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Adams Street Mail: Box 126, Creston, IA 50801-0126 Phone: 641-782-2141 Fax: 641-782-6628 E-mail: [email protected]Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Deaths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Heloise Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 2014 High 82 Low 59 Full weather report, 3A Tuesday weather GRMC adds 24/7 fetal monitor expertise Continuing its commitment to deliver safe, quality health outcomes to the labor and delivery (L&D) patients of southwest rural Iowa, Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston has imple- mented a fetal surveillance system (PeriGen’s PeriCALM). “With PeriGen’s PeriCALM, the evidence- based decision support system is like having a maternal fetal expert looking over your shoulder throughout the labor process, offering reassur- ance and consultation when needed,” said Gwen Buck, Greater Regional’s chief nursing officer. “When we get busy handling multiple deliveries, PeriCALM’s fetal heart monitoring and alert capabilities ensure that we stay on top of all develop- ments. We expect our out- standing quality care for newborns and their mothers to continue and PeriCALM helps assure the highest level of safety.” The fetal surveillance sys- tem has remote web access, which means Greater Re- gional on-call physicians can log onto the system’s spilt screen to instantly view the mother and baby’s fetal heart tracings in current state and over two hours. They can also access automated, real-time pattern recognition at the bedside. These capa- bilities allow physicians working remotely to see for themselves the same PeriCALM annotations nurses are seeing, creating more productive con- versations. This dialogue empowers the Greater Regional Birthing Center team to make decisions with greater confidence, mitigating the potential for complications and risk. The Greater Regional birthing center delivers between 150 and 250 babies annually. “PeriGen supports Greater Regional Medical Center’s mission to provide the highest quality healthcare and service and to be our community’s provider of choice,” Buck said. “PeriCALM tech- nology also helps us support our core values by ■ Greater Regional birthing center delivers between 150 and 250 babies annually. Please see GRMC, Page 2 Buck CHS graduation slated Sunday Creston High School will conduct its annual gradua- tion ceremony 2 p.m. Sun- day, May 25. One hundred nine graduates are expected to walk across the stage in their caps and gowns to re- ceive their diplomas. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. Graduates need to arrive by 1 p.m. and report to the auditorium for line up. Seniors will proceed into the gym at 1:55 p.m. in or- der to begin the ceremony promptly at 2 p.m. Seniors will be given two reserved seat tickets allow- ing two guests to sit on the chairs reserved and closest to the stage on the gymna- sium floor. Bleacher seating will be available for all guests and the general public. Administrators Steve McDermott and Bill Mes- serole, Counselors Tammy Riley and Angie Bolinger, and board members will present awards and diplo- mas. Student speakers this year will be Audrey Fyock, RaeAnne Hopkins, Zack Peppmeier, Jeremy Stoll, Garret Taylor and Sarah Waigand. Valedictorian, salutato- rian, and others receiving honors will have their pic- tures taken in the library di- rectly after graduation. Seniors will have gradu- ation practice on May 23 at 10:30 a.m., beginning with a senior class group photo, and will conclude with a cookout sponsored by Cres- ton Booster Club. ■ Student speakers are Audrey Fyock, Sarah Waigand, RaeAnne Hopkins, Zack Peppmeier, Jeremy Stoll, Garret Taylor. Community support By BAILEY POOLMAN CNA staff reporter [email protected]Elks National Foundation gratitude grants say thank you in more ways than one. Creston Elks Lodge used a gratitude grant to supply Creston Volunteer Fire De- partment with flashlights, and donate the remaining money to Creston Police Depart- ment’s K-9 unit. “The grant was for $2,000,” said Eric Shawler, past exalted ruler of Creston Elks. “You have to donate to the national founda- tion, and you have to apply. And, when you ap- ply for the grant, you have to utilize the grant with- in the allotted time.” Creston Elks Lodge earned the grant by meeting the Elks national president’s per-mem- ber goal for giving to the foun- dation. Creston Elks Lodge has 412 members. “I would hope the commu- nity will respond well with the actions and intentions that the Elks have to help make the community better and safer,” Shawler said. Flashlights More than half the money, $1,300, was donated to Cres- ton Volunteer Fire Depart- ment in the form of flashlights. “The volunteer firemen have to, basically, buy any- thing outside of bunker gear, your basic turnout gear,” Shawler said. “So, we decided to take that gratitude grant and purchase flashlights for all of our volunteer firemen.” The fire-resisitant flash- lights will belong to the fire department, and will be issued to volunteer firefighters as part of their gear. “It was about public safety. It was about making sure fire- men had adequate tools to protect themselves and oth- ers when it came to fighting a fire,” Shawler said. “We didn’t want them to be with- out equipment.” Firefighters use flashlights during fires and rescues be- cause of the possibility that fires and accidents happen at night and in dark places. Without flashlights, firefight- ers would not have that extra equipment to allow them to see where to go and what is happening. “We are just trying to show that the Elks supports the community, and we are trying to give back to the commu- nity,” Shawler said. K-9 The remaining $700 will be donated to Creston Police De- partment’s K-9 unit. The unit is made of the dog, Minko, and his trainer, Creston Police Officer Jayrd Merritt. Creston Police Department has had Minko since August 2011, when they purchased him from North Iowa K-9 of Fort Dodge. The money will be used for training and training equip- ment. According to National Po- lice Dog Foundation, dogs trained for police work can cost upwards of $8,000 as a starting cost, which includes the animal, professional train- ing and airfare, as the dogs are usually purchased from Eu- rope. The cost is not included in police departments’ annual budget because the unit is not considered a necessary cost. “The money for the dog will be for training and equipment for the dog, like bite equip- ment,” Shawler said. “We are building up funds for the fu- ture replacement dog, because K-9s are very expensive.” Other expenses include continuous training and out- fitting a patrol car, as well as daily costs such as food and care. “They train to keep the dog sharp,” Shawler said. “Keep- ing up with daily training will keep the dog sharp, like hu- mans, keeps them trained and keeps them doing what they’re supposed to be do- ing.” ■ Creston Elks Lodge donates money to Creston volunteer firefight- ers, K-9 unit CNA file photo Creston Police Department’s K-9 unit will receive $700 from a grant through National Elks Foundation and Creston Elks Lodge. The money will be used to purchase training equipment for Minko, Creston’s police dog, and put toward future K-9s. Shawler AFTON — The Afton Police De- partment is looking for a silver Dodge truck after an explosion 10 p.m. Fri- day in the 100 block of North Webster Street in Afton. Afton Police Chief John Coulter said he was writing a police report in his vehicle on the north side of the square when he heard a loud explosion that rattled buildings and cars on the square. A silver Dodge truck was caught on a surveillance camera leaving the scene. In one photo posted on the Af- ton Police Facebook page, light from the explosion is seen reflecting off buildings and the back of the silver Dodge. Despite the number of com- ments on their post, the Afton Police have little information on the identity of the vehicle and its driver. No injuries or damage was report- ed. Anyone with information is en- couraged to contact Afton Police De- partment at (641) 347-5255. Explosion in Afton Friday alarms residents Coulter ■ Do you recognize this silver Dodge truck? --> Contributed photo This silver Dodge truck was caught on a surveillance camera leaving the scene of an explosion 10 p.m. Friday. If you have any information in this case, call Afton Police Department at (641) 347-5255.
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Volume 130 No. 240Copyright 2014
Contact us ContentsIn person: 503 W. Adams StreetMail: Box 126, Creston, IA 50801-0126Phone: 641-782-2141Fax: 641-782-6628E-mail: [email protected]
Continuing its commitment to deliver safe, quality health outcomes to the labor and delivery (L&D) patients of southwest rural Iowa, Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston has imple-mented a fetal surveillance system (PeriGen’s PeriCALM).
“With PeriGen’s PeriCALM, the evidence-based decision support system is like having a maternal fetal expert looking over your shoulder throughout the labor process, offering reassur-ance and consultation when needed,” said Gwen Buck, Greater Regional’s chief nursing officer. “When we get busy handling multiple deliveries, PeriCALM’s fetal heart monitoring and alert capabilities ensure that we stay on top of all develop-ments. We expect our out-standing quality care for newborns and their mothers to continue and PeriCALM helps assure the highest level of safety.”
The fetal surveillance sys-tem has remote web access, which means Greater Re-gional on-call physicians can log onto the system’s spilt screen to instantly view the mother and baby’s fetal heart tracings in current state and over two hours.
They can also access automated, real-time pattern recognition at the bedside. These capa-bilities allow physicians working remotely to see for themselves the same PeriCALM annotations nurses are seeing, creating more productive con-versations. This dialogue empowers the Greater Regional Birthing Center team to make decisions with greater confidence, mitigating the potential for complications and risk.
The Greater Regional birthing center delivers between 150 and 250 babies annually.
“PeriGen supports Greater Regional Medical Center’s mission to provide the highest quality healthcare and service and to be our community’s provider of choice,” Buck said. “PeriCALM tech-nology also helps us support our core values by
� Greater Regional birthing center delivers between 150 and 250 babies annually.
Please seeGRMC, Page 2
Buck
CHS graduation slated Sunday Creston High School will
conduct its annual gradua-tion ceremony 2 p.m. Sun-day, May 25. One hundred nine graduates are expected to walk across the stage in their caps and gowns to re-ceive their diplomas. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m.
Graduates need to arrive by 1 p.m. and report to the auditorium for line up.
Seniors will proceed into the gym at 1:55 p.m. in or-der to begin the ceremony
promptly at 2 p.m.Seniors will be given two
reserved seat tickets allow-ing two guests to sit on the chairs reserved and closest to the stage on the gymna-sium floor.
Bleacher seating will be available for all guests and the general public.
Administrators Steve McDermott and Bill Mes-serole, Counselors Tammy Riley and Angie Bolinger, and board members will present awards and diplo-mas.
Student speakers this year will be Audrey Fyock, RaeAnne Hopkins, Zack
Peppmeier, Jeremy Stoll, Garret Taylor and Sarah Waigand.
Valedictorian, salutato-rian, and others receiving honors will have their pic-tures taken in the library di-rectly after graduation.
Seniors will have gradu-ation practice on May 23 at 10:30 a.m., beginning with a senior class group photo, and will conclude with a cookout sponsored by Cres-ton Booster Club.
� Student speakers are Audrey Fyock, Sarah Waigand, RaeAnne Hopkins, Zack Peppmeier, Jeremy Stoll, Garret Taylor.
Elks National Foundation gratitude grants say thank you in more ways than one.
Creston Elks Lodge used a gratitude grant to supply Creston Volunteer Fire De-partment with flashlights, and donate the remaining money to Creston Police Depart-ment’s K-9 unit.
“The grant was for $2,000,” said Eric Shawler, past exalted ruler of Creston Elks. “You have to donate to the national f o u n d a -tion, and you have to apply. And, when you ap-ply for the grant, you have to utilize the grant with-in the allotted time.”
Creston Elks Lodge earned the grant by meeting the Elks national president’s per-mem-ber goal for giving to the foun-dation. Creston Elks Lodge has 412 members.
“I would hope the commu-nity will respond well with the actions and intentions that the
Elks have to help make the community better and safer,” Shawler said.
FlashlightsMore than half the money,
$1,300, was donated to Cres-ton Volunteer Fire Depart-ment in the form of flashlights.
“The volunteer firemen have to, basically, buy any-thing outside of bunker gear, your basic turnout gear,” Shawler said. “So, we decided to take that gratitude grant and purchase flashlights for all of our volunteer firemen.”
The fire-resisitant flash-lights will belong to the fire department, and will be issued to volunteer firefighters as part of their gear.
“It was about public safety.
It was about making sure fire-men had adequate tools to protect themselves and oth-ers when it came to fighting a fire,” Shawler said. “We didn’t want them to be with-out equipment.”
Firefighters use flashlights during fires and rescues be-cause of the possibility that fires and accidents happen at night and in dark places. Without flashlights, firefight-ers would not have that extra equipment to allow them to see where to go and what is happening.
“We are just trying to show that the Elks supports the community, and we are trying to give back to the commu-nity,” Shawler said.
K-9The remaining $700 will be
donated to Creston Police De-partment’s K-9 unit. The unit is made of the dog, Minko, and his trainer, Creston Police Officer Jayrd Merritt.
Creston Police Department has had Minko since August 2011, when they purchased him from North Iowa K-9 of Fort Dodge.
The money will be used for training and training equip-ment.
According to National Po-lice Dog Foundation, dogs trained for police work can cost upwards of $8,000 as a starting cost, which includes the animal, professional train-ing and airfare, as the dogs are usually purchased from Eu-rope. The cost is not included in police departments’ annual budget because the unit is not considered a necessary cost.
“The money for the dog will be for training and equipment for the dog, like bite equip-ment,” Shawler said. “We are building up funds for the fu-ture replacement dog, because K-9s are very expensive.”
Other expenses include continuous training and out-fitting a patrol car, as well as daily costs such as food and care.
“They train to keep the dog sharp,” Shawler said. “Keep-ing up with daily training will keep the dog sharp, like hu-mans, keeps them trained and keeps them doing what they’re supposed to be do-ing.”
� Creston Elks Lodge donates money to Creston volunteer firefight-ers, K-9 unit
CNA file photoCreston Police Department’s K-9 unit will receive $700 from a grant through National Elks Foundation and Creston Elks Lodge. The money will be used to purchase training equipment for Minko, Creston’s police dog, and put toward future K-9s.
Shawler
AFTON — The Afton Police De-partment is looking for a silver Dodge truck after an explosion 10 p.m. Fri-day in the 100 block of North Webster Street in Afton.
Afton Police Chief John Coulter said he was writing a police report in his vehicle on the north side of the square when he heard a loud explosion that rattled buildings and cars on the square.
A silver Dodge truck was caught on a surveillance camera leaving the
scene. In one photo posted on the Af-ton Police Facebook page, light from the explosion is seen reflecting off buildings and the back of the silver Dodge. Despite the number of com-ments on their post, the Afton Police have little information on the identity of the vehicle and its driver.
No injuries or damage was report-ed.
Anyone with information is en-couraged to contact Afton Police De-partment at (641) 347-5255.
Explosion in Afton Friday alarms residents
Coulter
� Do you recognize this silver Dodge truck? -->
Contributed photoThis silver Dodge truck was caught on a surveillance camera leaving the scene of an explosion 10 p.m. Friday. If you have any information in this case, call Afton Police Department at (641) 347-5255.
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Woltz’s ‘happy cows’ fed flax seed By ALEXI GROUMOUTISSouthern Iowa Resource Conservation and Development Local Foods Coordinator
(OSCEOLA) — It’s just the flax ma’am, it’s just the flax.
Peter Woltz, owner of Timber Ridge Cattle Com-pany, is changing the face of farming or maybe it should be said he’s chang-ing the FEED in farming.
Timber Ridge Cattle Company in Osceola is not your typical run-of-the-mill cattle operation. Woltz’s cattle are grass-fed, but even more impres-sive, his cattle are also fed flax.
Timber Ridge Cattle Company sells beef jerky, beef sticks and summer sausage made from their flax-fed cattle. Omega-3-loaded flax boosts the omega-3s traditionally found in grass-fed beef.
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to the human body, but because the hu-man body doesn’t natu-rally produce omega-3s, they must be found from outside food sources like grass-fed beef, walnuts or salmon. Omega-3s not only reduce inflammation, but they may also lower risk of chronic diseases.
In addition to being high in omega-3 fatty acids, flax is also high in fiber.
With the support of his wife Cindy, Woltz has put his heart and soul into this business venture that he started back in 2006. His enthusiasm for making a difference in the lives of people and his cattle is what drives him.
“I am passionate about creating a product that has a better health profile than what we’ve been used to,” Woltz said. “I’m passion-ate about flax seeds.”
Timber Ridge snacks are low in calories and saturated fat, high in pro-
teins and are shelf stable. These snacks appeal to health conscious people as well as active people who need snacks that travel easily. Woltz is proud that his products contain no unhealthy additives or pre-servatives.
“We don’t use sodium nitrates or msg (monoso-dium glutamate) in the products, so it’s a good, safe protein snack for kids. Kids seem to love the fla-vor too,” Woltz said.
People not only benefit from the flax, but so do his cattle.
“The cattle are more healthy. There’s a dramatic difference in the health of the cattle being fed flax to those that are not being fed flax,” Woltz said.
Woltz’s flax-fed cattle are ‘Never Ever 3’ USDA certified which means they are never given hormones, never given antibiotics and never given feed additives.
Timber Ridge Cattle Company products can be found at the Des Moines downtown Farmers’ Mar-ket and the Iowa Food Coop (www.iowafood-coop.com) or they can be purchased online at www.t imberr idgecat t le . com. Like ‘Timber Ridge Cattle Company’ on Facebook.
It’s been said happy cows come from California, but Woltz may argue happier cows come from Timber Ridge Cattle Company in Osceola.
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Contributed photo BRENDA STRAUSSPictured is Peter Woltz of Timber Ridge Cattle Company in Osceola who feeds his cattle grass and flax seed.
SWCC auto collision repair students place at state — headed to nationals
Southwestern Commu-nity College auto collision repair/refinish students Gar-rett Hogue of Lenox and Zach Mullen of New Market took home first place honors at the Iowa SkillsUSA 2014 competition May 2 in An-keny.
Hogue was named gold medalist in collision repair technology, and Mullen was named gold medalist in automotive refinishing technology. They will now head to represent Iowa at the national competition, which will be held during the National Leadership and Skills Conference June 23-27 in Kansas City, Mo. The two SWCC students were honored at the state contest for outstanding aca-demic achievement, as well, because of maintaining 3.5 or higher cumulative college grade point averages.
Hogue is a May 2010 grad-uate of Lenox High School. He received his diploma in collision repair/refinish in
June 2013 and his Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in auto collision re-pair/refinish in May 2014. He is the son of Matt and Coleen Hogue of Lenox.
Mullen, a 2012 graduate of Clarinda High School, received his diploma in col-lision repair/refinish from SWCC in June 2013. He earned his diploma in colli-sion repair/refinish in June 2013 and his AAS degree in auto collision repair/refinish in May 2014. He is the son of Bill Mullen and Diane Mul-len, both of New Market.
Year after year, the SWCC collision repair/re-finish students have been outstanding competitors in these statewide and na-tional events. The commu-nity colleges of Iowa may enter one student in each of the two SkillsUSA contest categories—collision repair technology and automotive refinishing technology. For the past five years, SWCC students have come away as
statewide winners in at least one of the categories.
At nationals, the SWCC students compete against champions from all 50 states. SWCC students have placed in each of the last five years of competi-tion.
SWCC is one of 11 com-munity colleges in Iowa with automotive collision repair programs. SWCC’s auto collision repair/refin-ish program is one of two programs in Iowa to have the National Institute for Automotive Service Ex-
cellence (ASE)/National Automotive Technician Education Foundation cer-tification, and the only pro-gram in the state to have Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) Gold Class desig-nation. SWCC’s auto colli-sion repair/refinish program is based on the I-CAR en-hanced delivery curriculum and offers hands-on expe-riences in the classroom. Courses are taught by ASE-certified instructors who have platinum level I-CAR designations.
Contributed photoPictured are Dr. Dan Walker, Dr. Kristin Bolinger, Dr. Karen Krogstad, Jill Breach, ARNP and certified midwife and Dr. Lonny Miller who all deliver babies at Greater Regional Medical Center.
Contributed photoSWCC auto collision repair/refinish students Garrett Hogue and Zach Mullen, pictured here, will compete at national contest.
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Continued from Page 1A encouraging teamwork in making it easier for physicians, nurses and midwives to view and interpret the same fetal strip data at the same time and collaborate on the patient’s care.”Buck adds: “Above all, PeriCALM enhances our integrity and compassion by applying evidence-based decision support anno-tations to promote better outcomes – all of which demonstrates our striving for best practice, excellence and the respect we have
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5/20
82/59Intervals of cloudsand sunshine.
Sunrise Sunset5:55 AM 8:33 PM
Wed
5/21
76/54Partly cloudy. Highsin the mid 70s andlows in the mid 50s.
Sunrise Sunset5:54 AM 8:34 PM
Thu
5/22
71/53Partly cloudy,chance of a thunder-storm.
Sunrise Sunset5:54 AM 8:35 PM
Fri
5/23
74/56Times of sun andclouds. Highs in themid 70s and lows inthe mid 50s.
Sunrise Sunset5:53 AM 8:36 PM
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77/59Times of sun andclouds. Highs in theupper 70s and lowsin the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset5:52 AM 8:37 PM
Des Moines85/58
Cedar Rapids84/59
Sioux City85/53
Creston82/59
Iowa At A Glance
Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 82 53 mst sunny Davenport 84 61 t-storm Marshaltown 83 57 t-stormAtlantic 84 57 pt sunny Des Moines 85 58 t-storm Mason City 81 54 pt sunnyAubudon 84 55 pt sunny Dubuque 82 58 pt sunny Onawa 85 55 mst sunnyCedar Rapids 84 59 t-storm Farmington 84 62 t-storm Oskaloosa 83 60 t-stormCenterville 82 61 t-storm Fort Dodge 83 54 pt sunny Ottumwa 82 60 t-stormClarinda 85 60 pt sunny Ft Madison 82 63 t-storm Red Oak 86 59 pt sunnyClarion 83 55 pt sunny Guttenberg 81 56 pt sunny Sioux Center 82 51 mst sunnyClinton 83 60 t-storm Keokuk 83 64 t-storm Sioux City 85 53 mst sunnyCouncil Bluffs 84 58 pt sunny Lansing 81 55 pt sunny Spencer 83 51 mst sunnyCreston 82 59 pt sunny LeMars 83 51 mst sunny Waterloo 84 56 pt sunny
National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 83 61 pt sunny Houston 87 68 pt sunny Phoenix 93 64 sunnyBoston 67 54 pt sunny Los Angeles 72 57 sunny San Francisco 62 52 pt sunnyChicago 81 61 pt sunny Miami 83 73 mst sunny Seattle 70 50 rainDallas 89 69 pt sunny Minneapolis 78 52 mst sunny St. Louis 86 66 mst sunnyDenver 79 51 mst sunny New York 76 58 mst sunny Washington, DC 76 61 pt sunny
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The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.
Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (68), low past 24 hours (41) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)
Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast
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Sunrise Sunset5:55 AM 8:33 PM
Wed
5/21
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Sunrise Sunset5:52 AM 8:37 PM
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Cedar Rapids84/59
Sioux City85/53
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Iowa At A Glance
Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 82 53 mst sunny Davenport 84 61 t-storm Marshaltown 83 57 t-stormAtlantic 84 57 pt sunny Des Moines 85 58 t-storm Mason City 81 54 pt sunnyAubudon 84 55 pt sunny Dubuque 82 58 pt sunny Onawa 85 55 mst sunnyCedar Rapids 84 59 t-storm Farmington 84 62 t-storm Oskaloosa 83 60 t-stormCenterville 82 61 t-storm Fort Dodge 83 54 pt sunny Ottumwa 82 60 t-stormClarinda 85 60 pt sunny Ft Madison 82 63 t-storm Red Oak 86 59 pt sunnyClarion 83 55 pt sunny Guttenberg 81 56 pt sunny Sioux Center 82 51 mst sunnyClinton 83 60 t-storm Keokuk 83 64 t-storm Sioux City 85 53 mst sunnyCouncil Bluffs 84 58 pt sunny Lansing 81 55 pt sunny Spencer 83 51 mst sunnyCreston 82 59 pt sunny LeMars 83 51 mst sunny Waterloo 84 56 pt sunny
National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 83 61 pt sunny Houston 87 68 pt sunny Phoenix 93 64 sunnyBoston 67 54 pt sunny Los Angeles 72 57 sunny San Francisco 62 52 pt sunnyChicago 81 61 pt sunny Miami 83 73 mst sunny Seattle 70 50 rainDallas 89 69 pt sunny Minneapolis 78 52 mst sunny St. Louis 86 66 mst sunnyDenver 79 51 mst sunny New York 76 58 mst sunny Washington, DC 76 61 pt sunny
Moon Phases
FullMay 14
LastMay 21
NewMay 28
FirstJun 5
UV IndexTue
5/208
Very High
Wed5/21
8
Very High
Thu5/22
8
Very High
Fri5/23
8
Very High
Sat5/24
9
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The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.
Creston Kiwanis Club, noon, The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.
Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.
Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.
Creston City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, restored Creston Depot.
Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. closed meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.
WednesdayTOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United
Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.
J.C. Penney former employees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers 12x12 study, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.
Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St.
Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34.
Meetings Mount Ayr City Council, 6 p.m.
today, meeting room.Agenda includes: 6 p.m. pub-
lic hearing on amendment to the current city budget; resolu-tion amending the current city budget ending June 30, 2014; resolution approving bond pur-chase agreement; 2014 boost-er station water improvement project, possible approval of release of claims and certificate of substantial completion; Sat Van Le: present list of materi-als for approval in regard to application to building fence in fire zone; Ayr Days Committee: request to block off streets dur-ing Ayr Days festivities; set date for public hearing on the city of Mount Ayr comprehensive plan; consider approval to cre-ate storm water utility; seasonal positions for pool lifeguards; Superintendent Brent Wise report; appoint city superinten-dent as the city officer autho-rized to enforce the code of ordinances and issue a civil cita-tion to a person committing a municipal infraction; treasurer’s report; claims.
— — — — — —Lenox School Board, 6 p.m.
today, high school building.Agenda includes: update on
school activities occurring on Wednesdays and Sundays; leave of absence; reassignment; new hires; plan to transfer senior class funds; discuss and select up to five priorities of the leg-islative resolutions for the 2015 session; consider expending positive special education funds; 2014-15 level I abuse investiga-tors; fundraiser; administration/board reports.
— — — — — —Creston City Council, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, council chambers, restored Creston Depot.
Agenda includes: public forum; noise permit and tem-porary street closings request for sixth annual Creston Bike Night 4 p.m. June 27 to 1 a.m. June 28 at Elm’s Club, Elm Street between Adams and Montgomery streets, the alley at Maple Street (both ways) and the alley west of Elm’s Club; noise permit and temporary alley closings request for a class reunion 6 p.m. July 26 to 1 a.m. July 27 at Elm’s Club, between Elm’s Club and The Lobby and Strand Movie Theater; noise permit and temporary street closings request for Creston Elks Lodge annual street dance 5 p.m. July 3 to 1 a.m. July 4, Montgomery Street from Oak to Division streets; noise per-
mit and temporary street clos-ings request for the annual Party in the Park noon June 21 to 2 a.m. June 22, McKinley Street from Lake Street to Kirby Street; appointment with Mindy Stalker to discuss July 3 run-ning events; appointment with Alicia Feldhacker to discuss extension of current noise per-mit for tent revival; appoint-ment/possible action with Tom Spencer: appealing sewer por-tion of water bill; resolution to approve audit engagement with Martens and Company, CPA, LLP for year ending June 30, 2014; resolution to amend cur-rent Creston Urban Renewal Area (James/Cottonwood Subdivision; motion to have city administrator prepare (or have prepared) a proposal concern-ing development of the pro-posed Cottonwood Subdivision for council vote. This proposal will have minimal or no impact upon Creston’s property taxes and will provide the best finan-cial stability to the project.
Birth Greater Regional Medical Center
Paige McKinney and Casey Trost of Creston are parents of a daughter born May 14, 2014. Aubree Marie Trost weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long.
Grandparents are Rob-ert and Alexis McKinney of Macksburg, Shawna Davis of Kansas City, Mo., Tammy Magers of Creston and Rod Trost of Lincoln, Neb.
Great-grandparents are Marsha and Bill Magers of Creston and Gert and Gene Trost of Creston and Lenox.
Great-great-grandparents are Shirley Bailey of Macks-burg and Laverne Magers of Atchison, Kan.
Police Rachel Marie Claiser, 307
New York Ave., reported a Garmin navigation system and cell phone charger were taken from her residence be-tween 6 p.m. Tuesday and 10
a.m. Wednesday.Loss estimate was $120.
— — — — — —Jane Jandrey, 1690 Dog-
wood Ave., reported the front door and door frame were broken at 428 Wyo-ming Ave.
No damage estimate was available.Miscellaneous
Traffic control, 11:27 a.m., Friday, North Cherry Street.
Suspicious person, 11:53 a.m., Friday, Park Street.
Traffic stop, 12:24 p.m., Friday, West Adams Street.
Traffic stop, 4:35 p.m., Friday, North Sumner Avenue.
Traffic stop, 4:59 p.m., Friday, Page Street.
Nuisance, 6:01 p.m., Friday, East Mills Street.
Traffic stop, 6:33 p.m., Friday, North Sumner Avenue.
Suspicious person, 11:14 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.
Traffic stop, 12:49 a.m., Saturday, Lake Shore Drive.
Traffic stop 9:17 a.m., Saturday, South Peterson Street.
Escort, 10:02 a.m., Saturday, New York Avenue.
Animal call, 11:44 a.m., Saturday, North Cherry Street.
Talk to officer, 12:10 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.
Alarm, 12:43 p.m., Saturday, West Taylor Street.
Alarm, 12:51 p.m., Saturday, East Taylor Street.
Talk to officer, 3:04 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.
Talk to officer, 4:20 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.
Harassing communication, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.
Reckless driving, 7:19 p.m., Saturday, West Adams Street.
Traffic stop, 10:29 p.m., Saturday, West Prairie Street.
Traffic stop, 11:54 p.m., Saturday, Russell Street.
Traffic stop, 12:43 a.m., Sunday, West Montgomery
Street.Traffic stop, 12:58 a.m.,
Sunday, West Howard Street.Traffic stop, 5:11 a.m., Sunday,
Wyoming Avenue.Alarm, 10:54 a.m., Sunday,
East Taylor Street.Talk to officer, 10:55 a.m.,
Sunday, New York Avenue.Talk to officer, noon, Sunday,
West Spencer Street.Talk to officer, 1:27 p.m.,
Sunday, North Pine Street.Lost property, 2:23 p.m.,
Sunday, North Pine Street.Fighting, 3:04 p.m., Sunday,
South Vine Street.Possible OWI, 6:49 p.m.,
Sunday, North Elm Street.
Fire Miscellaneous
Medical, 2 p.m., Friday, Commerce Road.
Medical, 2:16 p.m., Saturday, Myrtle Street.
Medical, 3:34 a.m., today, North Elm Street.
Afton Police Mauricio Trejos, 15, of
Creston was referred to ju-venile authorities for posses-sion of drug paraphernalia 8:30 a.m. Saturday at East Union Schools.
According to an Afton Po-lice report, Afton and Cres-ton police departments were invited to bring Creston Po-lice K-9 Minko through East Union Schools to do locker checks during a school lock-down drill. The dog alerted on a locker belonging to Trejos. When school officials checked his bookbag, drug paraphernalia was found.
Trejos was released to his guardians.
Lenox Police Colleen Denton, 25, of
Creston was cited for failure to have a driver’s license and charged on Union County warrants for failure to ap-pear on original charges of
theft and assault, and Benja-min Hoffman, 25, of Creston was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Lenox.
According to a Lenox Po-lice report, officers received a report of a vehicle driving in alleys and the occupants looking in vehicle windows and around houses. The vehicle was stopped in the 500 block of North Brooks Street for traffic violations. The driver was identified as Denton, and the passenger was identified as Hoffman. A check of Denton’s driver’s license showed she did not have a valid license and was wanted on Union County warrants. A search of the vehicle located a drug pipe under the passenger seat. Denton was turned over to Union County deputies. The vehicle was impounded.
Denton was being held on two $300 bonds. Hoffman was cited and released.
Adams County Sheriff
Rodney Lukehart, 52, of Red Oak was charged with operating while intoxicated 7:26 p.m. Sunday.
According to an Adams County Sheriff report, depu-ties responded to a call in reference to a stopped motor vehicle along Highway 34. Upon arrival, deputies found Lukehart in the vehicle. Af-ter further investigation, Lukehart was determined to be under the influence of alcohol.
LAMONI — Local stu-dents have been elected as Graceland University House Presidents for the 2014-15 school year. These students were nominated by a house preference vote, then passed a rigorous case study and board interview process.
Savannah Ruby of Green-field was elected Hanthorne House president.
Benjamin Landers of Creston was elected Faunce House president.
These students will offer leadership and support to the members of their House and to the entire Graceland University student body.
— — — — — —Simpson College
INDIANOLA — Jus-tin Hayes, son of Ken and LouAnn Hayes of Creston, was recognized at the hon-ors convocation April 24 in Smith Chapel on the campus of Simpson College.
Hayes received the Doft Science Honor Award giv-en to students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the natural sciences.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014ARIES (March 21 to April
19) The next six weeks will be busy, because your daily pace will accelerate. Short trips, more errands, plus reading and writing will give you a jam-packed schedule.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You are the financial wizard of the zodiac. In the month ahead, finan-
cial negotiations, cash flow and major expenditures will be your focus.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today the Sun enters your sign to stay for the next month, boosting your energy and attracting favorable circum-stances. People also will be attracted to you.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) As your birthday nears, this means your personal year is ending. Use the next month to think about what you want your new year to be all about. Ideas?
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You are entering six weeks of increased popularity. Accept all invitations. Enjoy schmooz-ing with others. Join classes, clubs, groups and associations.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) For the next month, the Sun is at the top of your chart, casting a flattering spotlight on you. This is why people in authority will ask you to take on increased responsibilities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) In the month ahead, your desire to travel will be strong. You want to get more out of life. You want thrills, adventure and a chance to learn some-thing new.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Use the next month to wrap up loose ends with inheritanc-es, shared property, taxes, debt and anything you own jointly with others. It’s a great time to take care of business.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Because the Sun will be opposite your sign for the next month, you will need more sleep. (The Sun is your source of energy and will be as far away from you as it gets all year.)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’ll notice that you’re keen to get better organized in the next several weeks. This applies to your work as well as your home life. Make the most of this!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.
18) It’s play city for Aquarians! The next six weeks are perfect for vacations, the arts, sports events, playful times with chil-dren and, of course, romance! Ooh la la!
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Home, family and your domes-tic situation will be your prima-ry focus for the coming month. Interaction with a parent could be significant.
YOU BORN TODAY You live life at a fast pace. You explore life with enthusiasm in every sense of the word.
You travel and examine every-thing around you; then you like to share your discoveries with others. You are imaginative and expressive. This year, a major change might take place, perhaps as significant as what happened around 2005. You want to expand and try some-thing new.
Birthdate of: Matt Czuchry, actor; Dave Thomas, actor; Jack Gleeson, actor.
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4A Creston News AdvertiserMonday, May 19, 2014
FAMILY CIRCUS® by Bill Keane LOCKHORNS® by Hoest & Reiner
ATLANTIC — The defending Class 3A state champion Creston/Orient-Macksburg boys golf team needed a little bit of luck here Friday at the sectional tournament to continue its journey toward a repeat.
The Panthers finished third in the team standings with a score of 305. The top two teams from each sec-tional advance to districts.
However, since Atlantic finished as one of the top two teams and was the host of the sectional tournament, a third team also gets to ad-vance to districts.
The Trojans won with team score of 302. Harlan finished second at 303 and Creston/O-M third at 305. Denison-Schleswig finished fourth with a score of 312.
“The Panthers were very lucky today,” Creston/O-M head coach Jan Lesan said. “We are moving on to dis-tricts. Hats off to Atlantic and Harlan. They were the better teams today.”
The Panthers struggled throughout the day, with defending Class 3A individ-ual state champion Carson
Whittington among those who struggled.
Whittington shot a 6-over par 40 on the front nine, before coming home with a 2-over par 36 for a total score of 76.
“It’s scary to know that four of our six guys can’t play any worse and we only lost sectionals by three to Atlantic on their home course,” Whittington said. “It’s only going to get bet-ter.”
Senior Hunter Sickels led the Panthers with his round of 73, while freshman Kyle S o m e r s s t e p p e d up in a big way, fin-ishing as the second P a n t h e r with his round of 74.
“Sneak-ing by is good enough,” Sickels said. “Very clutch round by Kyle Somers.”
Whittington was third for the Panthers with his round of 76, while junior Sam Hartsock rounded out the team scoring by shooting an
CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston/O-M senior Carson Whittington, the defending Class 3A individual state cham-pion, watches a putt during the sectional tournament Friday in Atlantic. Whittington and the Panthers struggled for much of the day, but advanced to this week’s district tournament in Carroll.
CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCaitlin McIlravy of Creston/O-M returns a shot while building a 6-3, 5-3 lead at No. 5 singles in the team regional dual with Ballard Saturday. McIlravy’s match was ended when Ballard clinched the team victory with its fifth singles victory.
15 area events earnat-large berths in 1ABy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]
MOUNT AYR — For the area track and field athletes who did not win their events here on Thursday at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet, it was a long wait until Friday afternoon to find out whether or not they made the cut into this week’s Co-ed State Track Meet.
For 15 area events in Class 1A, Friday brought good news.
That was especially the case for Nodaway Valley,
which earned five at-large berths on the boys side and two more on the girls side.
Lenox and Mount Ayr each qualified three more events — one boys event and two girls events each. Murray and East Union each earned one at-large berth on the girls side.Wolverines
The Nodaway Valley boys pushed through two individ-ual events and three relays.
Senior TJ Bower earned
CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMShane Breheny of Nodaway Valley fights to hold off Noah Larsen of Mount Ayr in the 3,200 meters. Larsen won the event, earning the automatic qualifying spot from the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet in Mount Ayr on Thursday. Breheny earned an at-large spot, qualifying eighth in 10:28.98.
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Briley earns national tourney award
DMACC Bears place third in nationBy LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]
CLINTON, Miss. — Des Moines Area Community College shortstop Katlin Briley carries a nationally-recognized defensive repu-tation with her on her next stop at Briar Cliff College.
The sophomore from C r e s t o n , n a m e d Defensive Player of the Year in Region XI D i v i s i o n II, received the Most Outstand-ing Defen-
sive Player at the Division II National Championships last weekend.
The Bears finished third in the double-elimination tournament, falling 1-0 to national champion Louisi-ana State University-Eunice in the round to reach Sat-urday’s finals against Jones Community College of Mis-sissippi.
After outscoring oppo-nents 58-4 in seven playoff games to reach the national tourney, DMACC went 4-2 at the national event, los-ing twice to LSU-Eunice. DMACC was seeded fifth going into the tournament.
The final official score was 5-0, but behind that outcome was a set of ex-ceedingly close matches that could have made it much more competitive for the Creston/O-M girls in regional action against Ballard Saturday morning at Huxley.
Meanwhile, the Pan-ther boys were defeated by Clarke, 5-1, at Osceola Saturday in preliminary substate play.
When Saturday’s girls meet was clinched with Ballard’s fifth win in sin-gles, No. 5 Creston/O-M player Caitlin McIlravy was leading her match, 6-3, 5-3, just one game from finishing the victory.
Jenna Taylor and Alli Thomsen were defeated in super tiebreaker sets after splitting sets with their opponents. Taylor pushed hers to the limit,
falling 11-9, and Thomsen was defeated in a similar set, 10-8.
“We just about got it to 3-3 in singles with tough matches at two and three,” said Creston as-sistant coach Amanda Plymale, “as Jenna Taylor and Alli Thomsen went to third-set tiebreakers. If we had sealed at least three singles, I think we could have taken them in doubles.”
Ballard went on to de-feat Osceola Clarke, 5-1, to advance to regional fi-nals next weekend at Nor-walk, after Clarke swept North Polk 5-0 in the first round. Libby Bemis got Clarke’s lone win against Ballard at No. 1 singles, 7-5, 6-3, as the Indians fin-ished with an 8-3 record, losing only to Ballard and Creston/O-M during the season.
The Panther lineup was shuffled after No. 4 singles player Ashley Harris was unable to play because of illness. Sophomore Syd-
ney Dunphy stepped in at No. 6, with Angela So-rensen and McIlravy each moving up a step.
Audrey Fyock suffered a 6-1, 6-3 loss to Ballard No. 1 player Brenna Ripp.
At No. 2, Taylor rolled to a 6-1 set victo-ry before dropping the sec-ond, 4-6. In the super tie-breaker, Ballard’s Emily Jurgenson finally ended it at 11-9 by hit-ting a return that clipped the top of the net and fell quickly on Taylor’s side before the Panther sopho-more could get to the net.
Thomsen similarly cruised to her first set vic-tory, 6-2, before Ballard’s Alex Petersen rallied to take the second, 6-4 and then the tiebreaker, 10-8.
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5ACreston News AdvertiserMonday, May 19, 2014
SPORTSSPORTS25
Albert Pujols moved into a tie for 25th on the all-time home run list with 504, tying Eddie Murray.
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The Numbers Game
Pujols
Pacers rollINDIANAPOLIS —
The Indiana Pacers have the Miami Heat figured out for one game at least after their 107-96 win in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday.
Paul George led the way for Indiana with 24 points and seven assists and both David West and Roy Hibbert added 19 in the victory.
The Pacers had a 19-point lead late in the third and entered the fourth up by 13. West’s layup gave Indiana 100-84 lead with 5:07 left.
Dwyane Wade scored 27 and LeBron James had 25 in the loss. Chris Bosh was held to nine points and two rebounds.Triple bid
BALTIMORE — California Chrome might abandon his Triple Crown bid if New York officials do not allow the colt to wear a nasal strip in the Belmont Stakes.
Trainer Art Sherman made no threats about the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner passing on a chance to become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner, but he sug-gested it was a possibility.
Neither the New York State Gaming Commis-sion nor the New York Racing Association stew-ards has received a re-quest to use nasal strips in the Belmont on June 7.
“If a request to use na-sal strips is made, the deci-sion on whether to permit them or not will be fully evaluated and determined by the stewards,” Gaming Commission spokesman Lee Park said Sunday.Meyer dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Don Meyer, one of the winningest coaches in col-lege basketball who came back from a near-fatal car accident and liver cancer before closing out his ca-reer, died Sunday in South Dakota. He was 69.
Meyer led his teams into the playoffs 19 times and compiled a 923-324 during his 38-year career, most of which he spent at Lipscomb in Tennes-see and Northern State in South Dakota.
The former Northern State coach died Sunday morning of cancer at his home in Aberdeen, where he had recently gone into hospice care, fam-ily spokeswoman Brenda Dreyer said.Blackhawks win
CHICAGO — Corey Crawford is playing so well right now that noth-ing seems to bother him. When the Chicago Black-hawks had a goal waved off in the second period Sunday, Crawford picked up the slack for his disap-pointed teammates.
Crawford made 25 saves, Jonathan Toews had a big goal in the third and the Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference final.
“Confidence has al-ways been there,” Craw-ford said. “Really the first thing is being prepared, having that preparation to try and have my game at the highest level it can be each time I get out there.”
6A Creston News AdvertiserMonday, May 19, 2014
Timberwolves send three to state track By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]
TREYNOR — The Southwest Valley Timber-wolves qualified three ath-letes to this week’s Co-ed State Track Meet from a Class 2A State Qualifying Meet here on Thursday.
Sydney Maynes earned an at-large berth in the 200 m e t e r s with her time of 2 7 . 5 0 , e a r n i n g the final spot in the field. Maynes finished third at the State Qualifying Meet.
The Southwest Valley boys qualified a pair of field events, as Colten Drake and Keegan Longabaugh both finished second in their re-spective events.
Drake took second place out of a three-way tie for first in the high jump, c l e a r -ing 6-2. Kuemper Catholic’s Chase Ru-piper and Clarinda’s Noah Bix also cleared 6-2.
Longabaugh missed out in the dis-cus, plac-ing fifth in that event, but quali-fied in the shot put thanks to his sec-ond-place finish with a throw of 44-6.
Class 2AState Qualifying Meet
GIRLSTeam standings — 1.
Panorama 102, 2. Treynor 97,
3. Shenandoah 95, 4. Clarinda 82, 5. Kuemper Catholic 56, 6. IKM-Manning 55, 6. Maple Valley-A-O 55, 8. Council Bluffs St. Albert 50, 9. West Central Valley 45, 10. Missouri Valley 38, 11. Red Oak 33, 12. Southwest Valley 27.
4 x 100 relay — 1. Clarinda, 51.81; 8. Southwest Valley (Taylor Gaule, Kelsey Means, Renee Williams, Sydney Maynes), 57.84.
4 x 400 relay — 1. St. Albert, 4:18.31; 10. Southwest Valley (Taylor Gaule, Kelsey Means, Elizabeth Fuller, Marissa Drake), 4:55.50.
BOYSTeam standings — 1.
Council Bluffs St. Albert 121, 2. Panorama 112, 3. Clarinda 75, 3. Treynor 75, 5. Shenandoah 63, 6. Missouri Valley 50, 6. IKM-Manning 50, 8. Southwest Valley 43, 9. West Central Valley 36, 10. Red Oak 35, 11. Kuemper Catholic 24, 12. Maple Valley-A-O 17.
Union’s Clayton Miller fin-ished as runner-up here Friday in sectional play, advancing to this week’s district tournament at Lake Panorama on Friday.
M i l l e r recorded a round of 76 to earn one of the four individual qualifying spots.
As a team, East Union finished fifth with a team score of 365.
Cole Campbell shot an 85, Bobby Hepner a 100 and Jacy Eklund a 104 to round out the team scoring. Ryan Collins carded a 106 and Devon An-derson finished the day with a round of 110.
SWCC’s Williams golfs at national finals DAYTONA BEACH,
Fla. — Southwestern Com-munity College golfer Shel-by Williams finished 42nd at the 2014 NJCAA Women’s National Championship that
concluded Thursday at Day-tona Beach.
Williams shot 89-93-80 — 262 on the par-72 course.
Medalist was Tiffany Chan of team champion
Daytona State College with a 68-75=4-74 — 216. Day-tona College shot 886. Iowa Western was fifth at 1004 and DMACC was 12th at 1158.
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PANTHER LANESAstro Mixed
April 27 (Final)Team PointsCorner Clippers 82Plentiful Harvest 79.5Rhine Body Repair 76.5Panther Lanes 67Ellis Poore 64.5Odd Ducks 55.5T&S 53Jomomma Racing 43High team with handicap: Rhine Body
Repair, 2472 pins.High team scratch: Rhine Body Repair,
2079 pins.High scratch individual series: Mike Bri-
ner, 590 pins; Roni Franke 532 pins.Games - men 200 and over: Mike Briner
210, 211; John Coleman 200.
Games - women 190 and over: Roni Fran-ke 205; Jeri Pendegraft 196.
Woodpickers LeagueApril 30 (Final)
Team PointsGreen Valley Chemical 80M&M Motors 69Rhine Body Repair 68.5Creston Automotive 682 Rivers Pool 67.5Wellman’s 61Pink Panthers 60.5Elms Club 53.5High team with handicap: Pink Panthers,
May 5Team PointsGrizzlys 20Peavler-Walters 20Peavler-Vandevender 20Holliday-Loudon 19Off in the Corner 18Hall-Simmons 18Double D’s 18WTF-O 18Anson-Parsons 16Laurell & Hardy 16Sofa King Awesome 16The Duffers 16Hudson-Wallace 15Farm Bureau 14Graham-McNichols 14Willets-Willets 14Low score — T.J. Redding 33.Low score with handicap — Rod Cheers
28.4.Low team score — Off in the Corner 73.Low team score with handicap — Off in
the Corner 61.8.Men’s Thursday League
May 8Team PointsPine Valley 20Peavler-Poore 20Calvin-Willets 20Madison-Steele 20Knuth-Lett 184 The Beer! 18Whiskey Dixx 18Webb Roofing 18Drake-Parsons 16Shallenberger-Walters 16Graham-McNichols 16Freeman-Schulte 16Crow’s 14BM Sales 14Schneider-Schneider 14Low score — T.J. Redding 29.Low score with handicap — Lee Freeman
26.4.Low team score — Pine Valley 63..Low team score with handicap — Pine
Valley 62.2.
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Hornish backs up reputation of No. 54 car
By JEREMIAH DAVISThe Gazette
NEWTON — Enter-ing 2014, Sam Hornish Jr. knew he had to make the most of the precious few NASCAR Nationwide Se-ries starts he’d make.
He had hit the reset button — again — on the stock car portion of his ca-reer, and if he’s going to get another full-time shot, his starts in the No. 54 car for Joe Gibbs Racing needed to make a splash. He predicted strong runs and wins, but said only time would tell if he could back that up.
The 34 year-old did just that on Sunday at Iowa Speedway, dominating en route to victory in the Get to Know Newton 250.
“To be able to back it up, what my feeling was, is I’ve grown in confidence over the past couple years, and I always say my 2011 campaign when I only got to run 11 races; that made me a lot better,” Hornish said. “It made me pull my head up out of the water and see what was out there, to learn how to be a better driver and a better com-municator because that’s so much of what this is.
“This is another step in trying to better myself in the longer run.”
The win was Hornish’s third career Nationwide win and first since Las Vegas in March 2013. But it feels like longer due to losing his ride with Penske Racing and not making a Nationwide start until two weeks ago at Talladega.
In today’s NASCAR, out of sight is out of mind. And when you’re in the car that’s the one to beat every other week with its regular driver, a poor run will put you on the minds of the NASCAR faithful for the wrong reasons.
Hornish hasn’t had that problem, though. He won the pole and finished fifth
at Talladega, and led 167 of the 250 laps. He quipped after the race he’s just fine with his situation in retro-spect, adding “I’d rather be part-time in this car than full time in a lot of others.”
“You look at this organi-zation and what this orga-nization has done over the past two years — you’re looking at 2012 and 2013 — with the number of race wins they have … there’s a lot of winning that goes on,” Hornish said. “So you have to feel good about it. And to have any confi-dence as a driver, I have to say, ‘Well, if I come here
with an opportunity in the 54 car, I ought to be able to run up front. And if I play my cards right, and do the right things, I might be able to win.’”
When he was in Grimes earlier this spring at the Iowa Speedway sponsor summit, Hornish said ev-ery start he would make for Joe Gibbs Racing was an audition for something possibly full-time.
And while he believes he has the talent to be in a full-time ride, he can see
Contributed photo by LINDA FREEMANSam Hornish, Jr., (54) and Ryan Blaney (22) battle at the Iowa Speedway on Sunday. Hornish, Jr., went on to win the Nationwide Series race in Newton.
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RPA 14/ATURA Transportation Planning Affiliation
May 13, 2014Policy Board Meeting Minutes
Chairman Lundquist called the meetingto order at 1:34 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13,2014. Present were: Twombly, Dixon,Dredge, Lundquist, Riley, and Woods.Twombly moved to approve the Agenda.Woods seconded. All ayes, motion car-ried. Dredge moved to approve the March11, 2014 meeting minutes. Riley second-ed. All ayes, motion carried. A PublicHearing was held regarding the use of fed-eral funds. No comments from the publicwere received. Woods moved to adopt theResolution approving the Final FY2015Transportation Planning Work Program(TPWP). Twombly seconded. All ayes,motion carried. Twombly moved to adoptResolution #2014-3 approving an Amend-ment to the RPA 14/ATURA FY2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Pro-gram (TIP) by adding a FY2014 AdairCounty safety improvement project onG30 and N54 utilizing federal and statefunds. Dredge seconded. All ayes, mo-tion carried. Woods moved to adopt Res-olution #2014-4 approving an Amend-ment to the RPA 14/ATURA FY2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Pro-gram (TIP) by changing the fiscal yearfrom 2015 to 2014 for a Union CountyBridge Project (TPMS #18005) on H29over Four Mile Creek. Dixon seconded.
All ayes, motion carried. Meeting ad-journed at 1:47 p.m.
Nancy K. Groth, Recording Secretary
RPA 14/ATURA Transportation Planning Affiliation
May 13, 2014Policy Board Meeting Minutes
Chairman Lundquist called the meetingto order at 1:34 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13,2014. Present were: Twombly, Dixon,Dredge, Lundquist, Riley, and Woods.Twombly moved to approve the Agenda.Woods seconded. All ayes, motion car-ried. Dredge moved to approve the March11, 2014 meeting minutes. Riley second-ed. All ayes, motion carried. A PublicHearing was held regarding the use of fed-eral funds. No comments from the publicwere received. Woods moved to adopt theResolution approving the Final FY2015Transportation Planning Work Program(TPWP). Twombly seconded. All ayes,motion carried. Twombly moved to adoptResolution #2014-3 approving an Amend-ment to the RPA 14/ATURA FY2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Pro-gram (TIP) by adding a FY2014 AdairCounty safety improvement project onG30 and N54 utilizing federal and statefunds. Dredge seconded. All ayes, mo-tion carried. Woods moved to adopt Res-olution #2014-4 approving an Amend-ment to the RPA 14/ATURA FY2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Pro-gram (TIP) by changing the fiscal yearfrom 2015 to 2014 for a Union CountyBridge Project (TPMS #18005) on H29over Four Mile Creek. Dixon seconded.
All ayes, motion carried. Meeting ad-journed at 1:47 p.m.
Nancy K. Groth, Recording Secretary
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82.Christian Groumoutis fin-
ished the day with a round of 83 and Coleton Hoepker shot an 84.
The top four individual also advanced from section-als to districts. Earning the individual qualifying spots were Evan Schuler of Atlan-tic, Ross Martens of Harlan, Jackson Baker of Shenan-doah and Connor Paulsen of Denison-Schleswig.
The Panthers advance to the district tournament Fri-
day at Carroll with a spot in the State Golf Meet on the line.
Individuals from the Creston/O-M team are still eligible to advance from dis-tricts to the State Golf Meet.
Advancing from the Storm Lake sectional were Humboldt and Spencer. Humboldt won with a team score of 330 and Spencer was runner-up with a 339.
Individual qualifiers from the Storm Lake sectional were Christian Birdsell (76) of Humboldt, Zach Riddle (77) of Carroll, Tate Arends
(79) of MOC-Floyd Valley and Tyler Carlson (79) of Le Mars.
Atlantic Golf & Country ClubTeam standings — 1. Atlantic
“We were better than we thought, very close,” Briley said Sunday as the team was on its way back to Iowa. “We started off pretty good, then as time went on it got a little tougher. With Eunice, it was whoever was going to hit the ball first.”
Eunice defeated Jones 8-6 in the championship game after handing Jones its first defeat.
With back-to-back na-tional championships un-der their belt, LSU-Eunice
has now won three of the last four DII softball crowns and is the only pro-gram other than Phoenix (Ariz.) to win multiple DII championships.
For the season, Briley hit a team-high .439 with 42 runs scored as the leadoff batter. She was successful on 11 of 12 stolen base at-tempts, hit four home runs and 14 other extra-base hits and struck out only nine times in 187 at-bats.
Besides making first-team all-region again, Briley was named to the All-Region All-Academic
Team.Division II National
TournamentThursday’s scores
DMACC 11, Kalamazoo College 4
DMACC 5, Highland CC 4 (8)
Friday’s scoresLouisiana State Univer-
sity-Eunice 4, DMACC 3DMACC 5, Kankakee
CC 3DMACC 5, Illinois Cen-
tral 0Saturday’s scores
LSU-Eunice 1, DMACC 0 (elimination game to reach finals)
BRILEY:
Jamie McMurray uses power move to secure All-Star Race victory
By JIM UTTER TheCharlotte Observer
CONCORD, N.C. — It was a million-dollar move by Jamie McMurray.
Two laps into the final 10-lap segment, McMurray powered his way around then-leader Carl Edwards on the outside line to take the lead and held on Satur-day night to win the NAS-CAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speed-way and its $1 million first prize.
“What a job by our pit crew at the end. I can’t b e l i e v e I’m here. It’s unbe-lievable,” M c M u r -ray said over his radio af-ter taking the check-ered flag.
Kevin Harvick finished second, Matt Kenseth was third, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fourth and Edwards was fifth.
Edwards, the pole-win-ner, took early com-mand of the first 2 0 - l a p s e g m e n t , l e a d i n g the first nine laps until Kyle Busch went inside to pass for the lead on Lap 10.
Busch ended the first segment in the lead fol-lowed by Jeff Gordon, Harvick, Kasey Kahne and Edwards.
All of the drivers hit pit road between segments ex-cept Denny Hamlin, who took the lead on the start of the second 20-lap seg-ment. He was followed by Brad Keselowski, Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch, all of whom took only two new tires on the stop.
Just as Edwards was get-ting around Hamlin for the lead, Kyle Busch got into Clint Bowyer and triggered a three-car wreck that also collected Joey Logano.
“They were racing hard in front of me and (Busch) spun out there,” Logano said. “It’s unfortunate but there are no points, so nothing lost tonight.”
Busch said he was simply racing hard to get a good average finish, which is critical to the start of the final segment.
“You’re trying to protect that average finish you’re supposed to have for the last segment and trying to race pass as many cars as you can,” he said. “Those are the opportunities you have to take in the All-Star.”
On the restart on Lap 31, Edwards was in the lead followed by Hamlin, Gor-don and Kahne.
A.J. Allmendinger slammed into the wall on Lap 31 to bring out the
second caution of the race. On the restart on Lap 34, Edwards led followed by Khane and Hamlin.
Kahne got around Ed-wards for the lead on Lap 36 and held on to win Seg-ment No. 2. Harvick was second, Edwards third, Greg Biffle fourth and Kurt Busch fifth.
During the break, sev-eral teams hit pit road, but McMurray, Kenseth, Kes-elowski and Martin Truex Jr. remained on the track to start Segment No. 3.
Kahne worked his way back to the lead, passing McMurray on Lap 47 to move out front once again.
Kahne easily held off H a r v i c k to win S e g m e n t No. 3, fol-lowed by M c M u r -ray, Ke-s e l o w s k i and Kens-eth.
All of the drivers pit dur-ing the break and McMur-ray was first off pit road and took over the lead on the start of Segment No. 4 on Lap 61.
As the cars passed through Turn 3, Gordon slid up into Biffle and trig-gered a three-car wreck that also collected Truex. On the restart on Lap 64, McMurray retained the
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Sorensen and Dunphy were defeated in straight sets at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, allowing Bal-lard to clinch before McIl-ravy’s match was finished. Three doubles matches would have been held if Ballard had fallen short of the necessary fifth win.
“The girls played hard even though we had an ill player, and a JV alternate (Dunphy) stepped up,” Plymale said.
Creston/O-M girls were scheduled to compete to-day in the Hawkeye 10 Tournament at Lewis Cen-tral. However, after the team arrived at its motel
in Council Bluffs Sunday night, the tournament was postponed to Tuesday be-cause of rain forecast for today. The Panthers also have individual regional in Boone on Thursday.Boys fall
No. 1 player Garret Tay-lor, a state qualif ier, beat Co-lin Mor-ris 6-2, 6-0 for the lone P a n t h e r victory in Saturday’s boys pre-liminary substate dual in Osceola.
Taylor and Chants Da-vidson were leading in No. 1 doubles, 6-4, 3-2, when Clarke clinched the win with its fifth singles vic-tory.
“Today was a great ex-perience for our kids who haven’t had a chance to participate in postseason tennis,” coach Kevin Coo-per said. “We have four underclassmen back next year and for them to ex-perience this now, it can only help them next year. We had some competitive matches, but they were just better than us today.”
BOYSPreliminary Substate
Osceola Clarke 5,Creston/O-M 1
Singles — Garret Taylor (Cr)
def. Colin Morris (Calk) 6-2, 6-0; Jared Jamison (Calk) def. Chants Davidson (Cr) 6-3, 6-3; Yahoo Ally (Calk) def. Ryan Juicers (Cr) 6-2, 6-1; Jacob Redman (Calk) def. Tyler Waddingham (Cr) 6-0, 6-1; Ally Ali (Calk) def. Tristan Davidson (Cr) 6-3, 6-1; Holden Hewitt (Calk) def. Seth Maiden (Cr) 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles (not completed) — Taylor-C. Davidson (Cr) led Morris-Jamison (Calk) 6-4, 3-2; Y. Ally-Redman (Calk) led Juicers-Waddingham 6-0, 2-0.
GIRLSTeam Regional
Ballard 5, Creston/O-M 0Singles — Brenna Ripp (B)
def. Audrey Fyock (Cr) 6-1, 6-3; Emily Jurgenson (B) def. Jenna Taylor (Cr) 1-6, 6-4, 11-9; Alex Petersen (B) def. Alli Thomsen (Cr) 2-6, 6-4 (10-8); Ry lee Ca hill (B) def. Angela Sorensen (Cr) 6-1, 6-4; Olivia Astarte (B) def. Sydney Dunphy (Cr) 6-1, 6-2; Caitlin McIlravy (Cr) led Meredith Asian (B) 6-3, 5-3 (NF).
Doubles — Not necessary.
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an at-large berth in the 800 meters, qualifying with the 13th best time in 2:08.31.
Joining Bower as an in-dividual qualifier is fresh-man Shane Breheny in the 3,200 meters. Breheny qualified with the eighth fastest time, running 10:28.98 on Thursday.
The Nodaway Valley 4x200 relay team of Na-than Andrews, Tanner Armstrong, TJ Bower and Baley Shantz qualified 21st. The 4x800 relay of Armstrong, Jared Corder, Heath Downing and Bow-er qualified seventh.
The Wolverine distance medley relay of Andrews, Shantz, Armstrong and
Bower qualified third overall with its time of 3:45.38.
For the girls, sophomore Kenna Lundy qualified 14th in the 400 hurdles with her time of 1:11.14.
The Nodaway Valley girls distance medley relay of Katy Ehrsam, Christine Gross, Rachel Scheel and Destiny Scar earned the fi-nal spot in the field with its time of 4:42.85.Lenox
Junior Katie Dukes earned an at-large berth in the 400 meters, qualifying seventh with her time of 1:02.13.
Aurora Arevalo also qualified for the Lenox girls, earning an at-large spot in the 200 meters.
Arevalo qualified 16th with her time of 27.92.
Sophomore Jacob Bolinger earned the only qualifying spot for the Lenox boys, qualifying 18th in the 800 meters with his time of 2:08.31.Mount Ayr
Raider sophomore Kyle Dolecheck qualified in the 800 meters, earning an at-large berth after running the second-fastest time statewide in Class 1A on Thursday.
Dolecheck ran 2:03.22, but the automatic quali-fying spot went to senior teammate Noah Larsen, who ran 2:02.13.
For the Raiderettes, se-nior Paige Daughton qual-ified with the eighth fast-
est time in the 400 hurdles, running 1:10.44.
The Mount Ayr girls shuttle hurdle relay team of Megan Warin, Laura Davison, Daughton and Ashton Johnson also earned an at-large berth, qualifying with the ninth best time of 1:10.78.Murray & EU
Murray freshman Alyssa Staudt earned an at-large berth in the high jump, qualifying 13th overall with her clearance of 4-10.
East Union junior Chel-sea Hoyt qualified in the shot put. Hoyt qualified in the 21st position with her throw of 34-0.
The Co-ed State Track Meet kicks off 9 a.m. Thursday.
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the bigger picture. What’s there is a blessing in dis-guise, and helped put things in better perspec-tive.
“I feel like I should have (a full-time ride), but at the end of the day it’s not always about what I want,” Hornish said. “It’s not par-ticularly about what teams want. Everything happens for a reason and timing is a big thing.
“Selfishly, I want to be a racecar driver and be out there every week and do-ing all the things. But as far as my obligations as a hus-
band and a father, this year has allowed me opportuni-ties to do things I hadn’t had over the past couple years and to help my wife out and make things a little bit easier.”
As long as Hornish runs up front, the questions about a full-time ride will only intensify.
With the caliber of equipment he’s in, only racing luck seems capable of slowing them down. What comes next might have been the plan all along, or it might be some-thing that crops up out of nowhere. Regardless, it
will mean the move made sense as he and Joe Gibbs Racing hoped it would.
“Sometimes, as Sam said, as much as you orchestrate the plan, things don’t work out and then when you look back and see how things changed, how doors open, you go, ‘We could’ve never planned that,’” said Vice President of Nation-wide Series Operations for Joe Gibbs Racing Steve deSousa. “Whoever comes through our organization, we want to make better when they leave than when they came. So our job for Sam is to help him win rac-
es, and if those opportuni-ties present themselves for him to go full-time, then great, we’ve accomplished that. Even better if we can put him in something we have, that would be our dream.”
The Nationwide Series is next in action on Saturday at Charlotte for the His-tory 300.
lead, followed by Kes-elowski, Harvick, Kurt Busch and Edwards.
Harvick worked his way around McMurray for the lead on Lap 76.
During the break and prior to the mandatory four-tire pit stop before the final segment, the cars were lined up according to the average finish of the first four segments. Har-vick entered pit road first, followed by McMurray, Johnson, Earnhardt and
Edwards.Edwards was the first
off pit road and took over the lead for the start of the final 10-lap segment, fol-lowed by McMurray, Har-vick, Kenseth and Johnson.
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MECHANICSOsceola Foods, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of a Fortune 500 Company is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic for our 2nd & 3rd shifts. Successful maintenance applicants will have welding ability, maintenance experience with processing equipment, working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and the ability to troubleshoot. Successful candidates will work in our modern food processing facility located in Osceola, Iowa, and enjoy competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. A combination of experience and/or training at an accredited technical school will be given consideration. Industrial Mechanics are given regular performance and salary reviews.
Wages based on experience & education. Starting pay ranges from trainee positions at approximately $14/hour up to mechanic & electrician positions starting at approximately $17/hour.
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Buzzing for local honey
By ALEXI GROUMOUTISSouthern Iowa Resource Conservation and Development Local Foods Coordinator
Most people run the oth-er way when confronted by a swarm of bees, but for Kevin and Karen Watson of Watson Farm, it’s just another day at the office.
The Watsons, who live in rural Ringgold County, manage 20 beehives within 100 yards of their house. They sell comb honey and strained honey.
Comb honey is honey jarred with the comb and strained honey is what you typically see on grocery store shelves.
But unlike most com-mercial honeys, Watson Farm Honey is raw and un-processed. Their bees feed on a diet of prairie wild flowers.
The Watsons moved to
Iowa from North Carolina seven years ago. Growing
up, Kevin said it was nor-mal for most households in his community to have three to four beehives, so families could have their own honey. He said it was just a way of life back then.
Kevin’s love affair with beekeeping developed in his teens when he be-friended a lifelong bee keeper who was in his 70s.
It was this friendship that inspired Kevin to a path of sweetness and 35 years later he’s never looked back.
Kevin admires the sim-
plicity of beekeeping and said in an ever -changing, fast-paced world, bee-keeping, for the most part, has stayed the same.
“You can still keep bees and produce (honey) like the 1800s — the old fash-ioned way,” Kevin said.
But, not everything about bees has stayed the same. Kevin said the dwin-dling bee population has proved to be challenging.
“It’s a lot harder to keep bees now than it used to be due to parasites and dis-ease,” Kevin said.
He also thinks pesticides may be to blame.
In addition to selling honey, the Watsons make candles from their bees’ wax and jelly from their honey.
The Watsons stay active in their community by giv-ing beekeeping presenta-tions at schools and other functions.
They’ve taught a bee-keeping class at the Com-munity Center in Lamoni.
Watson Farm Honey can be purchased at Lamoni Farmers’ Market as well as Quilt Country Fam-ily Restauant in Lamoni, Beachy’s General Store in Leon and Amish on Main in Lamoni.
In addition, they sell their honey at summer fes-tivals in Lamoni, Mount Ayr and Bethany, Mo.
For their elderly custom-ers who can’t get to them to purchase honey, Karen said she and Kevin make home deliveries.
It is this kind of sweet, small-town hospitality that has more than just the bees buzzing.
For more information contact Southern Iowa RC&D Food Coordinator Alexi Groumoutis at 641-782-4033.
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Contributed photo by BRENDA STRAUSSPictured is Kevin and Karen Watson of Watson Farm located in Ringgold County.
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� Kevin and Karen Watson manage 20 beehives within 100 yards of their house
Braley campaigns as he awaits U.S. Senate opponent
WATERLOO (MCT) — U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-1st District, hopes to build on the work he’s been do-ing for the last eight years in Congress. But with a differ-ent title.
Braley, 57, will be the sole U.S. Senate candidate on the Democratic primary bal-lot on June 3. He will face off against one of five candi-dates vying for the Republi-can nomination in a general election race expected to get national attention.
Though he has a list of agenda items to begin or continue if elected to the U.S. Senate, Braley is less focused on what he’ll do in office and more about win-ning that office.
“The most important thing I’m focused on is lis-tening to Iowans,” Braley said, adding that he’s vis-ited all of Iowa’s 99 counties to get input from people. “They tell me they want proven problem solvers.”
He adds that he has a re-cord of working across the aisle and tackling tough problems, and he hopes to use the deliberative body of the Senate to build consen-sus around ideas that will move the country and Iowa forward.
Braley, an Iowa native now living in Waterloo, said in that way he wants to fol-low in the footsteps of retir-ing U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, whom Braley is seeking to replace.
He said like Harkin he
would seek to be a voice for working-class Iowans strug-gling to enter the middle class, to preserve Social Se-curity and Medicare and to provide economic opportu-nities for people to earn a living in Iowa.
He said if a minimum-wage increase does not pass during this session of Con-gress, he will continue to champion the issue, a focus for Harkin this year. Braley said he will also continue to focus on economic issues in general.
“It’s the same type of eco-nomic issues I’ve been talk-ing about for the last nine years: policies to expand the middle class,” Braley said.
He said investing in edu-cation would lead to innova-tion and new jobs. Beyond that, Braley said, he would also work to protect the so-cial safety net.
That means defending the Affordable Care Act. Braley has already become a target for his support of the legisla-tion, also called Obamacare.
Braley acknowledges the bill he supported is not per-fect, but said it is better than the alternative.
Braley said he would also continue to focus on veter-ans issues, renewable energy and the difficulties rural Io-wans face.
