42-31 a minute into the second half on a pair of buckets from junior forward Seth Tuttle. Mil-waukee then used its hot streak to take a 54-45 lead with 11:47 left.

UNI was led by junior guard Deon Mitchell with 19 points. Sophomore guard Wes Washpun scored a career-high 16 points off the bench.

UNI will take on Iowa State on Saturday in Des Moines at the Hy-Vee Big Four Classic. Tip is set for 5 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena.Ellsbury moves

NEW YORK — Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agree-ment with the rival New York Yankees on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotia-tions said Tuesday night.

Ellsbury is the second major free-agent addition in the Yankees’ offseason rebuilding after missing the playoffs for just the second time in 19 years. The center fielder was to take a physical in New York on Wednesday that he must pass before the deal can be finalized, the person said, speaking on condition of anonym-ity because no statements were authorized.

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Dazzlers: Pictured are members of the 2013-14 Dazzlers, the Southwestern Community College dance team. Members of the team are, from left: Sidney Davenport, McKenna Thatcher, Megan Doubleday, Kaeleigh Ballentine, Logan Kinyon, Caitlin Giles and Abigail Bakerink. The Dazzlers are coached by Melissa Crook.

Panthers roll in season debut meets By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

The transition to a new lineup for Creston/O-M wrestling seemed to be a smooth one Tuesday night in season-opening romps of 81-0 over Nodaway Val-ley and 57-12 over Inter-state 35.

Even without senior var-sity veteran Gavin Leith, out with illness, the Pan-thers sailed with a total of nine pins and 11 wins by forfeit for the night. There were only three losses in contested matches com-bined in the two duals.

“Seth Maitlen’s (I-35) m a t c h was a good ex-ample of what we did to-n i g h t , ” c o a c h D a r r e l l F r a i n said. “That kid is not bad. Seth was tired, too, but fought through it a little better. The theme for us tonight was, when we got tired, we were able to fight through it.”

In the shutout over Nod-away Valley, Chase Shiltz, Garret Taylor, Tayler Pet-tit, Adam Baker, Kruz Ad-amson and Spencer Wray won by falls. Joey Hun-tington won by a technical fall and Wyatt Thompson gained a major decision.

In the I-35 meet, Pettit picked up his sec-ond pin of the night, w h i l e J a c k s o n Mikkelsen and Trev-

or Frain also earned falls. The winners by simple decision nearly picked up bonus points, as Mai-tlen won 8-1, 106-pounder Trevor Marlin won 7-0 and Thompson was victorious by an 8-2 score.

I-35 forfeited five weight classes to the Panthers. Frain used different wres-tlers in the two meets at certain weight classes, and many varsity regulars were up a weight class or two from their natural position. Trevor Frain, for example, competed at 195 pounds but is ranked at 170.

“I think the strength of our team will be our depth,” coach Frain said. “Our best and worst kids aren’t that far apart. In some cases, they are so

even in the room, that to-night was more about get-ting a shot to wrestle in a varsity setting and see how it worked.”

Shiltz, the promising freshman who could end up wrestling at 145 or even 138, competed twice at 152 pounds Tuesday against good opponents. He pinned Nodaway Valley’s Jaydn Er-l a n d s o n b e f o r e E r l a n d -son was the Wol-v e r i n e s ’ only vic-tor with a pin a g a i n s t Winterset.

Then, I-35 sophomore

Sal Arzani decisioned Shiltz 5-3.

“I knew going in that both Chase and Brody (Frain) would be under-dogs going in,” Frain said. “Neither is ranked, but both are quality kids. Pontier (113-pounder) won our district last year. Arzani is a state type kid, also. He got hurt at the end last year and didn’t get to finish.

“A little bit of it for Chase was just going six minutes for the first time,” Frain added, noting the difference from three-min-ute middle school matches. “You have that, plus the hype of your first match at home in high school. Heck, it’s hard just to not hyper-ventilate in that situation!”

Freshmen Mikkelsen and Mar-lin had s t r o n g v ic tor ies in var-sity com-p e t i t i o n Tuesday, and Bro-dy Frain fought back from a 12-0 deficit to Pontier at 113 to outscore the sophomore Roadrunner 5-0 during the final 1:30 of the match.

“Brody actually got bet-ter as the match went on,” coach Frain said. “He fought the whole way. When our freshmen fight hard, that’s a really good

sign.”Taylor split the 160

weight class with Mik-kelsen in Leith’s absence and both were dominant, which speaks to the team depth Frain mentioned. Another promising fresh-man, Kadon Hulett, was limited to JV duty at 182 until some of the upper weight Panthers move back down to their pro-jected lineup spots.

JV results will be pub-lished in Thursday’s News Advertiser.

The Panther varsity is in action Saturday at the Dal-las Center-Grimes Tour-nament, starting at 10:30 a.m.

Like Creston/O-M, Win-terset rolled to a pair of victories Tuesday — 51-28 over I-35 and 74-6 over Nodaway Valley.

Creston/O-M 81,Nodaway Valley 0

145 — Joey Huntington (COM) tech. fall Dylan Corneilson (NV), 5:41; 152 — Chase Shiltz (COM) pinned Jaydn Erlandson (NV), 3:16; 160 — Garret Taylor (COM) pinned Brennen Weiland (NV), 3:14; 170 — Tayler Pettit (COM) pinned Josh Allsup (NV), :21; 182 — Adam Baker (COM) pinned Casey Ladd (NV), 1:47; 195 — Trevor Frain (COM) by forfeit; 220 — Seth Maitlen (COM) by forfeit.

285 — Jake Gutschenritter (COM) by forfeit; 106 — Trevor Marlin (COM) by forfeit; 113 — Brody Frain (COM) by for-feit; 120 — Kruz Adamson (COM) pinned Shane Breheny

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONTrevor Frain of Creston/O-M (top) puts Wade Hiatt’s shoulders to the mat just before earning the fall in 1:18 during his 195-pound match in the Panthers’ 57-12 victory over Interstate 35 here Tuesday. Frain won by forfeit in the 81-0 win over Nodaway Valley.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M 106-pounder Trevor Marlin (top) wraps up Nathan Phillips of Interstate 35 during his 7-0 victory Tuesday. Marlin won by forfeit in the Nodaway Valley dual.

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SPORTS WednesdayDecember 4, 2013

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Lamoni 72,Murray 55

MURRAY — In his Murray Mustang debut, Trey McHenry made a big impact.

But, the Mustangs couldn’t overcome a tough Lamoni team, falling 72-55 here Tuesday night.

McHenry shot 8-of-10 from the field and 9-of-12 from the free t h r o w line to drop in 31 points be-fore foul-ing out of the contest. Pat Kilmer was the only other Mustang to reach double figures in scoring, as he scored 11 points with five rebounds.

As a team, Murray only grabbed 17 rebounds.

“We played great against a team that should win the conference,” Murray head coach Darin Wookey said. “Lamoni’s Jeremy Deemer was just too much inside and the fouls began to take their toll on us at the end of the first half. Trey McHen-ry was great tonight, as he scored 31 points to keep us in the game. Rebounding was a problem most of the game and it will be fixed by our next game.”

Brayden Held scored eight points for Mur-ray, while Fisher Decker scored three and Andrew Rider netted two.

Deemer scored 30 points for Lamoni, while Drew Radliff added 16 and Tim Brunner scored 13.

The Mustangs return to action Friday in a home contest against Diagonal.East Union 47, Diagonal 43

AFTON — The Thad

T u s -sey era at East Union is off to a 1-0 start after a 47-43 win over Di-a g o n a l here Tuesday.

Cole Campbell scored 14 points to lead the E a g l e s , w h i l e T r e v o r B a r n e t t added 13 p o i n t s . Jesse Ak-ers and Dustin Hoyt each pitched in six points. Sean Schmitz and Brandon Hulsey scored three apiece and Mason Gossman scored two points.

Jacob Taylor finished with a g a m e -high 19 points to lead Di-a g o n a l . B l a k e B u t l e r s c o r e d n i n e points, while Levi Jarred and Ryan Parrott each scored six points. Gerad Nail scored three points.

East Union travels to North Harrison, Mo., on Thursday before hosting Nodaway Valley on Fri-day.

Diagonal (1-1) travels to Murray on Friday.Nodaway Valley 66, Clarinda 63

GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley built an early 26-15 lead after one quarter and then held off a Clarinda charge in the fourth quarter to open the season with a 66-63 win over Clarinda here Tues-

day.“Nodaway Valley forced

22 turnovers and got to the free throw line more — 17-of-29 to Clarinda’s 11-of-20,” head coach Darrell Burmeister said. “A good team win for many playing varsity for the first time.”

Senior Zach Plymesser, a projected starter for the Wolverines, did not play in the game.

Sophomore Jackson L a m b picked up the slack, s c o r i n g a game-high 30 p o i n t s , i n c l u d -ing 4-of-4 s h o o t i n g from behind the 3-point arc and 8-of-9 shooting from the free throw line.

TJ Bower added 13 points with seven assists and three steals. Delson Grantham scored two points and g r a b b e d 10 re-b o u n d s with four a s s i s t s . M a s o n C l a r k e a d d e d n i n e p o i n t s with four rebounds. Ca-leb Mueller scored seven points.

The Wolverines held Clarinda to eight points in the second quarter and five in the third quarter, before the Cardinals exploded for 25 points in the final quar-ter, cutting into the lead.

Nodaway Valley led 60-46 with 4:00 left in the game, but Clarinda kept fighting back, cutting the lead to single digits.

The Wolverines return to action Friday at East Union.

Clarinda 57, Nodaway Valley 55

GREENFIELD — For the second time in the young season, the Nodaway Valley girls came up just short of victory, this time falling to Clarinda 57-55 here Tues-day.

Trailing 46-38 enter-ing the fourth quarter and by 11 points with 5:00 left, Nodaway Valley mounted a fourth-quarter comeback, tying the game in the final minute, but couldn’t quite get over the hump.

“NV took on a very physi-cal Clarinda team and held its own,” head coach Tom Thompson said. “We tied it in the final minute by play-ing aggressive defense and finally not turning the ball over. We need to defend like that for four quarters.”

Freshmen Paige McElfish and Josie Clarke both re-c o r d e d d o u b l e -doubles in the loss. McElfish d r o p p e d in 19 p o i n t s with 16 rebounds, w h i l e Clarke pitched in 13 points with 10 rebounds.

Junior Josie Carter added 12 points with five steals and three assists. Clarke also dished out three assists. Em-ily Huntington grabbed six rebounds for the Wolver-ines, while Jessica Nelson finished with three steals.

Jaedra Moses paced Clar-inda with 17 points, while Jenny Bair added 15.

Nodaway Valley, now 0-2 for the season, travels to East Union on Friday.Lenox 47, O-M 28

LENOX — The Lenox Tigers led Orient-Macks-burg 18-1 after one quarter of play on their way to a 47-28 win here Tuesday.

The win pulls the Tigers even on the season at 1-1, while Orient-Macksburg drops to 0-4 for the season.

“We dug ourselves a hole in the first half, unable to break the press,” Orient-Macksburg head coach Kim DeJongh said. “We came out in the second half and played hard. We did a much better job of rebounding to-night. The girls played very hard to the very end of the game, especially only having five girls tonight.”

Aurora Arevalo finished with a game-high 21 points and nine rebounds for Lenox. K a t i e Dukes had a strong all-around g a m e with eight p o i n t s , eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Jacy Stoaks finished with two points and seven re-bounds. Morgan Miller scored six points for Lenox. Taylor Foster contributed four points, five rebounds and four steals. Hanna Mitchell scored two points with four rebounds and Sydney Barker scored two points.

Shannon Eads led Orient-

M a c k s -burg with 14 points, w h i l e Lisa Moss s c o r e d e i g h t p o i n t s . S h y l a W a l d -hauser pitched in five points and Amber Rinke scored one.

Lenox returns to action Friday at Bedford.Murray 44,Lamoni 29

MURRAY — The Mur-ray girls overcame a slow start and 23 turnovers to secure a 44-29 win over La-moni here Tuesday.

Senior Kate Patton shot 10-of-12 from the free throw line to score a game-high 16 points. She also recorded three rebounds and three steals.

Shelby Myers, who came in off the b e n c h , p i t c h e d in seven p o i n t s a n d g r a b b e d nine re-b o u n d s .

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Public noticeTHE IOWA DISTRICT COURT

UNION COUNTYIN THE MATTER OF

THE ESTATE OFDAVID E. BENSON, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR015617 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, ANDNOTICE TO CREDITORS

To All Persons Interested in the estateof DAVID E. BENSON Deceased, whodied on or about November 1, 2013:

You are hereby notified that on the 19th

day of November, 2013, the last will andtestament of DAVID E. BENSON, de-ceased, bearing date of the 21st day of Oc-tober, 2013, was admitted to probate in theabove named court and that TRAUDLBENSON-BRAY was appointed executorof the estate. Any action to set aside thewill must be brought in the district courtof said county within the later to occur offour months from the date of the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of mailing of this notice toall heirs of the decedent and devisees un-der the will whose identities are reason-ably ascertainable, or thereafter be foreverbarred.

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

Dated this 21st day of November, 2013.TRAUDL BENSON-BRAY

Executor of the estate10947 Blooming Grove Road

Palmyra, IL 62674Marion E. JamesICIS PIN No.: AT0003922Attorney for executorJAMES LAW OFFICE205 ½ N. Elm StreetCreston, Iowa 50801Date of second publication: Dec 4, 2013

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTUNION COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

DAVID E. BENSON, Deceased. Probate No. ESPR015617

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OFAPPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the estate

of DAVID E. BENSON Deceased, whodied on or about November 1, 2013:

You are hereby notified that on the 19th

day of November, 2013, the last will andtestament of DAVID E. BENSON, de-ceased, bearing date of the 21st day of Oc-tober, 2013, was admitted to probate in theabove named court and that TRAUDLBENSON-BRAY was appointed executorof the estate. Any action to set aside thewill must be brought in the district courtof said county within the later to occur offour months from the date of the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of mailing of this notice toall heirs of the decedent and devisees un-der the will whose identities are reason-ably ascertainable, or thereafter be foreverbarred.

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

Dated this 21st day of November, 2013.TRAUDL BENSON-BRAY

Executor of the estate10947 Blooming Grove Road

Palmyra, IL 62674Marion E. JamesICIS PIN No.: AT0003922Attorney for executorJAMES LAW OFFICE205 ½ N. Elm StreetCreston, Iowa 50801Date of second publication: Dec 4, 2013

ELVIS CHRISTMAS SHOW

For Tickets or More Info Contact:De 641-418-8037 or Kyle 402-617-4477

DON’T MISS THIS SHOW!

• Corning •Friday, December 13, 2013

Corning Opera HouseDoors Open at 6:30 ~ Show at 7 PM

Tickets $20

3SCreston News AdvertiserWednesday, December 4, 2013

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Megan Oswald scored seven and had seven re-bounds. Deena Snyder pitched in four points with five rebounds.

Madison Gonseth scored four points with three re-bounds, while McKen-zie McIntosh scored four points with one board. Cheyanne Ashby scored two points and pulled

down nine rebounds.Bailey Bjorland led La-

moni with 10 points.Murray, now 2-0 for the

season, returns to action Friday at home against Di-agonal.

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(NV), 1:53; 126 — Alex Fargo (COM) by forfeit; 132 — Wyatt Thompson (COM) major dec. Ben Freese (NV), 12-1; 138 — Spencer Wray (COM) pinned Jared Corder (NV), 2:51.

Creston/O-M 57,Interstate 35 12

152 — Sal Arzani (I-35) dec. Chase Shiltz (COM), 5-3; 160 — Jackson Mikkelsen (COM) pinned Angelo Madonia (I-35), 3:18; 170 — Tayler Pettit (COM) pinned Dante Arzani (I-35), 1:16; 182 — Adam Baker (COM) by forfeit; 195 — Trevor Frain (COM) pinned Wade Hiatt (I-35), 1:18; 220 — Seth Maitlen (COM) dec. Lonnie Harper (I-35), 8-1; 285 — Jake Ackerman (I-35) pinned Jake Gutschenritter (COM), 3:08.

106 — Trevor Marlin (COM) dec. Nathan Phillips (I-35), 7-0; 113 — Austin Pontier (I35) dec. Brody Frain (COM), 12-5; 120 — Kruz Adamson (COM) by forfeit; 126 — Alex Fargo (COM) by forfeit; 132 —

Wyatt Thompson (COM) dec. Paul Queck (I-35), 8-2; 138 — Spencer Wray (COM) by forfeit; 145 — Joey Huntington (COM) by forfeit.

Winterset 74,Nodaway Valley 6

152 — Jaydn Erlandson (NV) pinned Caleb Grose (W), :43; 160 — Brandon Ryerson (W) pinned Brennen Weiland (NV), 4:30; 170 — Will Elderkin (W) pinned Josh Allsup (NV), 4:00; 182 — Wyatt Miller (W) pinned Casey Ladd (NV), 2:35; 195 — Nick Tank (W) by forfeit; 220 — Adam Thompson (W) by forfeit; 285 — C.J. Baker (W) by forfeit.

106 — Britton Gibson (W) by forfeit; 113 — Ty Turner (W) by forfeit; 120 — Tegan Smith (W) pinned Shane Breheny (NV), :47; 126 — Mason Miller (W) by forfeit; 132 — Jacob Jenkins (W) pinned Ben Freese (NV), 3:49; 138 — Blake McCauley (W) major dec. Jared Corder (NV), 15-5; 145 — Mitchell Holcomb (W) major dec. Dylan Corneilson (NV), 11-1.

WRESTLING:

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONJared Corder of Nodaway Valley (right) tries to hold off Creston/O-M’s Spencer Wray in their 138-pound match here Tuesday. Wray won by fall in 2:51. Shown behind the action are Wolverine head caoch Jeff Ohnemus and assistant Sam Groves.

Tickets on saleTickets are now on sale

in the Creston High School Activities Office for the

boys basketball game with ADM Dec. 14 at Wells Far-go Arena in Des Moines.

The game will be played at 5 p.m. in preliminary action

to an Iowa Energy NBA D-League game. The $7 ticket for the Creston/ADM game will also be a game ticket for the Iowa Energy game.

Sports briefs

Warriors cap big rally with 112-103 win over Raptors By CARL STEWARDContra Costa Times

OAKLAND, Calif.—The Golden State Warriors trans-formed what would have been their worst, ugliest, flattest de-feat of the year Tuesday night into one of their most inspir-ing comeback victories in re-cent years.

With 9:20 to go in the third quarter against the Toronto Raptors, the Warriors trailed by a whopping 27 points, and looked as dead as the rare lifeless Oracle Arena crowd watching them.

Golden State still trailed by 18 entering the fourth quarter, but suddenly, everything mi-raculously turned. The War-

riors staged a furious surge on the strength of eight 3-point baskets, and the crowd—standing throughout much the torrid comeback—roared them home to a much-needed 112-103 victory.

It was much-needed be-cause the Warriors really couldn’t afford to lose this one, a lone home game sand-wiched between a pair of three-game trips. For much of this game, they looked like a team still stuck out on the highway somewhere with a broken GPS.

As far down as they were, though, the Warriors seemed to sense this Toronto team wasn’t capable of finishing the game it dominated for the

much of the first three quar-ters. Once they got it under 10 points at 94-86 on a David Lee layup with 7:54 left, it be-came an offensive blitzkrieg.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, off the mark early—Curry even shot an air ball at one point—led the comeback. They had just a combined 11 points at the half, with just one 3-point bas-ket. But they found the range after intermission—and then some.

Curry finished with 27 points and Thompson 22.

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Watch the Creston Lighted Christmas Parade

and shop these store!Thursday, December 5

Parade starts at 7 PMFireworks after the Parade

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LikeCrestonfor the

Holidays!

Carolathon, Christmas Around the World5:00 - 6:30 p.m., 501 W. Montgomery

Cider and Donut Holes Served in the DepotLighted Christmas Parade, 7 p.m.

Uptown CrestonFireworks after the ParadeIowa State Savings Bank

Holiday Open Housefollowing the Parade, ISSB Uptown Location

December 6thComfort and Joy Quilt Show

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Quilts & Other Notions Creative Center

Festival of Trees 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.American Home Design Center

Quilt Block Walk in Uptown BusinessesCreston Farmers/Winter Market,

11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 311 W. Montgomery


9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Quilts & Other Notions Creative Center

Festival of Trees 8 a.m. to NoonAmerican Home Design Center

Quilt Block Walk in Uptown BusinessesCreston Farmers/Winter Market,

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 311 W. Montgomery

December 8thSt. Malachy All School Christmas Concert

2:00 p.m., Performing Arts CenterAll Creatures Great & Small Concert

2:00 p.m., CHS

December 14thSanta at the Christmas Castle

at the Restored DepotModel Railroaders Working

at the Depot9 a.m. to Noon

CARE Craft and Goodie Boutique at the Depot 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There’s No Place Like Creston for the HolidaysDecember 5 to December 8 & December 14, 2013 (Events Subject to Change)


9 a.m. until after the paradeQuilts & Other Notions Creative Center

Festival of Trees9 a.m. until after the parade

American Home Design CenterQuilt Block Walk in Uptown BusinessesSanta & Mrs. Claus Arrive at the Depot,

4:30 to 7 p.m.,Pictures available for a fee

Friends of the LibraryModel Railroaders Working at the Depot

4:30 p.m. to closeCreston Arts: Gallery Open at the Depot

4:30 p.m. to closeASP Soup Supper

Depot 5:00-6:30 p.m.Creston Farmers/Winter Market, 4 to 8 p.m.,

311 W. Montgomery

For more information contact the Creston Chamber of Commerce,641-782-7021 • www.crestoniowachamber.com • [email protected]

Creston Chamber of Commerce presents14th Annual

Creston Holiday GiveAway 2013

Akin Building Center American Home Design CenterBoyd Appliance CenterChat Mobility/Radio ShackCoen’s Furniture StoreCook Video & ApplianceCreston Farm & Home Supply Creston True Value

Fareway Farmers Cooperative CompanyFirst National BankGreat Western BankHy-Vee Food Store iWirelessJava J’sMaurice’s

PCSB BankPizza RanchQuilts & other Notions State Savings BankUpper CrustWalmart Super CenterWishing Well

Bunn-O-Matic Corporation Creston News AdvertiserDraper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Company

Ferrara Candy Company Greater Regional Medical CenterMATURA Action Corporation Wellman Dynamics Corporation

GiveAway Tickets Are Available At The

Following Businesses:

Participating Chamber Employers:

• 3 Grand Prizes of $500 in Creston Bucks• 5 prizes of $100 in Creston Bucks

November 29th thru close of business December 17thDrawing on December 18, 2013 ~ 10:30 a.m.

Second Chance Drawing on January 3rd, 2014 at 4:45 p.m.

Comfort and Joy

Quilt ShowDecember 5th • 9 a.m.

until after Lighted Christmas Parade

December 6th • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

December 7th • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Quilts & other NotionsCreative Center

201 N. Elm St., Creston, Iowa641-782-8874

$2.00 Admission or 2 cans of food for Food Pantry

Over 100 quilts on display

Quilt Raffle

201 W. Adams • Creston • 641-278-1043Hrs. Tues-Fri 8am-6pm • Sat 9am-2pm

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Enjoy a Performance of

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218 N. Pine, Uptown CrestonDecember 5, 2013 • 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

(before the Lighted Christmas Parade)

Dance Shoes and dance gear for sale

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