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Volume 131 No. 52

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014

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USDA predicts record crops

Tribute rider: Jeff Moore, third from left, stopped at the Creston Fire Department Tuesday. Moore, 23, of Madison, Wis., is cycling from San Francisco, Calif., to New York City to bring aware-ness and raise funds for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. The foundation honors fallen firefighters and aids their surviving fam-ily members. He stayed in Creston overnight and today Moore will continue his ride, pedal-ing more than 80 miles from Creston to Altoona. Also pictured, from left, are Lee Freeman, Todd Jackson and Mick Landers.

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DES MOINES (AP) — Farmers will produce a re-cord-breaking corn harvest this year, surpassing earlier expectations of the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture, which on Tuesday revised upward its estimate of this year’s corn crop to 14 billion bushels to exceed last year’s 13.9 billion bushel record.

A bigger crop was expect-ed as adequate rain and cool temperatures made for fa-vorable growing conditions in the 18 states that produce 91 percent of the nation’s

corn. The abundant harvest has driven prices lower, prompting farmers to take more control of their grain marketing by building more on-farm storage, holding onto the crop and timing the sale to maximize profit.

The USDA said the amount of corn produced from each acre will reach a new nationwide average of 167.4 bushels, up from the earlier spring estimate of

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By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

Union County Engineer Steve Akes said his crew will be traveling a lot of miles to supervise as the construc-tion season hits the area in full force early next week.

Work continues on the Highway 34 Platte River bridge replacement and two box culverts on REA Road. Projects on the Cromwell Road, High and Dry Road and bridge replacement on 167th Street start Aug. 18-19.

“The projects are almost as far apart as you can get in our county,” Akes said.Getting started

A change of crews de-layed the early start Akes was hoping for on the Crom-well Road and High and Dry Road projects.

“They have been telling us they have been coming for

a while,” Akes said. “ T h e i r w o r k i n g days start M o n d a y and they don’t like l o s i n g days be-cause they get penalized for every working day they run over.”

The late start date is Aug. 18. Akes said he received an email that said a subcon-tractor will start patch work on Cromwell Road Aug. 19. Patching takes about a week, then the subcontrac-tor will start patching on the High and Dry Road.

Next, crews will cut slots in the concrete to get ready to place stabilizing dowel bars on the Cromwell Road first. The dowel bars inter-lock the joints of each con-crete slab to make the road more vertically stable.

“They use a gang saw

with multiple blades to cut the slots,” Akes said. “They need a two-week head start cutting the slots, so they will have a lot of cutting before they do anything else.”

The final step uses a ma-chine to grind or profile the road to give it a smooth fin-ish. Both roads should be completed within the 40-day contract.

“They are only going to be shutting down one lane

at a time,” Akes said. “They wouldn’t gain much by clos-ing down the whole road.”

The dowel bars retrofit design still allows the con-crete to expand and contrast with temperature, but will prevent the small bumps be-tween each slab as vehicles drive across.

Akes said installing the dowel bars should make the road smoother and extend the life of both roads.

Both projects are be-ing paid for with farm-to-market road funds from the IDOT and through a feder-ally funded program.167th Street

The bridge replacement on 167th Street is just east of the Yellow Rose Avenue intersection.

This project was not scheduled until next year, but Akes said the bridge design was finished sooner

� Expect construction delays, detours across Union County this month. Cromwell and High and Dry road projects will start August 18-19.

WHEN WILL PLATTE RIVER BRIDGE ON HWY. 34 BE DONE?Scott Nixon, IDOT resident construction engineer, said Platte River bridge on High-way 34 — 1.3 miles west of Highway 25 — will reopen as late as early September.

Akes

‘TIS THE SEASON

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Four charged in Monday’s meth bust

Aaron James Mangum, 28, 212 S. Pine St., and Marie Ann Johnson, 35, of Afton, were both charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of precursors with the intent to manufacture Monday.

As well, Ronald Allen Gilbert, 29, of Corning and Modanna Marie Meyer, 27, of Blockton, were both charged with possession of precursors with intent to manufacture 4 p.m. Monday in the 800 block of West Taylor Street.

According to Creston Police re-ports, officers con-ducted a stop on a blue Chevy Trail Blazer and a tan Buick Park Ave-nue that were both observed purchas-ing ingredients used to manufac-ture methamphet-amine.

During prior physical sur-veillance of the Chevy, a male and female occupants of the vehicle were observed entering and exiting Hy-Vee phar-macy individually at separate times, where they each purchased pseudoephedrine.

During the stop, the officer identified Johnson as the driver and Mangum as the passenger. Johnson gave officers permission to search the vehicle, where a folded paper, which contained a white crystal sub-stance, was discovered in the console.

A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of one box of pseudoephedrine. Post Miranda state-ments indicated that Johnson and Mangum knew the psuedoephedrine would be used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Mangum Johnson

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2A Creston News AdvertiserWednesday, August 13, 2014

Tim Stalker Creston

Tim Stalker, 63, of Creston died Aug. 11, 2014, at Greater R e g i o n a l H o s p i c e Home.

Celebra-tion of life s e r v i c e s will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at Powers Funeral Home, junc-tion of highways 34 and 25. Mary O’Riley will officiate. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery south of Creston. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday with family present 5 to 8 p.m. at the fu-neral home. Memorials may be given to Greater Regional Foundation in Tim Stalker’s name for the cancer center. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Timothy Joe Stalker, son of Mary Alice (Fleming) and Donald James Stalker, was born April 12, 1951.

Tim grew up in Afton and Creston and graduated from Creston High School in 1969 and studied at Southwestern Community College.

On June 20, 1971, Tim married Terri Ann Konecne in Creston.

Tim lived most of his life in the Creston area. He lived

and managed a Casey’s Store in Woodward from 1972-75. His primary business was six Casey’s franchises that he owned and managed over the course of 28 years.

Tim and Terri divorced.On July 11, 1998, Tim mar-

ried Betty Jane (Stephens) Robinson in Breckenridge, Colo.

He spent his last years as lot manager at Stalker Chev-rolet in Creston.

Tim served on the Greater Regional Hospital Board and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Creston. He was also a mem-ber of Creston Elks Lodge No. 605. Tim was a for-mer member and president of both the Iowa Quarter Horse Association and Cres-ton Jaycees.

Tim is survived by his wife Betty Stalker of Creston; daughters, Tisha (husband Mike) Worden of Pleasant Hill and Amanda Robinson of West Des Moines; sons, TJ (wife Mindy) Stalker of Creston and Todd (wife Cari) Stalker of Creston; grandchildren, Hannah and Jacob Worden, CT and Mar-lee Stalker and Sam, Charlie and Hadley Stalker; brother Jim (wife Sandy) Stalker of Creston; eight brothers-in-law and six sisters-in-law.

Tim was preceded in death by his parents.

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Donald Trenkle, 90, of Creston died Aug. 12, 2014,

at Crest Haven Care Centre.Services are pending at

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

Beverly HeatonCorning

Beverly Heaton, 83, of C o r n i n g died Aug. 9, 2014.

Funeral s e r v i c e s will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at Corn-ing United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ken Rummer will officiate. Interment will be in Prai-rie Rose Cemetery. Open visitation will be 1 to 8 p.m. today with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 701 Seventh St., Corning. Memorials may be given to Corning Pub-lic Library, Corning United Methodist Church, PEO Continuing Education and or Allen and Beverly Heaton Scholarship Fund. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Beverly A. Heaton, daughter of Pauline A. (At-wood) and Edward S. Day, was born July 1, 1931, in Hepburn.

Beverly attended Villisca Schools and graduated from high school in 1950. She at-tended Clarinda Junior Col-lege and graduated with an

associate’s degree in elemen-tary education.

On June 22, 1952, Beverly married Allen L. Heaton at the Presbyterian Church in Villisca.

Beverly taught at Corning elementary school until the arrival of their first child. She was a stay-at-home mother.

Beverly was initiated into PEO in 1951 and was a past chapter president along with holding numerous offices in Chapter CV Corning.

Beverly and Allen were active members of Corning United Methodist Church and volunteered at the church, as well as in the community. She was active in Roseann Auxillary and Women’s Club.

Beverly is survived by her daughter Carla (Dr. Greg) Duncan of Betten-dorf; son David (Annette) Heaton of Edmond, Okla.; grandchildren, Grant, Gar-rett and Jenna Duncan and Sam and Jonah Heaton; sis-ter Margaret (Peg) Swanson of Red Oak; brother- and sister-in-law, Henry and Do-ris Heaton of Brooks; many special nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Beverly was preceded in death by her husband; par-ents; father- and mother-in-law, Ivan and Wilma (Hossman) Heaton; and brother-in-law Curtis Swan-son.

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Boil order still in effect for three SW Iowa counties

A boil order for the towns of Bridgewater, Ly-man, Grant, Carbon, Mor-ton Mills and Brooks is still effective this morning after Southern Iowa Rural Wa-ter Association (SIRWA) found chlorine residual that was below the allow-able standard last week.

Those affected include users with account numbers beginning with 047, 048, 081, 082, 084 and 005.

Because of the potential for bacterial contamina-tion, it is recommended the water be boiled before using for drinking or cook-ing or that an alternative source be used. Do not drink the water without it being boiled first.

Continue to bring all wa-ter to a boil for one min-ute and let it cool. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, mak-ing ice, brushing teeth and food preparations until fur-ther notice.

The water can be used for bathing and other simi-lar purposes.

The customers in this boil order are supplied with water produced by the Corning Municipal Water Department. Currently, the Corning Municipal Water Department uses chloramines for disinfec-tion of the drinking water. Chloramines are created by combining chlorine and ammonia.

They will be conducting a free chlorine burnout of their water distribution sys-tem to begin on Monday, August 11, 2014.

During this free chlorine burnout, the disinfection process will be changed from chloramines to free chlorine. Free chlorine is a stronger and faster-acting disinfectant.

The Corning Municipal Water Department will be using free chlorine as their disinfectant for approxi-mately the next 30 days. SIRWA hopes the free chlorine can be distributed

throughout the SIRWA distribution system being served by the Corning Mu-nicipal Water Department by the weekend and the Drinking Water Advisory may be lifted at that time.

Until that happens, cus-tomers must still boil the water for any human con-sumption.

SIRWA customers may notice open flushing hy-drants throughout the SIRWA distribution sys-tem during this period and possibly overflowing water storage towers.

The flushing hydrants will be opened to allow flushing of the system to help remove sediment from the pipes and distribute the change in disinfectant. Overflowing water storage towers further aid in the flushing process.

• Possible noticeable ef-fects: It is important to un-derstand that during this temporary change there may be some discoloration or cloudiness in the water and possibly a slight chlo-rine odor or taste.

If this is experienced you may want to run the wa-ter through the tap until it clears. Minor pressure fluctuations and small air pockets may also occur. Hydrant flushing should re-move a majority of the col-or and odor, but some may reach customer lines during the process.

• Other information: Customers who use tap water for kidney dialysis at home should consult their doctor to advise them if any changes are necessary in their residual disinfectant neutralization procedures. Customers utilizing the wa-ter for aquariums should monitor both free and com-bined chlorine residuals.

During normal business hours customers may call 641-782-5744 and ask for a member of the Manage-ment Staff with any ques-tions concerning the free chlorine burnout.

All customers of SIRWA will be notified by a tele-phone call and all media outlets will receive notifi-cation when the Drinking Water Advisory is lifted.

You may also check SIRWA’s website at www.sirwa.org for updates.

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than expected. Instead of sit-ting on the funds and plans for a year, Akes said they decided to finish the project early.

“This time of year is going to help and it is dry to start,” Akes said. “But you never know what September and October will bring.”

The bridge is a slab bridge and will be replaced by Cun-ningham-Reis Company.

The road will be closed for close to three months.

The detour takes mo-torists south on Four Mile Creek Drive, then back west on 185th Street for about 1.5 miles. Next, the route goes south on Highway 169, then back east on Highway 34 for about 3.5 miles. Finally, the detour heads north on Clarke-Union Avenue to return to 167th Street.

REA RoadWork is near 60 percent

complete with less than 40 percent of the time alotted on the REA Road. Crews fin-ished the two box culverts and will continue grading dirt.

“They have been lucky. I think they only had to miss three days because of the weather,” Akes said. “They will still have to use most of their scheduled time, but they are pretty much meeting their own schedule.”

Highway 34Motorists have been navi-

gating around another con-struction project that has closed down a section of Highway 34.

Iowa Department of Trans-portation (IDOT) reported the bridge carrying Highway 34 over the Platte River — 1.3 miles west of Highway 25 — closed while crews work to replace it.

Scott Nixon, IDOT resident construction engineer said the bridge is traveled by more than 2,000 motorists and will reopen as late as early Sep-tember.

Construction crews from Cunningham-Reis Company will also grade and pave ap-proximately 1,500 feet of ap-proach pavement as part of the $2 million bridge replace-ment.

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165.3 bushels. The record 164.7 bushels per acre aver-age was set in 2009.

Iowa remains the nation’s top corn producer with an expected 2.44 billion bushels. Illinois is a close second with 2.22 billion bushels, followed by Nebraska with 1.51 billion and Minnesota with 1.34 bil-

lion.Soybean production also

will set a new record of 3.8 bil-lion bushels, the USDA said, confirming its earlier predic-tion. The previous record was 3.4 billion bushels in 2009. Soybean production per acre also will break a record with a yield 45.4 bushels, beating the 2009 record of 44 bushels per acre.

RECORD CROPS:

� The potential for bacterial contami-nation requires users to boil water before drinking or cooking


During a vehicle stop of a tan Buick, officers identi-fied the driver as Gilbert and Meyer as a passenger. Pseu-dophedrine was discovered within reach.

According to NPLEx (Na-tional Precursor Log Ex-change), common purchases of pseudophedrine were made

between Mangum, Johnson, Gilbert and Meyer on differ-ent dates and times and at several different pharmacies. Statements made by Johnson and Mangum indicated a close personal relationship between Mangum and Johnson as well as Mangum and Gilbert. Mangum, Johnson, Gil-bert and Meyer are being held on $100,000 bond each.

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Markets

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Thu

8/14

80/62Sunshine and cloudsmixed. High around80F. Winds S at 5 to10 mph.

Sunrise Sunset6:26 AM 8:17 PM

Fri

8/15

81/67Morning thunder-storms. Highs in thelow 80s and lows inthe upper 60s.


Sat

8/16

78/66Scattered thunder-storms possible.


Sun

8/17



Mon

8/18

83/66Slight chance of athunderstorm.


Des Moines83/62

Cedar Rapids82/59

Sioux City83/64

Creston80/62

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 81 62 pt sunny Davenport 82 61 pt sunny Marshaltown 82 61 pt sunnyAtlantic 81 63 pt sunny Des Moines 83 62 pt sunny Mason City 82 61 pt sunnyAubudon 82 63 pt sunny Dubuque 81 59 pt sunny Onawa 83 65 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 82 59 mst sunny Farmington 84 62 pt sunny Oskaloosa 83 61 pt sunnyCenterville 82 61 pt sunny Fort Dodge 82 62 pt sunny Ottumwa 83 61 pt sunnyClarinda 82 62 pt sunny Ft Madison 83 63 pt sunny Red Oak 82 64 pt sunnyClarion 82 61 pt sunny Guttenberg 81 58 mst sunny Sioux Center 81 63 pt sunnyClinton 80 58 pt sunny Keokuk 84 63 pt sunny Sioux City 83 64 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 82 64 pt sunny Lansing 80 58 mst sunny Spencer 81 61 pt sunnyCreston 80 62 pt sunny LeMars 81 64 pt sunny Waterloo 82 60 pt sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 85 63 sunny Houston 95 75 mst sunny Phoenix 91 76 t-stormBoston 80 59 sunny Los Angeles 80 62 pt sunny San Francisco 67 56 pt sunnyChicago 73 55 pt sunny Miami 89 78 t-storm Seattle 74 62 t-stormDallas 96 73 sunny Minneapolis 84 65 pt sunny St. Louis 86 65 mst sunnyDenver 83 60 t-storm New York 81 61 mst sunny Washington, DC 83 59 mst sunny

Moon Phases

FullAug 10

LastAug 17

NewAug 25

FirstSep 2

UV IndexThu

8/148

Very High

Fri8/15

7

High

Sat8/16

8

Very High

Sun8/17

5

Moderate

Mon8/18

5

Moderate

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 (75), low past 24 hours (54) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Thu

8/14

80/62Sunshine and cloudsmixed. High around80F. Winds S at 5 to10 mph.


Fri

8/15

81/67Morning thunder-storms. Highs in thelow 80s and lows inthe upper 60s.


Sat

8/16



Sun

8/17



Mon

8/18

83/66Slight chance of athunderstorm.


Des Moines83/62

Cedar Rapids82/59

Sioux City83/64

Creston80/62

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 81 62 pt sunny Davenport 82 61 pt sunny Marshaltown 82 61 pt sunnyAtlantic 81 63 pt sunny Des Moines 83 62 pt sunny Mason City 82 61 pt sunnyAubudon 82 63 pt sunny Dubuque 81 59 pt sunny Onawa 83 65 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 82 59 mst sunny Farmington 84 62 pt sunny Oskaloosa 83 61 pt sunnyCenterville 82 61 pt sunny Fort Dodge 82 62 pt sunny Ottumwa 83 61 pt sunnyClarinda 82 62 pt sunny Ft Madison 83 63 pt sunny Red Oak 82 64 pt sunnyClarion 82 61 pt sunny Guttenberg 81 58 mst sunny Sioux Center 81 63 pt sunnyClinton 80 58 pt sunny Keokuk 84 63 pt sunny Sioux City 83 64 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 82 64 pt sunny Lansing 80 58 mst sunny Spencer 81 61 pt sunnyCreston 80 62 pt sunny LeMars 81 64 pt sunny Waterloo 82 60 pt sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 85 63 sunny Houston 95 75 mst sunny Phoenix 91 76 t-stormBoston 80 59 sunny Los Angeles 80 62 pt sunny San Francisco 67 56 pt sunnyChicago 73 55 pt sunny Miami 89 78 t-storm Seattle 74 62 t-stormDallas 96 73 sunny Minneapolis 84 65 pt sunny St. Louis 86 65 mst sunnyDenver 83 60 t-storm New York 81 61 mst sunny Washington, DC 83 59 mst sunny

Moon Phases

FullAug 10

LastAug 17

NewAug 25

FirstSep 2

UV IndexThu

8/148

Very High

Fri8/15

7

High

Sat8/16

8

Very High

Sun8/17

5

Moderate

Mon8/18

5

Moderate

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 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.

ThursdayNational Association of

Retired and Veteran Railway Employees Inc. Unit No. 54, 9 a.m., The Windrow.

Blue Grass Optimist Club of Creston, noon, The Pizza Ranch.

Kent Dinner Club, 5:30 p.m., The Windrow.

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

American Legion Auxiliary, 7 p.m., American Legion Post Home, 119 N. Walnut 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.

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.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Tingley, featuring Jimmy Georges’ Band, with a potluck.

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

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

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

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

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

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy. 34, featuring Jim Georges’ Band.

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.

Police Miscellaneous

Traffic stop, 12:12 a.m. Friday, Oak and Adams streets.

Traffic stop, 12:37 a.m. Friday, Division and Summit streets.

Traffic stop, 1:11 a.m. Friday, Union and Elm streets.

Traffic stop, 2:35 a.m. Friday, Wyoming Avenue.

Traffic stop, 5:26 a.m. Friday, Highway 34 and Walnut Street.

Traffic stop, 5:37 a.m. Friday, Poplar Street and Highway 34.

Traffic stop, 5:48 a.m. Friday, Townline Street.

Theft, 7 a.m. Friday, North Cherry Street.

Talk to officer, 11:26 a.m. Friday, East Adams Street.

Information only, 12:23 p.m. Friday, West Adams Street.

Traffic stop, 1:07 a.m. Friday, Cherry Street and Highway 34.

Warrant, 1:17 p.m. Friday, North Pine Street.

Suspicious person, 2:02 p.m. Friday, North Maple Street.

Welfare check, 4:05 p.m. Friday, Levy Street.

Escort, 5:42 p.m. Friday, North Cherry Street.

Domestic dispute, 6:28 p.m. Friday, North Birch Street.

Fighting, 8:19 p.m. Friday, North Elm Street.

Smoke odor, 9:47 p.m. Friday, West Taylor Street.

Information only, 10:22 p.m. Friday, Townline Street.

Harassing communication, 11:36 p.m. Friday, North Pine Street.

Shoplifting, 11:56 p.m. Friday, Laurel Street.

Harassing communication, 1:22 a.m. Saturday, Wyoming Avenue.

Suspicious vehicle, 4:02 a.m. Saturday, Cedar Street.

Warrant, 7:09 a.m. Saturday, South Walnut Street.

Warrant, 7:10 a.m. Saturday, South Walnut Street.

Accident, 8:40 a.m. Saturday, West Townline Street.

Talk to officer, 13:37 p.m. Saturday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Irving and Cherry streets.

Talk to officer, 6:32 p.m. Saturday, West Howard Street.

Traffic hazard, 7:54 p.m. Saturday, North Vine and Birch streets.

Animal call, 8:38 p.m. Saturday, West Adair Street.

Drive-off, 10:58 p.m. Saturday, New York Avenue.

Animal call, 11:06 p.m. Saturday, North Cherry Street.

Fighting, 11:57 p.m. Saturday, North Elm Street.

Possible OWI, 2:04 a.m. Sunday, Highway 34 and Sumner Avenue.

Motor vehicle assistance, 8:25 a.m. Sunday, East Townline Street.

Road hazard, 10:29 a.m. Sunday, West Seneca Street.

Reckless driving, 3:46 p.m. Sunday, New York Avenue.

Talk to officer, 4:05 p.m. Sunday, West Buckeye Street.

Reckless driving, 4:18 p.m. Sunday, Laurel Street.

Talk to officer, 5:15 p.m. Sunday, North Pine Street.

Animal call, 6:34 p.m. Sunday, North Cherry Street.


Incomplete 911 call, 6:43 p.m. Sunday, West Montgomery and Sycamore streets.

Civil dispute, 9:48 p.m. Sunday, North Pine Street.


Welfare check, 10:36 p.m. Sunday, North Chestnut Street.

Animal call, 2:57 p.m. Monday, West Adams Street. Grain prices quoted at 10

a.m. today:• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.34Soybeans — $11.63

• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.37Soybeans — $11.82

LotteryIowa’s Pick 3: 3-4-0Hot Lotto Sizzler: 16-19-28-31-34 (9)

Higher-Education scholarships awarded to children of Marines ALEXANDRIA, Va. —

The Marine Corps Scholar-ship Foundation has award-ed 2,194 scholarships valued at $6.6 million to children of Marine and Navy Corpsmen for the upcoming 2014-2015 academic year. Keirstan Henry of Creston, a senior at Graceland University, is recipient of a scholarship.

The Foundation’s schol-arship recipients are a living example of why no deserv-ing Marine son or daughter should be left behind, espe-cially as they embody Ma-rine Corps values of honor, courage and commitment highlighted by a graduation rate of 86 percent, 50 per-cent being first-generation college students, and 89 percent attending a four year college or university. Additionally, 45 percent of scholarship recipients are majoring in science, tech-nology, engineering or math

(STEM) fields — a driving force in the U.S. economy and a necessary skill for more than 28 million jobs.

To honor student re-cipients and their families, the Scholarship Founda-

tion hosted scholarship an-nouncement ceremonies July 15 in Washington, D.C. The ceremony included re-marks from General James F. Amos USMC, Comman-dant of the Marine Corps,

and Ted Mitchell, U.S. Un-der Secretary of Education. Henry’s parents Maureen and Michael Henry were in attendance. Michael is a United States Marie Corps veteran.

Contributed photoKeirstan Henry of Creston, second from left, receives a Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation scholarship. Pictured with her, from left, are Mrs. James F. Amos, James F. Amos, United States Marine Corps Commandant, and Keirstan’s father Michael Henry, United States Marine Corps veteran.

Adair County Republicans to host campaign fundraiser

GREENFIELD — Re-publican Party of Adair County will be hosting a fundraiser for the campaigns of Brian Rohrig, R-Orient, and Ralph Lents, R-Menlo, who are both seeking to serve on the Adair County Board of Supervisors. The event will be held Aug. 18 at Nodaway Valley Ag Cen-ter, 2317 260th St., south of Greenfield.

The reception will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner following at 7 p.m. Keynote speaker is Iowa Secretary of Agricul-

ture Bill Northey, R-Spirit Lake. Special guests include Republican congressional candidate David Young, R-Van Meter.

Iowa State Fair results Horseshoe PitchingIOWA STATE CADET

CHAMPIONSHIPCadet Boys2) Derek Bloodgood,

CrestonIOWA STATE WOM-

EN’S CHAMPIONSHIP1) Kristy Klejch, Creston

— — — — — —Gluten Free food contestPamela Cooper of Mount

Ayr received an honorable mention in the desserts di-vision.

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lengeDesserts3) Pamela Cooper,

Mount AyrHonorable Mention:

Judy Kiburz-Harrison, Mount Ayr

— — — — — —Outhouse RacesAfton Care Center Drib-

blers/Iowa Select Farms won the 11th annual Out-house Races Tuesday at

the 2014 Iowa State Fair. Team Jason Winther, Jor-dan Winther, Jamie Peter-son and Misty Gettler were awarded $300 in cash for besting their competition in style and speed.

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4A Creston News AdvertiserWednesday, August 13, 2014

NEAR PORT GIBSON, Miss. — You can waste a lot of time trying to get others to appreciate what you see in certain people, certain places. If the beauty is less than obvious, and more of the haunting variety, it’s often a fool’s pastime even to try.

I can, for instance, give a rhap-sodic pitch for Patricia Neal, Harry Dean Stanton, old rotten boats, Alligator, Miss., and the crumbling bricks that once were downtown Camp Hill, Ala. Can and have. But over the years, I’ve done it too many times for too little return en-thusiasm.

I still prefer character-driven looks to spit-and-shine. But some-where along the way, I’ve had to admit that most people prefer vibrant, polished towns to dying ones, starlets to fading beauty,

young versus old Elvis. I’ve given up all expectations that soulful can trump pretty if you make your case. And lately I try, with limited success, to keep quiet about my preferences.

So it was with some reluctance that I drove a recent visitor to the Ruins of Windsor, a sight that for me ranks with the bookstalls along the Seine in Paris and the shan-ties on Sapelo Island in Georgia as sense-heightening and holy.

Windsor’s 28 columns, all that remains of what was once the grandest of Mississippi’s antebel-

lum mansions, have been com-pared countless times to ancient temple ruins. They are manmade monoliths, alone in the dense woods, proof somehow that grand plans not only go astray but some-times go up in smoke.

Work began in 1859. Mississippi native Smith Coffee Daniell II was determined that his dream home would make other wealthy plant-ers wince in envy. Slaves did the grunt work; Yankee artisans iced the triple-tiered cake.

Daniell’s timing was awful. As the last architectural T’s were crossed, civil war began. And just weeks after moving into the man-sion, Daniell died, at age 34.

The house, however, had a life, almost longer than that of the man who built it. Daniell’s widow car-ried on, and Windsor survived the

war. It served as a hospital after the Battle of Port Gibson, and be-came, for a time, the center of area social life.

It was an invited guest — not a Yankee — that struck the match in 1890 that destroyed all but the home’s 28 (of 29) columns. A young man’s cigarette was care-lessly tossed into a carpenter’s trash, and the enormous edifice and all its contents burned — in-cluding house plans and photo-graphs. Until a Union soldier’s sketch of the place was discovered last decade, nobody knew for sure exactly what the grand loss looked like.

That didn’t stop people from making pilgrimages to see the Ru-ins of Windsor. Thousands came, everyone from Eudora Welty to Elizabeth Taylor, the latter when

they filmed “Raintree County.”Back to my own visitor. We

snaked through the tangle of green that is summer in Mississippi, both of us wondering, I’ll wager, if the journey was worth the trouble. I expected a shrug from my guest, at best. My car’s captive didn’t know what to expect.

He loved it. All those perfectly maintained Natchez mansions might run together, melt to mem-ory mush. It’s the one left in ruins that survives.

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H O L L Y W O O D — H a p p y Wednesday, everybody, and God Bless America.

President Obama ordered air strikes on ISIS in Iraq to help Kurd troops re-take captured towns from the terrorists Monday. It’s more than a humanitarian mis-sion, it’s an American tradition. We’ve bombed Iraq so many times that Architectural Digest prefers our earlier work.

GOP filmmaker James O’Keefe made himself up to look like Osa-ma bin Laden and he shot a video of himself crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. past U.S. border guards. Now there’s proof. Even dead terrorists are moving to Tex-as for the low taxes and friendly business climate.

New York police are on the lookout for a man who has robbed eight banks on Long Island in the last three months wearing an Obama mask. You can imagine the tellers’ confusion. Usually when New York bankers see President Obama in the lobby, he’s there to drop off money.

President Obama called for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to step down Monday. He ripped Maliki’s cabinet for not be-ing inclusive. Every disaster movie must hire a cast that is one-fifth black and one-fifth Hispanic, and no government is above the Screen Actors Guild rules.

President Obama reported prog-ress in the Iraq air strikes to help Kurdish forces Monday and he thanked Britain and France. It’s the usual division of labor. The U.S. is in charge of air strikes, Brit-

ain is in charge of commando op-erations, while France is in charge of refreshments.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said those published photos of him grabbing woman’s breasts and pressing another young wom-an’s face to his crotch are mislead-ing. He said it was a misrepresenta-tion. He explained the photos were stills from his yet-to-be-released rap album.

St. Louis home electronics stores were looted by street mobs Sunday after a white police officer killed an unarmed black man who’d as-saulted the cop. The mayor’s call for calm was ignored. It didn’t help when Al Sharpton went on TV and urged looters not to forget the re-mote.

President Obama ordered air strikes on terrorists in Iraq Friday who were firing rockets into civil-ian neighborhoods. Just a week ago the president was denouncing Israel for doing the same thing. The Israelis haven’t laughed this hard since I Love Lucy got dubbed into Hebrew.

Joe Biden is the subject of a new book which details his forty-two years in Washington D.C. politics as well as his personal life. The book reveals that the vice presi-dent likes to swim in the nude. You can read all about it in One Hun-dred Reasons We Wish We Were Blind magazine.

Windsor and Harry Dean Stanton

King FeaturescommentaryAmy Goodman

New York police are on the lookout for a man

TopicalhumorArgus Hamilton

Library is outgrowing its space From Marilyn Ralls, direc-tor, Gibson Memorial LibraryCreston

It is my honor to serve as direc-tor for Gibson Memorial Library and my pleasure to work with our patrons, of all ages.

Because of the amount of pa-trons we serve, space has become a growing issue. We hate to turn anyone away; unfortunately, we do so regularly. We have numerous requests for meeting rooms per week, but, our only meeting room serves as the genealogy room, cof-fee room and board room. While we want to support organizations and program ideas that will benefit Creston, often, schedule conflicts arise.

The limited space is not enough to support the activities of the library’s new teen book club. This past year, the group meets in McKinley Park when weather permits and the library’s geneal-ogy room when the weather does not. We cannot consistently make space available for this energetic group, though, we certainly want to.

We would like to do more for larger groups for adults, teens and children, as well: story hours, discovery classes, interactive art

workshops, after school tutoring, community clubs and more. How-ever, we don’t have room for the amount of people who would like to participate. There is a need for more tutoring, study space and even life-skills classes. However, we do not have enough dedicated space.

According to a space evaluation report conducted by the Iowa Li-brary Services consultant in 1995, we only have enough square foot-age to serve 37 children in the space Gibson Memorial Library has. That figure did not change with the renovation in 1997 due to budget cuts. According to the same study, we also have inadequate space for teens and older youth. Other areas of concern include in-adequate seating and parking for the number of patrons we serve.

We have identified organiza-tions in the community to help carry out our vision, such as, The Learning Center, a pilot program in Southwest Iowa dedicated to providing tutoring to children with learning differences, and Creston Arts, who are working to promote visual, performing and literary arts as a means to promote creativity and collaboration. Also, we have a number of interested volunteers, both retired adults and students, whose collective efforts would

build multi-generational bonds.Due to the increase in single

and two job households, more of our families need safe and quiet learning space for kids after school and in the summer. And, we’ve outgrown our technology, as well. The building cannot accommodate more computer terminals or more demand for wireless internet. Yet we have 162 requests per computer use each week.

We need to provide a safe and enriching place where more kids want to be more often, where young adults can gravitate to, and where business people can work quietly.

Our neighboring communities have libraries that have followed the trend and grown to meet the needs of their people. Times have changed and the American library is more than about checking out books. The citizens of Creston, our rural areas and neighboring towns who come here deserve those things, as well.

As library director, it is my pro-fessional opinion that Lincoln School is the ideal location to in-crease our programming, become a more vital part of what Creston has to offer and to become what this community deserves: The Creston Area Library and Cultural Center.

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Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

This is an accident-prone day for your sign, so pay attention to everything you say and do. At the very least, your daily routine will be interrupted.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You feel restless today. To counteract this, stay at home if you can. Home decorating projects or just relaxing at home will appeal.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A female friend might say or do something that surprises you today. Who knew? Or per-haps, you will meet someone who is a real character. You will be amazed by something.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A parent, boss, teacher or someone in a position of authority will do something that you least expect today. Don’t overreact. Don’t quit your day job.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Travel plans will be canceled, delayed or resched-uled today. Ditto for

plans with higher education, colleges and universities. Just try to go with the flow. (You have no choice.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Make friends with your bank account, because unusual things might happen to your finances as they relate to debt, shared property, taxes and inheritances. Make sure you know what’s happening.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Relations with partners and close friends will undergo a few speed bumps today. Patience is your only recourse.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Computer crashes, power outages, fire drills, canceled meetings and staff shortages are just some reasons your work day could be interrupted today. Allow extra time for wiggle room.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is an accident-prone day for your kids; there-fore, parents must be vigilant! Keep your eyes open, and know where they are at all times.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Small appliances might break down, or minor breakag-es could occur at home today. Slow down and take it easy. Be patient in discussions with relatives, especially parents.

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PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Keep an eye on your money today because you might find money or you might lose money. If shopping, keep your receipts and count your change. Guard your posses-sions against loss or theft.

YOU BORN TODAY You are observant about society

and the people around you. Sometimes you like to reveal their foibles. This is why you reflect on things and then share your observations with others through art, analysis and criticism or casual conver-sation. This year your success lies with your interaction with others. Reach out to them. Help people. When you do this, you will be helping yourself.

Birthdate of: Halle Berry, actress; Lamorne Morris, actor.

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Dear Heloise: I don’t like to cook (I am a widow), so I eat a lot of frozen entrees. Ev-ery entree I buy says to cook in a 1,100-WATT MICRO-WAVE. A few years ago, I bought a new microwave, so I asked for a 1,100-watt one. No one had one — they were all 1,000-watt.

Why do manufacturers in-sist on their products using 1,100-watt microwaves for cooking when all you can buy is 1,000-watt? Everything I cook in the microwave I add 30 seconds to, and it works just fine. Any hints? — Shirley S. in Michigan

There are many more 1,100-watt microwaves avail-able today in all price ranges, from low to high! It might be time to buy a new one, since the average life span is about 10 years, depending on use. If yours is still working fine, it’s OK to use. Food cooks faster the higher the wattage, and slower the lower the wattage. Adding a few extra seconds of cooking time (on a low-wattage model) makes up the difference. It’s better to “un-dercook” than “overcook,” as you can always “ZAP” it a few more seconds. — Heloise

SEND A GREAT HINT TO:

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com NO FROZENDear Heloise: Yes and no to

those who want to cook pies on a pizza stone (Heloise here: A previous hint from a reader stated that she bakes many different items on a pizza stone, including pies). Make sure the pie isn’t frozen, as my pizza stone cracked during baking. — Carol M. in Indiana

Yikes and double yikes! Thanks for the reminder! You can use your pizza stone to bake and cook many things, but be sure they are not fro-zen. — Heloise

HANDLING WATER-MELON

Dear Heloise: I frequently buy watermelons in the sum-mer. They are hard to handle, and quite often my clothes are soiled from contact.

My very simple hint: I put the watermelon in one of the plastic bags the market uses to bag my groceries. Not only is the watermelon easier to carry (of course I support the melon from the bottom), but I no longer worry that my clothes will be dirty. I even leave the bag on the melon until I am ready to remove it from my re-frigerator. Using a plastic bag makes handling watermelon so much easier and cleaner. — Bette Y., via email

EASY HINTDear Heloise: My family

loves fresh corn on the cob, but some don’t like eating it off the cob. I stick the cob on the inner ring of a fluted cake pan and cut off the kernels. — Dana T. in Nebraska

I do the same, just on my plate. Corn on the cob without a messy face! This is especially nice for someone with braces or dentures. — Heloise

PLACE-MAT STORAGEDear Heloise: I organize

place mats by using pants hangers, the ones with the clips. I hang and organize them by color. It’s so much easier than sifting through the endless place-mat pile! — Kel-ly in Little Rock, Ark.

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ENTERTAINMENTENTERTAINMENT

Public notice

NOTICE OF A FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND FINAL NOTICE OF NO POTENTIAL IMPACT/CONVERSION

OF IMPORTANT FARMLANDThe USDA Rural Utilities Service has received an application for financial assis-

tance from the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA). As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rural Utilities Service has prepared an Environmental Assessment that evaluated the potential environmental effects, con-sequences of the proposed project and the effects the proposal may have on historic properties

The proposed project includes the construction of a pump station adjacent to the SIRWA Office and a 250,000 gallon elevated storage tank in Spaulding Township, Union County. It also includes the installation of approximately 87 miles of combined 3”, 4”, 6”, 8”, 10” or 12” piping and water connections in various locations in rural Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union Counties. Sixteen monitoring meters within the distribution system will also be replaced. Alternative tower sites, piping locations and pump station sites have been considered.

The Environmental Assessment was published July 1, 2, & 3, 2014 for a 30 day comment period. No comments were received. Upon consideration of the applicant’s proposal, federal and state environmental regulatory and natural resources agencies, and public input, the agency has determined that the proposal will not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared.

In order to avoid or minimize any adverse environmental impacts, the Rural Utilities Service will require the applicant to incorporate the following mitigation measures into the proposed project’s design. The mitigation measures include:

Compliance with conditions contained in the IDNR Construction Permit to be completed.

Compliance with conditions contained in the IDNR Storm Water Discharge Permit to be completed.

Compliance with conditions contained in the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan to be completed.

Compliance with conditions contained in FAA Form 7460-2, Notice of Actual Construction or Alteration, to be completed within five (5) days after construction reaches its greatest height.

Compliance with conditions contained in Aeronautical Study No. 2014-ACE-1880-OE dated 5/12/2014.

No trees will be removed between the periods of April 1 through September 30 to protect the Indiana Bat and the Northern Long-Eared Bat and its habitat.

An IDNR Natural Resources review has been requested. All comments received from IDNR will be considered prior to the publication of the final environmental notice.

The project is currently in preliminary design. The exact locations of the proposal and the scope of the project have not been clearly defined. Engineering plans and draw-ings and specifications are in development. Due to the complexity of the proposal, Rural Development is phasing final identification and evaluation efforts in accordance with 36 CFR Section 800.4(b)(2) Phased Identification and Evaluation, and per the Programmatic Agreement with the State Historic Preservation Office.

Prairies and meadows will be searched for during the construction of the proposed project. If discovered, the project will avoid impact to the habitat for the prairie bush clover, mead’s milkweed, eastern prairie fringed orchid, and western prairie fringed orchid known to be located in the counties being served by the project

The proposal will comply with the requirements of Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management and US Army Corp of Engineers Nationwide Permit #12

The proposal will comply with the requirements of Executive Order 11990, Wetland Management and US Army Corp of Engineers Nationwide Permit #12.

The proposal will comply with the requirements of the Railroad Crossing Permit.Rural Development has assessed the environmental impacts of this proposal and

determined the one acre of farmland to be utilized for the construction of the new water tower is not classified as prime/important farmland.

IDNR provided its comments for the Natural Resources Review on July 3, 2014. Guidance was provided to avoid impact to the Indiana Bat and its habitat.

Copies of the Environmental Assessment can be reviewed or obtained at 511 W. 7th Street, Atlantic, Iowa 50022, (712) 243-2107. For further information, please contact Dee Fischer at (712) 243-2107.

A general location map of the proposal is shown below.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBY

CITY COUNCIL, CRESTON, IOWA,FOR THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that the City Council of CRESTON,Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the19th day of August, 2014, at 6:00 P.M. inthe Council Chambers of the City Hall/Re-stored Depot Complex, CRESTON, Iowa,to consider the sale of the following de-scribed real estate to MIKE & KARENEBLEN for $100.00, to-wit:

The East One Hundred Twenty-five(125) feet of the West One Hundred Fifty-five (155) feet of Lot Numbered Two (2)in the Original Plat of Creston, UnionCounty, Iowa, also known as 307 N. Divi-sion, Creston, Union County, Iowa.

The terms of the sale will be as follows:The proposed buyer, MIKE & KAREN

EBLEN, offers a price of $100.00 The City Council will first receive all

oral and written objections at the date andtime of the public hearing and will pro-ceed with a final determination and resolu-tion in regard to the sale of the above realestate.

This notice is given at the direction ofthe Mayor pursuant to Chapter 21, CodeOf Iowa, and local rules of said govern-mental body.

Lisa WilliamsonClerk, City of Creston



EN that the City Council of CRESTON,Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the19th day of August, 2014, at 6:00 P.M. inthe Council Chambers of the City Hall/Re-stored Depot Complex, CRESTON, Iowa,to consider the sale of the following de-scribed real estate to SELDIN COMPA-NY, 16910 FRANCES STREET, STE.200, OMAHA, NE 68130 for $10,000.00to-wit:

Lot Numbered One Hundred Seven(107), One Hundred Eight (108), OneHundred Nine (109), One Hundred Ten(110), One Hundred Eleven (111), theEast Forty-four (44) feet of Lot NumberedOne Hundred Twelve (112), and Lots OneHundred Eighteen (118), One HundredNineteen (119), One Hundred Twenty(120), One Hundred Twenty-one (121),One Hundred Twenty-two (122) and theEast Twenty (20) feet wide East-West al-ley lying South of and adjacent to Lots107 thru 111 and North of and adjacent toLots 118 thru 122, all in West Creston,Section "C", all in the City of Creston,Union County, Iowa, also known as 1001West Jefferson Street, Creston, UnionCounty, Iowa.

The terms of the sale will be as follows:The proposed buyer, SELDIN COM-

PANY, 6910 FRANCES STREET, STE.200, OMAHA, NE 68130, offers a price of$10,000.00. The proposal is subject tosuccessful awarding of a Community De-velopment Block Grant - Multi-FamilyRound 6 through the Iowa Economic De-velopment Authority and/or Low IncomeHousing Tax Credit Grant through theIowa Finance Authority.

The City Council will first receive alloral and written objections at the date andtime of the public hearing and will pro-ceed with a final determination and resolu-tion in regard to the sale of the above realestate.





EN that the City Council of CRESTON,Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the19th day of August, 2014, at 6:00 P.M. inthe Council Chambers of the City Hall/Re-stored Depot Complex, CRESTON, Iowa,to consider the sale of the following de-scribed real estate to SELDIN COMPA-NY, 16910 FRANCES STREET, STE.200, OMAHA, NE 68130 for $10,000.00to-wit:

Lot Numbered One Hundred Seven(107), One Hundred Eight (108), OneHundred Nine (109), One Hundred Ten(110), One Hundred Eleven (111), theEast Forty-four (44) feet of Lot NumberedOne Hundred Twelve (112), and Lots OneHundred Eighteen (118), One HundredNineteen (119), One Hundred Twenty(120), One Hundred Twenty-one (121),One Hundred Twenty-two (122) and theEast Twenty (20) feet wide East-West al-ley lying South of and adjacent to Lots107 thru 111 and North of and adjacent toLots 118 thru 122, all in West Creston,Section "C", all in the City of Creston,Union County, Iowa, also known as 1001West Jefferson Street, Creston, UnionCounty, Iowa.

The terms of the sale will be as follows:The proposed buyer, SELDIN COM-

PANY, 6910 FRANCES STREET, STE.200, OMAHA, NE 68130, offers a price of$10,000.00. The proposal is subject tosuccessful awarding of a Community De-velopment Block Grant - Multi-FamilyRound 6 through the Iowa Economic De-velopment Authority and/or Low IncomeHousing Tax Credit Grant through theIowa Finance Authority.

The City Council will first receive alloral and written objections at the date andtime of the public hearing and will pro-ceed with a final determination and resolu-tion in regard to the sale of the above realestate.





EN that the City Council of CRESTON,Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the19th day of August, 2014, at 6:00 P.M. inthe Council Chambers of the City Hall/Re-stored Depot Complex, CRESTON, Iowa,to consider the sale of the following de-scribed real estate to RON RAY for$100.00, to-wit:

The East One Hundred Twenty-five(125) feet of the West One Hundred Fifty-five (155) feet of Lot Numbered Three (3)and the West Half of Lot Numbered Four(4) in the Original Town of Creston,Union County, Iowa, also known as 309N. Division, Creston, Union County,Iowa.

The terms of the sale will be as follows:The proposed buyer, RON RAY, offers

a price of $100.00. The City Council will first receive all

oral and written objections at the date andtime of the public hearing and will pro-ceed with a final determination and resolu-tion in regard to the sale of the above realestate.



A&G Lounge209 W. Adams • Creston • 782-7871

Experienced - Outgoing

Bartenders & Servers for A&G Lounge

• Must be able to work late nights and weekends

• Must be 21

Apply in person

Creston SchoolsDrivers

for transporting students.Application forms available at

the Administration Office801 N. Elm St. or contact

Bob Beatty at 641-782-4720AA/EOE

Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, L.L.C. is a nationally recognized design-build construction firm specializing in the food processing industry. We are currently in need of experienced construction help to fill the following positions.

Laborers-$12.00 Carpenters--$17.00

Iron Workers--$17.00 Certified Welders--$17.00

Concrete Finishers-- $17.00 Certified Crane Operator-- $25.00

Great pay, benefits and possible long term employment opportunities are available. Apply today!

Please apply in person at the Gleeson jobsite trailer located to:

Mike Tabbert - Superintendent Hormel Foods Corp

1027 Jimmy Dean Ave Osceola, IA 50213

SOME PRIOR CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED

Must be able to pass pre-employment physical * Post Offer-Pre-Employment Drug Testing & E-Verify Required Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, L.L.C. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

www.gleesonllc.com

Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, L.L.C. is a nationally recognized design-build construction firm specializing in the food processing industry. We are currently in need of

experienced construction help to fill the following positions.

Laborers-$12.00 Carpenters--$17.00

Iron Workers--$17.00 Certified Welders--$17.00

Concrete Finishers-- $17.00 Certified Crane Operator-- $25.00

Great pay, benefits and possible long term employment opportunities are available. Apply today!

Please apply in person at the Gleeson jobsite trailer located to:Mike Tabbert - Superintendent

Hormel Foods Corp1027 Jimmy Dean Ave, Osceola, IA 50213

SOME PRIOR CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED

Must be able to pass pre-employment physical * Post Offer-Pre-Employment Drug Testing & E-Verify Required

Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, L.L.C. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer www.gleesonllc.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

BarbackFull Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Host/Cashier/BusserPart Time, Shift varies, Weekends, Holidays

Food Server Part Time, Shift Varies, Weekends, Holidays

CookFull Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Holidays

DishwasherFull Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Lead Kitchen Cook Full Time, Shift may vary, Weekends, Holidays2 Years Full Service Restaurant Kitchen Experience RequiredSupervisory/Team Leadership Experience Helpful

Slot Technician Full Time, Swing Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Maintenance Engineer Full Time, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Guest Room Attendant Full Time, Day Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Facilities Housekeeping Full Time, Grave Shift, Weekends, Holidays

General Ledger Clerk Accounting Degree or Equivalent Experience RequiredFull Time, Day Shift, Occasional Weekend Day, Holidays

Surveillance Operator Full Time, Grave Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Apply Online at www.AffinityGaming.comCall Pam in HR, (641) 223-8538, with any questions

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESBarback

Full Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Host/Cashier/BusserPart Time, Shift varies, Weekends, Holidays

Food ServerPart Time, Shift Varies, Weekends, Holidays

CookFull Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Holidays

DishwasherFull Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Lead Kitchen CookFull Time, Shift may vary, Weekends, Holidays2 Years Full Service Restaurant Kitchen Experience RequiredSupervisory/Team Leadership Experience Helpful

Slot TechnicianFull Time, Swing Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Maintenance EngineerFull Time, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Guest Room AttendantFull Time, Day Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Facilities HousekeepingFull Time, Grave Shift, Weekends, Holidays

General Ledger ClerkAccounting Degree or Equivalent Experience RequiredFull Time, Day Shift, Occasional Weekend Day, Holidays

Surveillance OperatorFull Time, Grave Shift, Weekends, Holidays

Apply Online at www.AffinityGaming.comCall Pam in HR, (641) 223-8538, with any questions

AUCTIONSUNDAY, AUGUST 17TH

12:30PMFire & Ice Storage Units

Corner of Clark & South Chestnut by Bill Sears Sports Complex

Furniture; 2 chests; 1 dresser; 1 armoire chest; office chair; bookcases; couch; oak table with 4 chairs; oak table with 4 chairs on rollers; recliner; end tables; Early American table with 6 chairs; sofa table; desk; queen bed; queen frame; lamps; lots of linens & towels; lots of real good dishes & glassware; other furniture items.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: This is 1 small estate out of Indianola and 1 small estate out of Marshalltown. This is all good, clean household & misc. No junk furniture. Come & see!

Harold Petersen 641-344-4604Creston, Iowa

Maintenance Technician

POET Biorefining — Coring, IA, an ethanol biorefinery, is currently looking for a Maintenance Technician.

The Maintenance Technicians are respon-sible for the safe & efficient repair, maintenance and cleaning of all equipment associated with plant processes. Additional duties include: Perform preventative & proactive

maintenance tasks Learn methods & procedures for boiler

& cooling tower maintenance and water chemistry

Qualified candidates must have at least a High School Diploma or equivalent. Experience with fabrication, welding, cut-ting, & maintenance practices helpful. Must be able to work nights.

We offer highly competitive compensation, Comprehensive benefits & tremendous opportunity for growth.

Apply online at www.poet.com/careers

CLASSIFIEDS

DEADLINE:

Mon.-Fri.NOON

(12 p.m.)

Amber Hayes,classified manager

641-782-2141,ext. 6441

[email protected]

Auction CalendarComplete sale information is published in the

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

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

Sun. Aug. 17- 12:30PM Creston, IA. Furniture, No Junk at Fire & Ice Storage Unit. Auctioneer: Harold Petersen.Sun. Aug. 24- 11:00AM Creston, IA. Mobile Home, Furniture, Household Items, Tools & Misc. for Richard & Mildred Franklin. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.Sat. Aug. 30- 11:00AM Lenox, IA. Tools, Tiller, Modern Furniture and Household Goods, Collectibles for Richard and Kathryn Wilson. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Steve Bergren.Mon. Sept. 1- 10:00AM Rural Grant, IA. High Quality Clean & Green JD Farm Equip., Shop & Hand Tools, Household and Collectibles for Jim & Susie Peterman. Auctioneers: Steve Bergren, Darwin West, Tom Frey.Sat. Sept. 6- 11:00AM Rural Creston, IA. TRS, Combine, Farm Equip, Featherlite Stock Trailer, 4-Wheeler, Skid Loader, Farm Misc for Dale & Linda McGinnis. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.Sun. Sept. 7- 10:00AM Lorimor, IA. Tools, Trailers, Lawn Tractor, Household, Collectibles, Showcases for Jimmy & Kelley Sims. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

PLACE TO RENT, Cre-ston location, 2-3 bed-rooms, great references,515-343-7512.

2 BEDROOM HOUSE inCreston, attachedgarage, $500/month,deposit and referencesrequired, 641-745-0805.

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

Card of Thanks

Lost & Found

BusinessServices

EmploymentFor Rent For Rent

Wanted

The family of DarleneWhite would like tothank everyone for theiracts of kindness shownduring her illness anddeath. AppreciatedJane Brown and NursesOn Care. Special thanksto Care initiatives ofGreenfield.

Help Wanted– Wait Staff –Apply in person

Creston Family Restaurant

Hwy. 34 • Creston

HEALTHCARE JOBS:Now hiring: RN s,LPN s/LVN s, CNA s,Med Aides. $2,000Bonus Free Gas. CallAACO @ 1-800-656-4414 Ext.30

MAKE MORE MONEY!Manufacturing offersmore than you think.View job postings, train-ing information and acareer guide at www.el-evateiowa.com. FOUND: Male Beagle

mix found a mile or sooutside of Afton a fewdays ago. He's a friendlylittle guy, but nocollar/tags to help us re-unite him with his own-ers. If this is your dogor if you know who hemay belong to, pleasecontact Janel at DogGone Rescue via FB [email protected], thanks so much!

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.

EFFICIENCY APART-MENT in Afton,$375/mo. 641-344-5478.

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

1 BEDROOM APART-MENT; 2 bedroomapartment; efficiencyapartment; no pets, nosmoking, 641-782-2310.

Home & FarmImprovement- - - - - - - -PAINTING

commercial & residentialCertified Lead Safety

Renovator

BARN REPAIRall types

SIDING ANDWINDOWSGarage Doors

CARPENTRY20+ yrs local service

Dave Schaefer641-348-2260

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1 & 2 BEDROOM APTSIN CRESTON. Rentbased on income, On-site laundry, No pets877-959-2534. This in-stitution is an equal op-portunity provider andemployer. Equal Hous-ing Opportunity. Handi-cap accessiblewww.tlpropertiesiowa.com

NICE ONE BEDROOMapartment, no pets orsmoking, excellent ref-erences required,641-782-5654;641-344-6381.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMCleo Hawthorne and Lorene Means were the Prairie View Assisted Living king and queen during their fair week activities. Residents enjoyed a variety of fair activi-ties including animal calling contests, carnival and corn shucking competition. They also enjoyed a unique food on a stick during lunch.


Dial-A-Service

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

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

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

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

FlooringFLOORING INSTALLATION. “You Buy it - We Install It” Ceramic, Hardwoods, Laminates, Vinyl, Carpet, Repairs. STEVE’S FLOOR SERVICE, Steve Johnson, 641-278-6793. Measuring service available.

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

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

HOME SERVICES DIRECTORYFind the right people for the job,

right here.

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

FOR SALE

Make OfferCall 641-278-8194

HELP WANTED

1000 E. Howard Creston

782-5012EOE • Drug Free

CNA’s Full time and part

time available2-10pm Shift

Benefits Include: Health Insurance,

401K & Paid time off.

• 2 - Study Carrels• Wood Desk• 2 - Art shelves with drawers• Closet door with frame• Tack board• 5 - Cabinets (Grey & Black)• 13 - Students Desks

• Basketball Shooter• Entertainment Center• Various Picture Frames• 2 - Tables• 3 - Bean Bag Chairs• File Cabinets•Chairs

and other small items too numerous to list.

East Union Community School will be holding a

“Silent Auction”Saturday, August 16, 2014

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. All interested parties are invited to come and view/bid on items.

ALL items purchased must be picked up by 1:00 p.m. on August 16, 2014.

A few of the items at bid are:

Teacher Aides Needed

St. Malachy Schoolis accepting applications for

part-time preschool and elementary teacher aide positions.

Experience working with young children preferred.

Individuals wishing to apply can pick up an application at the school office at

403 W. Clark Street, Creston, IA 50801.

For more information contact John Walsh at 641-782-7125.

Join us at Westar Foods, Inc.!807 W. Taylor

Creston, IA 50801

Now Hiring Shift Leaders!

We offer excellent pay and benefits, flexible schedule, a n d p r o m o t i o n a l opportunities. Pay up to $12 per hour BOE!

Ideal candidates will be team players who possess the desire to succeed through hard work with at least 6 months of previous restaurant management experience.

Apply online at:www.westarfoods.com/careers/

EOE

Join us at Westar Foods, Inc.!

807 W. TaylorCreston, IA 50801

Now Hiring Shift Leaders!

We offer excellent pay and benefits, flexible schedule, and promotional opportunities. Pay up to $12 per hour BOE!

Ideal candidates will be team players who possess the desire to succeed through hard work with at least 6 months of previous restaurant management experience.

Apply online at:www.westarfoods.com/careers/

EOE

Part-timeCNA

Contact: Jacqi Reed“Our Care Brightens Lives”

Afton Care Center 508 W. Pearl • Afton

641-347-8416 EOE

Retail Loan Processing AssociateFirst National Bank is seeking a Retail Loan

Processing Associate to work full time at our Consumer Bank in Creston. Candidate must be team oriented, be able to multi task and have strong customer service skills. Loan processing or prior bank experience is preferred. Competitive salary, 401K plan and insurance benefits offered. Closing date for all applications, August 22, 2014. No walk in applications, apply online at www.fnbcreston.com. EOE

Lenox Municipal Utilities is accepting applications for a full-time

opening in our office. Individual must have a background in

accounting, excellent computer skills, and the ability to multi-task and meet the public. Pay is commensurate with experience.

Applications are available at the Lenox Municipal Utilities office

(641-333-2550), or resumes may be mailed to Lenox Municipal Utilities,

205 South Main, Lenox, Iowa 50851. Position will be open until filled.

LMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Looking for great people for Closing Shifts

Now Hiring:• Closing Shifts

Starting at $8.50 per hour

We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal

plan and much more!

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

to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

McDonald’s Creston 608 Wyoming Avenue

Creston, IA 50801

Apply online at: www.mcstate.com/6077

602 West Taylor St.— Creston —

641-782-6688

806 Laurel St. (Walmart)— Creston —

641-782-5710

NOW HIRING Apply online at

mysubwaycareer.com

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

Ferrara Candy Co. has immediate openings for experienced maintenance mechanics to join our 2nd and 3rd shift teams. Minimum of a two year degree and/or 2-4 years maintenance mechanic experience required. Mechanical troubleshooting and problem solving skills required including ability to read schematics and use test equipment. Must have pneumatic/hydraulic knowledge plus strong electrical experience. Prior computer experience required. Welding experience preferred. PLC experience a plus. Must be willing and able to work OT as required. Excellent wage and benefit package.

Send resume or apply in person to: Ferrara Candy Company

Attention: Human Resources500 Industrial Parkway, Creston, Iowa 50801

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

Looking for great people for all shiftsNow Hiring:

• Crew PeopleStarting at

$7.50 per hourWe offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal

plan and much more!




Creston, IA 50801


Looking for great people for Shift Managers

Now Hiring:• Shift ManagersStarting at $9.50 & above per hour

We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal

plan and much more!




Creston, IA 50801


HELP WANTEDMichael Foods, Inc. in Lenox, Iowa, has

immediate opportunities for employment on 1st, 2nd and 3rd shifts.

Michael Foods is a diversified food processor and distributor with businesses in egg products, refrigerated grocery products and refrigerated potato products.

Previous experience in food manufacturing is not required. We will train people with a solid work history!

For further information contact Human Resources at (641) 333-4700 or come to the plant to apply Monday through

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.EOE/AAP

YARD SALE1017 N. Spruce

Friday, August 158 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday, August 168 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Furniture, kitchen items,clothes – all sizes, stor-age containers, Hal-loween costumes,Christmas decorations,CDs, DVDs and cassettetapes, paper shredder,portable boom box,Paula Dean red handleknife set and lots ofmisc.

Garage SaleNorthwest

FarmMiscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

For Sale

Real Estate

$50 or Less $50 or Less

Autos

INVESTING? PROMISESOF big profits oftenmean big risk! Beforeyou send money callIowa Securities Bureau1-800-351-4665 or theFederal Trade Commis-sion at 877-FTC-HELPfor free information. Orvisit their Web site atwww.ftc.gov/bizop.

TO OURREADERS

Creston PublishingCompany does notknowingly accept ad-vertising which is inviolation of the law.We do not knowinglyaccept advertisingthat is fraudulent orhas malicious intent.

While we attemptto screen advertisingwith potential offraud, it is impossibleto screen all potentialproblems.

We strongly en-courage readers toexercise caution andcommon sense, par-ticularly when dealingwith unfamiliar com-panies.

EAR CORN STORAGETUNNELS, recognizingyou may never haveseen one, here's yourchance, $50.00 for all,641-782-4327.

2013 FORD FOCUS, 4Door Sedan SE, 36,236highway miles, asking$13,500. Call 641-347-8303.

BABY HIGH CHAIR,$5.00; 3 plus sizesweaters with cartooncharacters on them,$5.00 each, 3 largewomens coats, $5.00each, 641-202-7047.

MOVINGSALE

1700 W. Prairie St.Saturday, August 16

8 a.m. - 1 p.m.Leather Lazy Boy reclin-er; sofa hide a bed; 10piece patio set; end ta-bles and coffee table;upholstered chair; ta-bles; portable air condi-tioner; futon; clothes;and many householditems.

EXOTIC WOOD STOR-AGE CHEST withwrought iron stand un-derneath. Wood box 2ft. long 13 inches wide 9inches deep, has hingedlid. Stand is 21 inchestall. Excellent condition.$50.00. 641-344-5369.

HOUSE FOR SALE: 3 –2 bedroom apartmentsor 6 bedrooms and 3bathrooms with maidhouse in the back,$50,000 or sale on con-tract. Make offer. 641-202-1560.

60 FT. METAL TRIPOD,3 – 20 ft. sections, T.V.Tower, call 641-347-5532.

100+ OLD RECORDS inoriginal sleeves, $50.00for all; record player$50.00; 641-337-5624.

1ST AND 2ND CUTTINGALFALFA HAY. 128 biground bales. $120 a ton.Arispe. 641-278-0735.

GENESIS 29 INCH DIRTBIKE, like new, head-light, taillight, $50.00,641-782-6759.

HOUSE FOR SALE. 301Rosary Ln, Corning. 3BR, 3 bath on 3.5 acreson southwest edge ofCorning. Open houseSunday, August 17, 1-3pm. 515-291-5892

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Farm leasing meeting scheduled for Aug. 29

GREENFIELD — The corn price used for the Au-gust 2013 leasing meetings was $4.75 per bushel. At that time, December 2014 corn futures were $5.15. On Aug. 4, the corn futures price for December 2014 is $3.68, and the harvest delivery price at a nearby elevator is $3.19 The pie has shrunk.

The farm leasing arrange-ments meeting in Greenfield will focus on strategies for landowners and tenants to manage their resources with declining crop prices. Adair County Extension will be sponsoring the meeting 1:30 to 4 p.m. Aug. 29 at the War-ren Cultural Center Audito-rium on the square in Green-field.

Estimating a cash rental rate is a constant of the farm leasing arrangements meet-ing. This year’s decreased profitability will require landlords and tenants to look closely at 2015 production cost estimates.

Nineteen percent of cash leases in Iowa are flexible in which the rent is not de-termined until after the crop is harvested. Flexible leases work during times of high prices and low prices. The formulas underlying flexible

leases may need to be re-viewed.

The farm safety net has changed with the new farm bill. Landowners have re-ceived, or will receive, noti-fication about updating base acres and yields.

“The last opportunity to update base acres and yields was with the 2002 farm bill,” said Tim Eggers, ISU Ex-tension field ag economist. “The time before that was 1981. Opportunities to up-date base acres and yields have been rare, and this op-portunity needs to be taken seriously.”

The farm leasing arrange-ments meeting will give landowners, tenants, and agri-business professionals information and materials they need to make decisions regarding farmland owner-ship, management, and leas-ing practices.

The farm leasing arrange-ments meeting costs $15 per person, which includes the 100-page farm leasing ar-rangements booklet and a copy of the presentation. Pre-registration is required by Aug. 27. To pre-register, call Adair County Extension at 641-743-8412.

Wallace Foundation, ISU to Host Neely-Kinyon Field Day Aug. 26

GREENFIELD — The public is invited to attend the Neely-Kinyon Research Farm Field Day 4 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Neely-Kinyon Re-search Farm near Green-field.

Research results on the following projects will be presented by Iowa State University personnel:

• Long term organic crop rotation study (LTAR) – Dr. Kathleen Delate, organic ag-riculture

• Corn Breeding Research – Gerald De La Fuente, agronomy

• Sorghum Biomass Trial – presenter to be announced

• Organic Vegetable Pro-duction, Till & No Till – Dr. Cindy Cambardella, soil sci-ence

A light meal will be served at approximately 6:30 p.m. after the presentations.

The Neely-Kinyon Re-search Farm is located 2 miles south of Greenfield on Highway 25, half a mile east on 260th Street, and half a mile north on Norfolk Av-enue.

The field day is open to the public at no cost.

International Trade Administration visits Vanmark Equipment On June 27, key repre-

sentatives of the Interna-tional Trade Administration (ITA) of the United States, Canada and Mexico came to visit Vanmark Equipment in Creston, along with some re-gional government officials representing global trade in the Midwest.

The ITA was in Des Moines for a North Amer-ica Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) meeting which touched on topics such as: Mexico’s Maquiladora (manufacturing operations that take imported raw ma-terials and produce goods for export), Mexico and Canada market opportunities, and Mexico and Canada border issues. They were enroute from the NAFTA meeting in Des Moines to another function in Omaha, Neb., and elected to visit Creston for lunch at Adams Street Espresso followed by an extended visit at Vanmark to gain insight about what unique challenges and po-tential solutions had been found in the pursuit of in-ternational trade by a small

mid-American manufactur-er.

During a plant tour, they noted that, among other equipment, machines sold to companies in Mexico and Guatemala were under con-struction on the build floor. They were able to see how productive and efficient a ru-ral company can be, as well as hear the everyday chal-lenges and triumphs Van-mark encounters.

In 2013, Vanmark Equip-ment was awarded the Glob-al Iowa Excellence in Ex-porting Award. This award was in recognition of Van-mark’s reach and success in the global marketplace. It was also in appreciation of promoting Iowa and its products around the world and continually enhancing economic development in the state of Iowa.

ITA provides practical information to help Ameri-cans select markets and products, as well as ensures that Americans have access to international markets as required by the U.S. trade agreements. NAFTA is an

agreement that was signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States with the goal to eliminate barriers to trade and investment between the three countries.

Those in attendance were: Walter Bastian, deputy as-sistant secretary for the Western Hemisphere, ITA, Dept. of Commerce, Wash-ington, D.C.; Steve Connor, sales, Vanmark Equipment; Ms. Patricia Brown-Dixon, regional administrator, U.S. Small Business Administra-tion, Kansas City, Mo.; Sara Hagigh, deputy director, Of-fice of North America, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; Minister Gilles Gauth-

ier, minister of Economic Affairs, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.; Minister Ken Smith Ramos, director, NAFTA Office, Secretary of Economy, Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C.; Joseph Folsom, SBA district director, Des Moines; Patri-cia Cook, director, US Com-mercial Service, ITA, Dept. if Commerce, Iowa; Dean Cotton, deputy regional ad-ministrator, U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration, Kansas City, Mo.; Scott Giesbrecht, Canadian trade commission-er, The Consulate General of Canada, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Bobbie McFee, control-ler, Vanmark Equipment.

Contributed photoMembers of International Trade Commission visit Vanmark Equipment in Creston. Pictured, from left, are Walter Bastian, Steve Connor, Patricia Brown-Dixon, Sara Hagigh, Minister Gilles Gauthier, Minister Ken Smith Ramos, Joseph Folsom, Patricia Cook, Dean Cotton, Scott Giesbrecht and Bobbie McFee.

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Reivers rankedCOUNCIL BLUFFS

— The Iowa Western football team will open the season ranked sec-ond in the country.

The NJCAA pre-season top 20 poll was released on Tuesday and East Mississippi is the lone team ranked ahead of the Reivers. Copiah-Lincoln, Trinity Valley and Georgia Military round out the top five.

The Reivers will host three preseason top 20 teams this season. The Iowa Community Col-lege Athletic Confer-ence’s scheduling agree-ment with the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Athletic Con-ference brings three ranked Kansas schools to Council Bluffs this season. Sixth-ranked Butler, 11th-ranked Hutchinson and 17th-ranked Dodge City are all on Iowa Western’s schedule.

Iowa Central is receiv-ing votes.

Creston native and former Northwest Mis-souri State player Dane Wardenburg is the of-fensive line coach for Iowa Western.New Royal

KANSAS CITY — In attempt to bolster their lineup, the Kansas City Royals have acquired outfielder Josh Williing-ham from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league pitcher Ja-son Adam.

Willingham was hit-ting just .210 this season for the Twins, but the Royals were looking to add power to their line-up and were intrigued by the 35-year-old. Just two years ago he hit 35 home runs and drove in 110 runs for Minnesota.Streak snapped

KANSAS CITY — Josh Donaldson hom-ered twice and the Oak-land Athletics defeated the surging Kansas City Royals, 11-3, in the sec-ond of four games at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday.

Donaldson finished 3-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored and Brandon Moss sup-plied four hits and drove in two runs for Oakland, which halted a two- game skid.

Jon Lester (13-7) won his seventh straight deci-sion after allowing just three runs on six hits with nine strikeouts in six innings of work.

Nori Aoki, Salvador Perez and Alcides Es-cobar each drove in a run for the Royals, who had their eight-game winning streak come to an end. The team main-tained its half-game lead in the AL Central, how-ever, since the Pirates defeated the Tigers, 4-2.

Starter Jeremy Guth-rie (8-10) gave up 11 hits and six runs — four earned — over 4 2/3 frames in defeat.

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WednesdayAugust 13, 2014

Sobotka’s rare size-speed combination lifts Raiders to record heights

State champ track star recruited for Iowa football By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

MOUNT AYR — The late Dennis Tassell, Diago-nal’s longtime basketball coach, once paid Darwin Sobotka of Clearfield a compliment.

He told him he was the best player he ever had with no speed and no talent.

Fast forward to 2014 and Jacob Sobotka, son of Darwin and Michele So-botka, just concluded one of the most decorated ath-letic careers in the history of Mount Ayr Community High School.

“Jacob must have had a recessive gene!” said Mount Ayr track coach Brad El-liott, when told of the Tas-sell description of Jacob’s father.

At 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds, Jacob Sobotka can run the 400 meters in 49.7, the 200 meters in 22.7 and the 800 meters in 2:05. As a sophomore, before twice suffering severe ankle inju-ries, he could dunk a bas-ketball. Even last winter, he finished in the top five of his state classification in blocked shots.School records

As a football player head-ed to the University of Iowa as an invited walk-on, So-botka owns school records in single-season passing (1,668 yards), career rushing yards (3,649), career passing

(282-of-543 for 3,893 yards and 42 touchdowns) and ca-reer scoring (330 points).

Last fall, he ran for a team-high 819 yards and passed for 1,175 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was named second-team all-state linebacker in Class 1A as a two-time all-state selec-tion.

He ran on two state cham-pionship relays (distance medley and 4x400) in help-ing Mount Ayr to its first

boys state track champion-ship with a Class 1A all-time best 77 points last spring.

For all of those acco-lades and more, Sobotka today is named the 2014 South Central Iowa Male Athlete of the Year by the Creston News Advertiser and Osceola Sentinel-Tri-bune.

Like last year’s winner, Austin Halls of Murray, Sobotka combines a ver-satile set of athletic skills

mixed with effective lead-ership ability. Coaches in his three high school sports all praised him for setting a standard of hard work and high character on all of his teams.

Likewise for classmate Erik Freed, another finalist for the award and a four-sport stand-out headed to Southwestern Community College to run

Bemis spurs Clarke’s return to glory By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

OSCEOLA — Clarke senior Libby Bemis helped return the Lady Indian soft-ball team to glory over the past couple of years, culmi-nating in a Class 3A state championship in July — the second in school history.

In the process, she pitched just the 13th perfect game in state tournament history, etching her name in the re-cord books.

And to top it all off, she was named the captain of the Class 3A All-Tourna-ment Team at the state tour-nament.

Those accomplishments, combined with her record-breaking success on the bas-ketball and tennis courts, earned Bemis the title of 2014 South Central Iowa Female Athlete of the Year, as presented by the Creston News Advertiser and the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune.

“It’s a great feeling to be recognized not only for the sports people think about, but all of them,” Bemis said. “And to just be recognized around, not just in Osceola, but in other places, as well.”Pitchingdominance

It was on the softball field where Bemis made the big-gest name for herself, and also where she will continue her athletic career at the col-legiate level.

The 2013 Class 3A Pitcher of the Year followed that campaign with an even bet-ter season in 2014.

“She’s just a competitor,” Clarke head softball coach Lindsay Diehl said. “She’s very intelligent. She has a high IQ as an athlete. You

can have a kid that’s ath-letic, but might not have a strategy. She is extremely intelligent. I think that’s what separates her from the crowd is her IQ as an ath-lete.”

It’s that competitive spirit

and intelligence that will translate well to the colle-giate level, where Bemis will pitch for Division II Minne-sota State University.

Diehl, a former college coach herself, said Bemis’ work ethic will also carry her a long way at the colle-giate level.

“I think with her work ethic that she has and her desire, she’ll be a top per-former as an athlete,” Diehl said. “She’s proven that in everything she’s been a part of. I’m really excited for her to go to that level.”Early start

Bemis began pitching as an 8-year-old thanks to her grandfather and hasn’t stopped since.

“We went and watched

some of the T-ball games and when girls could actu-ally pitch,” Bemis said. “He knew with my ability and my big hands, he always says, that I would always be a ballplayer. He called Kelly (Schade) Fry and I was her very first student when I was 8. That’s how it all started.”

Fry, who won a state championship as Clarke’s pitcher in 1995, began giv-ing Bemis pitching lessons. Ten years later, those initial pitching lessons paid off as Bemis completed the circle and won a state champion-ship of her own.

Bemis said taking lessons from Fry was not only an

Mount AyrFootball

• Completed 95-of-178 passes (53.4 percent) for 1,175 yards and 12 touch-downs compared to eight inerceptions. Had a long touchdown pass of 90 yards.

• Led the team with 819 rushing yards on 147 attempts for a 5.6 yard per carry average. Rushed for 11 touchdowns, including a long of 54 yards.

• Recorded 34 total tack-les, including five solo tack-les for loss and one solo sack. Also intercepted one pass.

• Helped lead Mount Ayr to an 8-3 record and a spot in the second round of the playoffs.

• Named first-team all-dis-trict offensive utility player, marking the third-straight year he made first-team all-district.

• Named second-team all-state linebacker in Class 1A by the Iowa Newspaper Association, marking the second straight year he made the all-state team. He was named to the INA’s first team in 2012 as a util-ity player and to the Des Moines Register’s second team in 2012 as a quarter-back.

• Named to the Academic All-State team.

• Named to the KAAN Radio All-Star team.

• Selected to play in the 2014 Iowa Shrine Bowl.

• Owns the Mount Ayr school records for single season passing (1,668 yards), career rushing yards (3,649 yards), career passing (282-of-543 for 3,893 yards and 42 touchdowns) and career scoring (330 points).

Basketball• Finished second on

the team with 7.3 points per game on 44.9 percent

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ClarkeBasketball

• Led her team in scor-ing with 16.0 points per game on 40.6 percent shoot-ing, 32.3 percent shooting from 3-point and 69.9 per-cent shooting from the free throw line.

• Led her team in rebound-ing at 8.2 boards per game, recording a total of 171 rebounds.

• Finished second on the team with 48 assists and 29 steals.

• Named first-team all-conference in the South Central Conference, after being second team last year.

• Selected to the IGCA all-star game, becoming just the second girl in school history to be selected for that game.

• Broke the school single season rebounding record with 8.2 rebounds per game.

• Was a part of a Clarke team that won three straight South Central Conference championships.

Tennis• Went 25-3 in singles and

9-0 in doubles for her senior season.

• Broke the school’s all-time career wins record. Finished her career with a record of 114-16, inlcud-ing a 50-5 record in singles matches and a 64-11 record in doubles matches.

• Qualified for the 2013 State Tennis Meet in dou-bles competition.

• Won two South Central Conference championships, winning the singles title as a senior and doubles title as a junior, as well as winning four straight conference team titles.

Softball• Ranked second on her

team with a batting aver-age of .396. Had an on-base percentage of .463 and a slugging percentage of .719.

• Led her team with six home runs and 24 RBI.

• Hit 12 doubles and one triple.

• Had a 24-3 record in the pitching circle, tossing just the 13th perfect game in state tournament history.

• She has pitched 172 innings with an earned run average of 1.15, walking

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CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONPictured is Mount Ayr senior Jacob Sobotka, recipient of the 2014 South Central Iowa Male Athlete of the Year, after being presented the award by Creston News Advertiser and Osceola Sentinel-Tribune sports editor Scott Vicker.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMPictured is Clarke senior Libby Bemis, recipient of the 2014 South Central Iowa Male Athlete of the Year, after being presented the award by Creston News Advertiser and Osceola Sentinel-Tribune sports editor Scott Vicker.

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important part of her suc-cess, but also provided her with a role model.

“She has all the records at our high school. No one can beat those!” Bemis said. “It was great going in k n o w -ing that she won the state c h a m p i -onship in 1995 and her know-ing that was one of my goals. She helped me get better in ev-erything. With me being her first student, we had a con-nection.”

Now, it’s Bemis who young girls in Osceola will be looking up to.

“I just went on vacation with my family and my niece stayed over at the place I was at,” Diehl said. “We were laying in bed talking about her playing softball. After the past couple of seasons, she wants to play softball now. We were talk-ing about what number she wants to be and she said 8, because she wants to be the next Libby Bemis. I don’t think Kelly Fry is going to have any trouble filling her schedule with pitching les-sons.”

It’s a role Bemis, who one day hopes to be a first grade teacher, embraces.

“I had a couple of girls come up to me at the state tournament and they told me they wanted to be just like me,” she said. “I just mentor a lot of little girls. I know they look up to all of us and I want them to know what you have to do to get up to our level.”

Record breakerThought she did not

break Fry’s pitching records at Clarke, Bemis did break records in her other sports.

Bemis put up all-state cal-iber numbers in basketball as a senior, averaging 16.0 points per game and pulling down a school-record 8.2 re-bounds per game.

“Not bad coming from our point guard,” Clarke head basketball coach Eric Zoske said. “Libby was our point guard, she was our for-ward and sometimes she was our center. She was a female Royce White. She kind of did everything for us. I was joking with her that the only thing she’ll be remembered for at Clarke was breaking the school’s rebounding re-cord.”

Zoske points to Bemis’ mental strength as the rea-son for her success in all of her sports.

“She helped me stay calm, because she was never afraid of any mo-ment,” he said. “She was never afraid to take the last shot. Every play I drew up was for ei-ther Libby to shoot it or for her to dis-tribute the ball. Definitely her mental strength was a big positive for her.”

Zoske also praised her work ethic, noting the im-provements she made in her game from the time she was a middle school athlete to

her senior year.“She’s a great story, be-

cause when she was younger, she had told me she was an average player, an average athlete,” Zoske said. “She grew up and blossomed into a girl that has to be one of the two best athletes in our entire conference. She’s a great story for younger girls that maybe athletics, right now maybe you love the sports but you’re behind tal-ent wise, but just stick with it. What Libby did was kind of amazing.”

On the tennis court, Be-mis broke Clarke’s school record for career wins, best-ing the mark of her former doubles partner Kylar Mc-Cann.

Bemis said she enjoyed playing tennis, a sport in which she said most people write off as an “easy” sport.

“Most people don’t ex-pect tennis to be a big thing,” she said. “It’s cool playing a sport that people think isn’t a big deal and then people find out you play tennis and they’re like tennis isn’t that easy.”

Bemis was a part of four straight South Central Con-ference championship teams in tennis, one of which post-ed a perfect score at the con-ference tournament.

Combining conference team championships across her three sports, Bemis won a total of 10 South Central Conference team champi-onships — four in tennis and three each in basketball and softball.

“It’s weird, because bas-ketball it’s never happened

in school history, a three-peat,” she said. “And then we never had a conference championship in softball and it was a three-peat. People remember that stuff, and hopefully they remember the teams that did it and the girls that helped take them to the three-peat in both of them. It’s unbelievable it’s going to go down in school his-tory.

“Tennis, you can win a conference championship by yourself, but as a team, you have to all win and put points together,” she continued. “Us working our way and having four is great. Being a part of that is great.”Well-rounded

Bemis, the daughter of David and Tracy Bemis, excelled in more than just athletics during her time at Clarke.

She also finished her high school career with a GPA of better than 4.0. Bemis also participated in band and in color guard, as well as being involved in National Honor Society and volunteering her time to different organi-zations. She also worked at a daycare in Osceola.

“She was active in a lot of things,” Diehl said. “Be-ing able to find the time to be in band, she did flags, be-ing a part of some other or-

ganizations — she wanted to be a part of those. No-body was forcing her to be a part of those. When you want something bad enough, it doesn’t seem like work. I think that’s kind of the approach she had. There wasn’t going to be anything to get in her way to be active in all sorts of things.”

Zoske said being a well-rounded individual is part of what made Bemis a joy to work with.

“I loved having girls like her on my basketball team, because they’re such good kids and they’re also out-standing students,” Zo-ske said. “She’s top five academically in her class. She’s such an easy kid to coach. She also gets really good grades. She was a joy to have. Wish I had her for more years, but definitely going to cherish those two years I had with Libby Be-mis.”

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just 33 batters compared to 218 strikeouts.

• Her 218 strikeouts rank fifth in Class 3A, while her 1.15 ERA is second in Class 3A.

• Helped lead the Lady Indians to three straight South Central Conference championships, going 29-1 within the conference during that span.

• Won the 2013 Class 3A Pitcher of the Year Award after leading Clarke to a runner-up fin-ish in Class 3A. Was also named first-team all-state and to the all-tournament team.

• Led Clarke to the 2014 Class 3A state championship, being named captain of the all-tourna-ment team.

• Named first-team all-state in Class 3A for the second straight season.

• Selected to play in the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Senior All-Star Games.

• Signed to play softball at Minnesota State.

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“She was a joy to have. Wish I had her for more years, but definitely going to cherish those two years I had with Libby Bemis.”

— Eric ZoskeClarke girls basketball

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track.“It’s great to be recog-

nized for all-around athlet-ic achievement,” Sobotka said. “To get something for combining everything and playing in multiple sports, it’s really an honor.”

“I’m very proud of what Jacob has accomplished, and this is a fitting cap to his high school athletic ca-reer,” said Delwyn Show-alter, Mount Ayr athletic director and co-coach of the football team.

There is more to Jacob Sobotka than the ath-lete the opposition has to game-plan to stop on the playing field.Honor student

He finished with a 3.94 grade point average, rank-ing in the top four of his senior class. He was ac-tive with lead roles in the school’s dramatic produc-tions — conducted during the busy football and track seasons at Mount Ayr.

And, he was a mem-ber of the schools’ phil-anthropic organization, HELP (Helping Enrich Lives of People). Work-ing through the Dekko Foundation, the students help decide disbursement of grant funds to organiza-tions that enrich the com-munity, as well as perform community service proj-ects.

“He’s really one of those full package kids,” said M o u n t Ayr state champion-ship track c o a c h Brad El-liott. “The things he values are what it takes to be successful.”

“The greatest things about Jacob are his humil-

ity and his work ethic,” said Derek Lambert, foot-ball co-coach and a part-ner with Elliott in adminis-trating the summer lifting and athletic conditioning program. Sobotka began regularly attending those strength, speed and agility sessions the summer after his sixth-grade year.

“He always knew there was an opportunity to get better,” Lambert said. “And, he a l w a y s t r e a t e d other ath-letes and c o a c h e s the right w a y . When you mix him with some of the other kids coming through at the same time, like Erik, we knew we had something special going on.”

Although he stopped playing baseball after middle school because of conflicts with numerous football camps, coaches in three other seasons gained the benefit of this athlete with rare skills and leader-ship ability.

“I never really thought about specializing,” So-botka said. “Our football coaches really encouraged you to go out for more than one sport. Something to stay competing.”

As it turned out, that versatility is something that caught the attention

of Hawkeye football re-cruiters.

“Playing so many sports, they told me that once I focus on one sport year-round, my improvement will be so much greater than kids who maybe just played football, or just did football and some track,” Sobotka said. “They said I fit the mold of the kids who come in as hard workers, and are athletic enough to make it.”Shrine standout

Even though he had played in seven football playoff games in a four-year high school career, and ran on two state cham-pionship relays, Sobotka still harbored a doubt or two in the back of his mind about translating his Class 1A Iowa success to a Big Ten, Division I football program.

That is, until July 27.Playing defensive end

and on three of the four special teams, Sobotka was one of the leaders of the South’s 23-7 victory in the Iowa Shrine Bowl in the UNI-Dome. He fin-ished with a quarterback sack, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery as he teamed with two other South Central Iowa award finalists — Trevor Frain and Keegan Longabaugh, as well as Murray standout Andrew Rider. (The other finalist was T.J. Bower of Nodaway Valley).

“He was going up against the best kids in the state,” Showalter said, “and not only holding his own, but I thought he really shined in that environment. When he is able to focus on one thing, working with Chris Doyle in the weight room, and absorbing their coach-ing, the sky’s the limit for Jake.”

“That was a confidence

booster for me,” Sobotka said of the Shrine Bowl. “Being from a small school, you never know what you have, really. Get-ting to play against the top players in the state was a real confidence booster. Most of those guys are go-ing on to play at the next level. It was a lot of fun.”Coaching goals

Sobotka plans to major in sports and recreation business, along with busi-ness marketing or econom-ics. But, he actually hopes to be a college football coach someday.

His coaches said he has the perfect attributes to make that happen. Lam-bert first noticed that the summer after Sobotka’s freshman year, when there were discussions on wheth-er to keep him at running back, or to succeed David Showalter at quarterback.

“I told him I’d like to keep him at running back, thinking we’d probably be handing off to him A LOT!” said Lambert, the team’s offensive coordi-nator. “But Jacob said, ‘Coach, I’d really like a chance to lead this team.’ We had some other kids who could play running back, so then we thought we’d just transform our of-fense and have Jake run a lot from the shotgun. He worked extremely hard to develop his throwing skills. I never thought at the time we’d have a 1,000-yard passer out of him two years in a row. That just speaks to his work ethic.”

“I loved the responsibil-ity of han-dling the ball every play and g e t t i n g to play in our of-f e n s e , ”

Sobotka said. “I was pretty much a tailback lined up at quarterback, but I got to throw. Our play-action plays worked well, because we had so many athletic kids.”

Showalter, whose son Daniel is beginning his teaching and coaching ca-reer this fall at Northwest Webster in Manson, sees a future coach in Sobotka.

“He understands the game very well,” Showal-ter said. “ H e k n o w s why you are do-ing some-thing. He is able to think a couple steps ahead. He sees the big picture well and has good leadership skills. The other thing I like about Jake is that he has a very even temperament. He doesn’t get too high or too low. He keeps focused on what he needs to do.”Looking ahead

Sobotka grew up in a family that followed sports and he remembers going to an Iowa Hawkeye home game during the 2002 Or-ange Bowl season. He was hooked on the Hawks, and now begins his redshirt year with an opportunity to run out of the tunnel in front of a Kinnick Stadium crowd.

Not many kids get a chance to fulfill their boy-hood dream.

“He had a lot of offers but he let them know he wasn’t interested,” Show-alter said. “In his heart, he always wanted to be a Hawk. He said he would have regretted it if he hadn’t given it a shot. If he gets on the field, that would be awesome, for somebody from our pro-

gram.”Sobotka is the first Di-

vision I football player from Mount Ayr since the late Clinton Riggs at Iowa State in 1985.

“He shows up and does his job every single day,” said Mount Ayr basket-ball coach Bret Ruggles, predicting success for his former center at Iowa. “His legs are so power-ful. From the hips down, he’s the most impressive kid I’ve ever been around. That’s why I think he can make it. You know that’s something they are look-ing at, the progression he can make physically on that frame.”

“I figured, why not give it a shot?” Sobotka said. “If I don’t (play), I can still say I was part of the team at Iowa.”

Iowa assistant Reese Morgan said when they look at walk-on candi-dates, they look for athletic ability, good character and someone who competes. And, have they been suc-cessful in something other than football?

Check, check, check and check.

Jacob Sobotka fits the bill perfectly for becom-ing one of those underrat-ed gems on the Hawkeye squad.

SOBOTKA:“The greatest things about Jacob are his humility and his work ethic.”

— Derek LambertMount Ayr football

co-coach

“He understands the game very well. He knows why you are doing something. He is able to think a couple steps ahead.”

— Delwyn ShowalterMount Ayr football

co-coach

Elliott

Lambert

Sobotka

Showalter


shooting from the field.• Led the team in rebounding

at 7.0 rebounds per game, col-lecting 154 rebounds in total.

• Led the team with 31 blocked shots, while also finishing the year with 26 steals and seven assists.

Track and field• Qualified for the 2014 Co-ed

State Track Meet in the 4x200 relay, the 4x400 relay, the dis-tance medley relay and the 4x100 relay.

• Qualified for the 2014 Drake Relays in the 4x100 relay and the 4x400 relay. Mount Ayr was the

only Class 1A team to qualify for the Drake Relays in the 4x400 relay.

• At the 2014 Pride of Iowa Conference Meet, he finished second in the 400 meters, sec-ond in the 4x200 relay, and first in both the 4x100 relay and the 4x400 relay (meet record).

• Won Class 1A state champi-onships in the distance medley relay and the 4x400 relay.

• He split a 49.7 on the 400 leg of the distance medley relay at the state meet.

• He ran on two of Mount Ayr’s three state championship relay teams.

• Finished sixth in the 4x100 relay at the 2014 Co-ed State

Track Meet and 10th in the 4x200 relay.

• Helped Mount Ayr score a Class 1A all-time best 77 team points on its way to winning the school’s first ever boys state team title.

• On Mount Ayr’s all-time per-formance list, he ranks fifth in

the 200 meters; fifth in the 400 meters; first and third in the 4x100 relay; second in the 4x200 relay; first, second and ninth in the 4x400 relay and first in the distance medley relay.

• Will continue his football career at University of Iowa as a preferred walk-on.

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CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMount Ayr’s Jacob Sobotka crosses the finish line in the 4x400 relay at the Co-ed State Track Meet in May, helping the Raiders to the Class 1A state championship.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMount Ayr’s Jacob Sobotka drags a pair of Colo-Nesco defenders with him dur-ing a football game in September. Sobotka owns numerous school records at Mount Ayr. He will con-tinue his playing career at the University of Iowa as a preferred walk-on.

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