RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR Hwy. 34 • Creston, IA • 641-782-5014 For every $25 certificate, we will give you another $5 gift card. Always the right gift for Christmas! Price 75¢ Monday December 9, 2013 Panthers defeat Glenwood Rams in overtime SPORTS, page 5A Go to www.crestonnews.com for Breaking News as it happens Serving Southwest Iowa since 1879 If you do not receive your CNA by 5 p.m. call 641-782-2141, ext. 221. Papers will be redelivered in Creston until 6:30 p.m. Phones will be answered until 7 p.m. Volume 130 No. 127 Copyright 2013 Contact us Contents In person: 503 W. Adams Street Mail: Box 126, Creston, IA 50801-0126 Phone: 641-782-2141 Fax: 641-782-6628 E-mail: [email protected]Heloise Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Deaths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 2013 High 12 Low 5 Full weather report, 3A Tuesday weather Work begins on $43,000 Creston city pound expansion By KYLE WILSON CNA asst. managing editor [email protected]A $43,000 expansion at Cres- ton city pound began last month and is expected to help solve the longstanding overcrowding problems at the facility. This expansion is exciting news for Janel McLain and Marion Wagner of Creston who began lobbying for improve- ments at the facility in August 2010. “I’m elated,” McLain said. “It’s a good feeling to know there will be better conditions for the animals and for the vol- unteers who work at the city pound. I wasn’t going to give up on this project. I’m thank- ful the city saw the same problems I did and we were able to work together to find solutions.” The city of Creston is paying for most of the project. They’ve allotted $35,000 toward the project. McLain and Wagner raised another $8,000 via fund- raising. Inadequate space After approving funding for the expansion, the city contact- ed Mycale Downey — director of Creston Animal Rescue— about the project because Downey spends the most vol- unteer time at the facility. Upon consulting her, McLain, Wagner and other committee members for the project — the city discovered the biggest problem at the facil- ity in the past has been lack of space to house the impounded animals. The current city pound — lo- cated southwest of McKinley Lake — is “about the size of a one-car garage” estimated at 400 square feet. That lack of space has caused overcrowding problems whereby animals had to double up in kennels or were forced to be caged outside — sometimes in extreme weather conditions. “That caused a lot of un- needed stress on the animals,” Downey said. The new expansion will help solve the overcrowding prob- lem. The expansion includes a pole building constructed over the top of the existing building which will increase the total square footage inside from 400 to 850 square feet. The new space will allow for two new dog kennels, storage closet for food and medications and office space for volunteer workers. “This project is a long-term solution for the pound,” Wag- ner said. “One of the best im- provements in this expan- sion — in my opinion — is now we will be able to separate the cats from the dogs.” Other improvements in the new expansion include a new, bigger hot water heater, im- proved heating and cooling sys- tem, updated electric “so fuses won’t blow” and extra space in the yard for the animals to run. Also, a concrete pad will be poured outside the facil- ity where a kennel — with a sloped hard top roof — will be placed so dogs can be housed outside when weather allows. What’s done? The contractor for this ex- pansion project is Matt O’Riley Construction of Creston. O’Riley and his crew are in the beginning stages of con- struction. The posts for the pole building have been set in concrete and trusses are ready to be placed. O’Riley said he will work on the project as weather al- lows this winter and the proj- ect should be completed in the spring. “This is a fantastic project,” Downey said. “The space we have now is tiny. Right now, we do adoptions in the door- way on a TV tray. I’m thankful for this project. It will make it better for everyone involved — for the animals, volunteers and animal control workers.” CNA photo by KYLE WILSON A $43,000 expansion at Creston city pound is underway. Currently, the posts for the pole building have been set in concrete and trusses are on-site. McLain Wagner Creston dance teams place first at state The Creston Panther coed and all- male dance teams — known as the Salts and Peppers — won first place in the state drill-team competition last week at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Also, the female team captured their fifth-consecutive state championship in the large school lights division. “I have a great bunch of kids,” said coach Meg Haines. “Our success at state continues to bring in kids to our program and each year we try do find something new that sets us apart. I’m so proud of both the girls and boys teams.” The public will have a chance to see the dance teams perform at Creston High School gymnasium throughout basketball season. The dance teams will conclude their season in March when they host Jam the Gym. Greater Regional Public Health relocating Effective Wednesday, Greater Re- gional Outreach-Public Health is re- locating to the Medical Arts Plaza on the Greater Regional Medical Cen- ter campus. Their new ad- dress will be 1610 W. Townline St., Suite 150. Their phone number remains the same at 641-782-3545 and fax number is 641-782-3896. Immunization clinics will be held in the Medi- cal Arts Plaza be- ginning Dec. 17. On the day of the clinic, patients are asked to stop at the specialty physicians and services clinic at suite 140 (next door to their new offices) to register for an immu- nization appointment. The staff reminds patients — giv- en the nature of the work in the pub- lic health field, nurses are frequently out of the office serving the county. It is advised to call ahead to schedule an appointment to ensure the avail- ability of a nurse. QUICK NEWS NEW ADDRESS at Greater Regional Outreach- Public Health is 1610 W. Townline St. Suite 150 Tyler Anson, 11, of Creston jumps on his saucer to catch younger brother Logan al- ready racing down a small hill located on the northeast side of Lincoln School Sun- day morning. Harry Hillaker, state clima- tologist, said the Creston area received between 3 and 4 inches of snowfall. Brotherly love CNA photo by KYLE WILSON CNA photo by KYLE WILSON Joyful Noise: Members of Joyful Noise partner with choir members from local churches in Creston to sing “Christmas Angels” Sunday afternoon during the Christmas concert entitled “All Creatures Great and Small.” The concert was held at Creston High School’s auditorium. It was pre- sented by Joyful Noise. “This project is a long-term solution for the pound. One of the best improvements in this expansion — in my opinion — is now we will be able to separate the cats from the dogs.” — Marion Wagner
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SPORTS, page 5A
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Volume 130 No. 127Copyright 2013
Contact us ContentsIn person: 503 W. Adams StreetMail: Box 126, Creston, IA 50801-0126Phone: 641-782-2141Fax: 641-782-6628E-mail: [email protected]
Work begins on $43,000 Creston city pound expansion By KYLE WILSON CNA asst. managing [email protected]
A $43,000 expansion at Cres-ton city pound began last month and is expected to help solve the longstanding overcrowding problems at the facility.
This expansion is exciting news for Janel McLain and Marion Wagner of Creston who began lobbying for improve-ments at the facility in August 2010.
“I’m elated,” McLain said. “It’s a good feeling to know there will be better conditions for the animals and for the vol-unteers who work at the city pound. I wasn’t going to give up on this project. I’m thank-ful the city saw the same problems I did and we were able to work together to find solutions.”
The city of Creston is paying for most of the project. They’ve allotted $35,000 toward the project. McLain and Wagner raised another $8,000 via fund-raising.Inadequate space
After approving funding for the expansion, the city contact-ed Mycale Downey — director of Creston Animal Rescue— about the project because Downey spends the most vol-unteer time at the facility.
Upon consulting her, McLain, Wagner and other committee members for the project — the city discovered the biggest problem at the facil-ity in the past has been lack of
space to house the impounded animals.
The current city pound — lo-cated southwest of McKinley Lake — is “about the size of a one-car garage” estimated at 400 square feet. That lack of space has caused overcrowding problems whereby animals had to double up in kennels or were forced to be caged outside — sometimes in extreme weather conditions.
“That caused a lot of un-needed stress on the animals,” Downey said.
The new expansion will help solve the overcrowding prob-lem. The expansion includes a pole building constructed over the top of the existing building which will increase the total square footage inside from 400 to 850 square feet.
The new space will allow for two new dog kennels, storage closet for food and medications and office space for volunteer workers.
“This project is a long-term solution for the pound,” Wag-ner said. “One of the best im-provements in this expan-sion — in my opinion — is now we will be able to separate the cats from the dogs.”
Other improvements in the new expansion include a new, bigger hot water heater, im-proved heating and cooling sys-tem, updated electric “so fuses
won’t blow” and extra space in the yard for the animals to run.
Also, a concrete pad will be poured outside the facil-ity where a kennel — with a sloped hard top roof — will be placed so dogs can be housed outside when weather allows.What’s done?
The contractor for this ex-pansion project is Matt O’Riley Construction of Creston.
O’Riley and his crew are in the beginning stages of con-struction. The posts for the pole building have been set in concrete and trusses are ready to be placed.
O’Riley said he will work on the project as weather al-lows this winter and the proj-ect should be completed in the spring.
“This is a fantastic project,” Downey said. “The space we have now is tiny. Right now, we do adoptions in the door-way on a TV tray. I’m thankful for this project. It will make it better for everyone involved — for the animals, volunteers and animal control workers.”
CNA photo by KYLE WILSONA $43,000 expansion at Creston city pound is underway. Currently, the posts for the pole building have been set in concrete and trusses are on-site.
McLain
Wagner
Creston dance teams place first at state The Creston Panther coed and all-male dance teams — known as the Salts and Peppers — won first place in the state drill-team competition last week at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Also, the female team captured their fifth-consecutive state championship in the large school lights division.
“I have a great bunch of kids,” said coach Meg Haines. “Our success at state continues to bring in kids to our program and each year we try do find something new that sets us apart. I’m so proud of both the girls and boys teams.”
The public will have a chance to see the dance teams perform at Creston High School gymnasium throughout basketball season. The dance teams will conclude their season in March when they host Jam the Gym.Greater Regional Public Health relocatingEffective Wednesday, Greater Re-gional Outreach-Public Health is re-locating to the Medical Arts Plaza on the Greater Regional Medical Cen-ter campus.
Their new ad-dress will be 1610 W. Townline St., Suite 150. Their phone number remains the same at 641-782-3545 and fax number is 641-782-3896.
Immunization clinics will be held in the Medi-cal Arts Plaza be-ginning Dec. 17. On the day of the clinic, patients are asked to stop at the specialty physicians and services clinic at suite 140 (next door to their new offices) to register for an immu-nization appointment.
The staff reminds patients — giv-en the nature of the work in the pub-lic health field, nurses are frequently out of the office serving the county. It is advised to call ahead to schedule an appointment to ensure the avail-ability of a nurse.
QUICK NEWS
NEW ADDRESSat Greater Regional Outreach- Public Health is 1610 W. Townline St. Suite 150
Tyler Anson, 11, of Creston jumps on his saucer to catch younger brother Logan al-ready racing down a small hill located on the northeast side of Lincoln School Sun-day morning. Harry Hillaker, state clima-tologist, said the Creston area received between 3 and 4 inches of snowfall.
Brotherly love
CNA photo by KYLE WILSON
CNA photo by KYLE WILSON
Joyful Noise: Members of Joyful Noise partner with choir members from local churches in Creston to sing “Christmas Angels” Sunday afternoon during the Christmas concert entitled “All Creatures Great and Small.” The concert was held at Creston High School’s auditorium. It was pre-sented by Joyful Noise.
“This project is a long-term solution for the pound. One of the best improvements in this expansion — in my opinion — is now we will be able to separate the cats from the dogs.” — Marion Wagner
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(MCT) — A massive planet found orbiting a star at a staggeringly great distance is smashing some long-held theories of plan-etary formation, research-ers say.
The planet, according to a study published online last week in the Astrophys-ical Journal Letters, is un-like anything in our solar system.
Eleven times more mas-sive than Jupiter, HD 106906 b orbits a sun-like star at a distance of 60 bil-lion miles — about 650 times Earth’s distance from our sun.
“This system is espe-cially fascinating because no model of either planet or star formation fully ex-plains what we see,” said study co-author Vanessa Bailey, an astronomy grad-uate student at the Univer-sity of Arizona.
Researchers estimate the planet is very young, just 13 million years old, and the residual heat from its formation can be seen from Earth as infrared energy. Researchers used infrared cameras and the Magellan telescope in Chile to cap-ture images of the planet.
(Until recently, astrono-mers relied on orbiting spacecraft to capture clear images of exoplanets. Now, Earth-based telescopes employ technology to com-
pensate for atmospheric distortion.)
Astronomers are puzzled by the planet’s existence.
Scientists believe that planets that orbit close to stars are formed from the gas, dust and asteroid-like debris that encircle a young star. They believe also that this process is too slow for extremely large planets to form so far from a star.
Authors of the paper speculate that HD 106906 b and its sun might have begun forming at the same time, in the manner that binary stars form. In this case, however, the massive planet never quite became a star.
Binary star systems are formed when two nearby clumps of gas collapse and form separate stars. Be-cause they are so close, they orbit one another.
“It is possible that in the case of the HD 106906 sys-tem the star and planet col-lapsed independently from clumps of gas, but for some reason the planet’s progen-itor clump was starved for material and never grew large enough to ignite and become a star,” Bailey said.
Creative “Coe”-op: CHS Art Teacher Bailey Fry-Schnormeier and Sarah Tomlinson, of Iowa City, display their pottery and paintings during their opening Friday at Creston:Arts gallery inside Creston’s restored depot. Fry-Schnormeier and Tomlinson, who met while art students at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, will have their work on display at the gallery for the month of December.
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Moo: Preschool 2 students, from left, Baret Lane, Corbin Carlson and Kayden Delong put their hands on their heads like cows and sing about the night Jesus was born during St. Malachy School’s Christmas concert Sunday.
Salem Lutheran Church to host live nativity
Salem Lutheran Church, 602 W. Townline St., will be presenting a live nativity 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day.
View Mary, Joseph and the baby surrounded by shepherds, wise men and the animals in a live na-tivity scene put on by the Salem Sunday school chil-dren. Listen to the reading of the Christmas story and
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Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast
Tue
12/10
12/5Generally sunny de-spite a few afternoonclouds. High 27F.
Sunrise Sunset7:31 AM 4:49 PM
Wed
12/11
30/9Snow showers early.Highs in the lowteens and lows 2 to -2F.
Sunrise Sunset7:32 AM 4:49 PM
Thu
12/12
14/0More sun thanclouds. Highs in thelow 30s and lows inthe low teens.
Sunrise Sunset7:32 AM 4:49 PM
Fri
12/13
31/12Partly cloudy. Highsin the mid 30s andlows in the upperteens.
Sunrise Sunset7:33 AM 4:49 PM
Sat
12/14
32/20Partly cloudy. Highsin the low 30s andlows in the lowteens.
Sunrise Sunset7:34 AM 4:50 PM
Des Moines13/8
Cedar Rapids13/6
Sioux City16/6
Creston12/5
Iowa At A Glance
Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 24 1 mst sunny Davenport 18 8 pt sunny Marshaltown 9 3 sunnyAtlantic 28 10 mst sunny Des Moines 13 8 sunny Mason City 6 1 sunnyAubudon 29 9 mst sunny Dubuque 17 8 pt sunny Onawa 16 8 sunnyCedar Rapids 13 6 mst sunny Farmington 18 10 pt sunny Oskaloosa 12 5 mst sunnyCenterville 29 15 mst sunny Fort Dodge 9 4 sunny Ottumwa 28 16 mst sunnyClarinda 30 14 mst sunny Ft Madison 19 12 cloudy Red Oak 14 5 sunnyClarion 9 1 sunny Guttenberg 13 6 pt sunny Sioux Center 10 4 sunnyClinton 19 8 pt sunny Keokuk 20 12 cloudy Sioux City 16 6 sunnyCouncil Bluffs 17 10 sunny Lansing 13 6 pt sunny Spencer 8 1 sunnyCreston 12 5 sunny LeMars 11 4 sunny Waterloo 9 3 sunny
National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 49 30 rain Houston 51 40 rain Phoenix 60 38 mst sunnyBoston 41 32 mixed Los Angeles 62 38 windy San Francisco 52 34 sunnyChicago 23 9 cloudy Miami 83 70 pt sunny Seattle 36 31 pt sunnyDallas 39 27 mst sunny Minneapolis -1 -5 pt sunny St. Louis 28 19 cloudyDenver 40 14 pt sunny New York 44 34 rain Washington, DC 36 25 mixed
Moon Phases
FirstDec 9
FullDec 17
LastDec 25
UV IndexTue
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Low
Wed12/11
2
Low
Thu12/12
2
Low
Fri12/13
2
Low
Sat12/14
1
Low
The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.
Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (18), low past 24 hours (9) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.18)
Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast
Tue
12/10
12/5Generally sunny de-spite a few afternoonclouds. High 27F.
Sunrise Sunset7:31 AM 4:49 PM
Wed
12/11
30/9Snow showers early.Highs in the lowteens and lows 2 to -2F.
Sunrise Sunset7:32 AM 4:49 PM
Thu
12/12
14/0More sun thanclouds. Highs in thelow 30s and lows inthe low teens.
Sunrise Sunset7:32 AM 4:49 PM
Fri
12/13
31/12Partly cloudy. Highsin the mid 30s andlows in the upperteens.
Sunrise Sunset7:33 AM 4:49 PM
Sat
12/14
32/20Partly cloudy. Highsin the low 30s andlows in the lowteens.
Sunrise Sunset7:34 AM 4:50 PM
Des Moines13/8
Cedar Rapids13/6
Sioux City16/6
Creston12/5
Iowa At A Glance
Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 24 1 mst sunny Davenport 18 8 pt sunny Marshaltown 9 3 sunnyAtlantic 28 10 mst sunny Des Moines 13 8 sunny Mason City 6 1 sunnyAubudon 29 9 mst sunny Dubuque 17 8 pt sunny Onawa 16 8 sunnyCedar Rapids 13 6 mst sunny Farmington 18 10 pt sunny Oskaloosa 12 5 mst sunnyCenterville 29 15 mst sunny Fort Dodge 9 4 sunny Ottumwa 28 16 mst sunnyClarinda 30 14 mst sunny Ft Madison 19 12 cloudy Red Oak 14 5 sunnyClarion 9 1 sunny Guttenberg 13 6 pt sunny Sioux Center 10 4 sunnyClinton 19 8 pt sunny Keokuk 20 12 cloudy Sioux City 16 6 sunnyCouncil Bluffs 17 10 sunny Lansing 13 6 pt sunny Spencer 8 1 sunnyCreston 12 5 sunny LeMars 11 4 sunny Waterloo 9 3 sunny
National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 49 30 rain Houston 51 40 rain Phoenix 60 38 mst sunnyBoston 41 32 mixed Los Angeles 62 38 windy San Francisco 52 34 sunnyChicago 23 9 cloudy Miami 83 70 pt sunny Seattle 36 31 pt sunnyDallas 39 27 mst sunny Minneapolis -1 -5 pt sunny St. Louis 28 19 cloudyDenver 40 14 pt sunny New York 44 34 rain Washington, DC 36 25 mixed
Moon Phases
FirstDec 9
FullDec 17
LastDec 25
UV IndexTue
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Low
Wed12/11
2
Low
Thu12/12
2
Low
Fri12/13
2
Low
Sat12/14
1
Low
The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.
The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.OLE Club, noon, congregate
meal site, restored Creston Depot.
Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.
Chautauqua Club, 1 p.m., hostesses, Joyce Anderson, Pat Butcher, Polly McCoy and Peg Anderson.
Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.
VFW Post No. 1797, 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, 403 W. Montgomery St.
Eagles Aerie, 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge.
Eagles Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Eagles Lodge.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. closed meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.
WednesdayTOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United
Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers 12x12 study, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.
Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living room 114, 1709 W. Prairie St.
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., Creston Family Restaurant, 802 W. Taylor St.
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.
Creston High School Alumni Association, 11:30 a.m., The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave.
Birth Mercy Medical Center
DES MOINES — Brent Romesburg and Ashley Marcsisak of Creston are parents of a son born Dec. 3, 2013. Hayden Jay Romes-burg weighed 5 pounds, 0.06 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long.
Grandparents are Ran-dall and Kim Romesburg of Creston, Diane Marcsisak of Greenfield and Tim and Beth Marcsisak of Atlantic.
Great-grandparents are Barbara Romesburg of Saint Joseph, Mo., Lawrence and Doris Brezina of Tama and Robert and Marie Doty of Oskaloosa.
Meetings Creston City Water Works
Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, boardroom.
Agenda includes: review fis-cal year 2014-15 budget; discuss money market account and clo-sure of the Summit Lake account; cost of living wage for distribu-tion manager, office manager, plant production supervisor and general manager; wage increase for full- and part-time employees; Christmas Eve holiday.
— — — — — —Afton City Council, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, city hall.Agenda includes: hearing to
abate nuisance at 411 W. Kansas St.; public forum; ordinances No. 210 amending provisions pertain-ing truck, pickup, van or SUV park-ing (add north spot by alley at Community Center); No. 211 junk and junk vehicles; No. 212 chang-ing official zoning map to re-zone certain real estate for R-S residen-tial single-family to CM-business commercial district (112 N. Temple and 611 E. Kansas); monthly review of nuisance properties; Splashpad: fundraising project updates; cameras for park, new estimate; 2013-14 roadwork: Henningson Construction update on time/cost; Alliant Energy update on electrical mainte-nance schedule; review offer and consideration of resolution on setting public hearing if accept-ing offer for 312 W. Polk St. lot; Jimmy and Kelly Sims: parking and other issues; review and dis-cuss ordinances Chapter 63, speed regulations, Chapter 65, stop or yield required, and Chapter 130, dangerous buildings; oath of office administered by city clerk to Shelli Burger, mayor, Jeff Burger, coun-cil and Sherry Parrott, council.
Police Jordan Reyes, 21, 1501 W.
Townline St., was charged with assault with injury 3 p.m. Friday at the Union County Law Enforcement Center.
According to a Creston Police report, there was a physical altercation at 610 W. Montgomery St., 11 p.m. Oct. 18 that was
not reported until Oct. 20. Upon investigation, it was determined from witnesses a male approached a male victim after stating, “I’m going to knock out the next guy that walks through that door.” The male extend-ed his hand and asked the male victim his name.When the male victim extended his hand he was struck in the forehead by the male’s other hand. According to witnesses, there was a fight and a second male grabbed the male victim. During the altercation, the male victim suffered a broken tooth and was knocked unconcious. He sustained injuries to the forehead and body. The male victim identified Jor-dan Reyes as the offending male from a line-up. Reyes admitted in a post-Miranda interview to being present at the altercation and striking the male victim.
Reyes was released on $1,000 bond.
— — — — — —Victor Miguel Rodriguez,
30, 608 N. Sycamore St., was charged with assault with in-jury 1:20 a.m. Saturday at the Union County Law Enforce-ment Center.
According to a Creston Police report, officers were dispatched to 210 N. Walnut St. to investigate a report of a fight. Upon arrival, a male victim advised officers Ro-driguez entered his residence and attacked him in the porch area of the residence. The male victim stated Ro-driguez struck him several times in the head, face and body with his fist and tried to choke him. This incident occured in front of several witnesses who verified the male victim’s story. The victim had red marks and cuts indicating he had been assaulted.
Rodriguez was released on $1,000 bond.
— — — — — —Louise Annette Brown
of Murray reported her 2009 Kia Spectra had been scratched down the passen-ger side with a sharp object
while it was parked at Wal-Mart, 806 Laurel St., Dec. 2 between 1 and 1:49 a.m.
Damage estimate is $200.
Accident No citations were issued
after an accident 5:47 p.m. Friday on North Sumner Av-enue.
According to a Creston Police report, Eric Kristo-pher Downey, 21, of Afton, driving a 1991 Ford north on North Sumner, was cut
off by an unknown vehicle, causing Downey to slam on the brakes, veer into the southbound lane, and collide with the driver’s side door of a 2003 Ford driven by Maria Kaye Dukes, 38, of Afton.
Dukes was transported to Greater Regional Medical Center, where her condition is unknown.
Damage estimates are $1,000 to Downey’s vehicle and $3,500 to Dukes’ ve-hicle.
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Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013ARIES (March 21 to April
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GRIMES —The Creston/O-M wrestling team surged past Webster City in the final round to claim the championship of the Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational Saturday.
The Lynx, with 13 returning starters from last year’s North Central Conference runner-up team, trailed Creston/O-M 132-126 after the quarterfinal round.
Then Webster City went 2-1 in head-to-head semifinal matches while placing seven wrestlers in the finals, pushing into first place by a 10.5-point margin over the Panthers.
The final round was a dif-ferent story. Webster City went 1-6 in championship matches — including 1-1 against the Panthers — while the Panthers went 4-1 in title bouts.
That was enough to give
the championship trophy to Creston/O-M with 214.5 points, while Webster City finished second with 207.5 points. Host Dallas Center-Grimes matched Creston/O-M with four champions and took third with 187.5.
The Panthers also won last year’s title in their first ap-pearance in the tournament.
“We had a really good last round,” said Creston/O-M coach Darrell Frain. “The four (champions) we got, I thought most of them would have a shot, but we had some tough brackets. I didn’t know if some of the moves were right in moving up as far as we did in some cases, but they found a way to win.”
Panther champions were Wyatt Thompson (126 pounds), Spencer Wray (138), freshman Chase Shiltz (152) and Trevor Fran at 195 pounds to win a rugged field of rated wrestlers.
Frain, rated third at 170 and weighing in at 178, took
on fifth-ranked 195-pounder Dylan Fielder of Webster City, a two-time state place-winner. Fielder reached the
finals by knocking off Class 3A top-ranked John Ware of Ankeny Centennial, 7-5.
Frain then decisioned
Fielder in the finals, 6-2.“It was 0-0 after one, then
Trevor got an escape in the second,” coach Frain said.
“He got a takedown and tilted him once. (Fielder’s) points were on two escapes. He slowed down the match and frustrated him.”
Frain said Thompson wrestled in control in some tight matches, including 2-1 in the finals and 4-0 in the semifinals. Wray fought from behind in some matches, top-ping a returning district quali-fier in the finals.
Shiltz had a strong day, tak-ing a 9-5 semifinal decision over Webster City’s Tanner Hild, who was 18-5 a year ago. In the finals, Shiltz won by a fall in 3:37 over Grinnell junior Garrett Jay, brother of former Panther wrestler Brody Jay.
“Chase had a real good day,” Frain said. “There was a faster pace to his matches than the other night. He beat the number one seed in the semifinals.”
Panthers beat Rams in overtimeWolfe scores 26 in season-opener
The gym was nearly empty, about 15 minutes after Cres-ton’s season-opening game against Glenwood here Fri-day night.
Jay Wolfe reached in a Tupperware container for a homemade cookie that team-mate Cooper McDermott was passing around.
Wolfe earned his cookie. The 6-foot-4 junior poured in 21 points after half-time — 26 for the game — along with a team-high 11 re-bounds in the Panthers’ 62-53 overtime victory.
“Early I had a little pre-game jitters,” said Wolfe, af-ter his first varsity start. “In the second half we all started
getting in a better rhythm. Glenwood is a solid Hawkeye 10 team, so it’s a good start for us.”
It was the unveiling of a new Panther team, after graduating nine seniors last year. Only Wolfe and shoot-ing guard Brandon Phipps had extensive varsity experi-ence, while point guard Cole Thompson had been a part-time player.
On Friday, 6-5 senior Trey Benson and 6-4 Alex Nielsen started in the post. Phipps and Wolfe were on the perimeter with Thompson at the point.
Nielsen finished with 12 points and five rebounds, while Phipps and Thompson netted nine and eight points, respectively. Junior guard McClain Haines was a spark off the bench with seven points.
As a team, Creston out-scored Glenwood 20-11 at the free throw line, finishing 20-of-30 for 67 percent.
Glenwood was one of the top projected teams in the
Hawkeye 10 this season, returning 6-4 forward Co-rey Bertini and 5-11 guard Braden Wheeler to the start-ing lineup, and senior guard Gage Shatava with extensive varsity experience.
Add 6-7 center Drew Kon-frst and 6-8 Jacob Lewis in-side, and the Rams displayed a physical presence against the inexperienced Panthers.
“They had a really good JV team last year and then you have those 6-7 and 6-8 guys,” said Creston coach Billy Hiatt. “So, yeah, this is a great win for our guys. The workouts we’ve done in the weight room have paid off. Coach (Anthony) Donahoo has done a great job of getting us ready, physically.”Interior defense
Hiatt also praised the likes of Benson, Nielsen, Wolfe and reserve Jake Miller for their consistent inside defense, limiting the Rams’ opportunities around the basket.
“Coach (Michael) West is in charge of our posts, and that’s the best post defense I’ve seen us play in a while,” Hiatt said. “We were front-ing and moving around on them. Briar Evans was really good at that last year, and our guys tonight just carried that through.”
Glenwood coach Curt Schulte said his team went away from its physical advan-tage, which especially proved to be a problem when Bertini fouled out with a team-high 15 points with 2:30 left in overtime.
“He’s kind of our go-to man, so that hurt,” Schulte said. “I think Creston played well down in the post, but in the second half we got some better looks and we kind of went away from that. We were hoping to stick with it.”
Creston held a 22-16 half-time lead in a rugged, physical
Contributed photoMembers of the Creston/O-M wrestling team pose after winning the Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational Saturday.
Shorthanded Diagonal falls to MurrayBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]
MURRAY — All Diagonal head boys basketball coach Matt Warren could do was shake his head following his team’s 62-60 loss to Murray here Friday.
“I’ll remember this game for the rest of my life,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like it, finishing a game with only three people. I couldn’t be more proud of the guys, the way they battled, and against a good, good team. We were just so close. I don’t know how to put it into words.”
The Maroons were playing without two of their post play-ers as senior Ryan Parrott is out with mononucleosis and sophomore Kade Means tore his meniscus, leaving Diago-nal with just seven available players for Friday’s Bluegrass Conference game.
Still, the undermanned Ma-roons appeared to be in good shape, tied at 29-29 with the Mustangs at halftime on the strength of sophomore Jacob Taylor’s 17 first-half points.
At that point, Murray found itself in serious foul trouble, as starters Andrew Rider, Trey McHenry and Sam Rockhold all entered
halftime with three fouls.Reversed fortunes
But, Murray head coach Darin Wookey switched to a 2-3 zone to start the second half of the game in order to protect his players from get-ting into further foul trouble. Meanwhile, within the first four minutes of the second half, Diagonal had two play-ers with four fouls and two others with three fouls, trail-ing 44-40.
Colter Pickering hit 1-of-2 free throws and then Tay-lor took over again, hitting a floater in the lane, followed by a pullup 3-pointer, leading to a Murray timeout with 1:22 to go in the third with Diago-nal leading 46-44.
Pickering fouled out shortly after the timeout, and Levi Jarred picked up his fourth foul. But Taylor hit another 3-pointer just before the buzzer to give Diagonal a 49-44 lead heading to the fourth quarter.
Rider banked in a 3-pointer to tie the game at 49-49 and then Diagonal sophomore Gerad Naill, who hit two big 3-pointers in the third quar-ter, fouled out with 6:41 to go, leaving the Maroons with just five players.Man down
Jarred fouled out with 3:17 left in the game, giving Diagonal just four p l a y e r s . Rockhold k n o c k e d d o w n both free throws for M u r r a y , giving the
Mustangs a 57-51 lead.Rockhold led Murray
with 14 points, including 12-of-14 shooting at the free throw line, and 15 rebounds. Pat Kilmer added 12 points and 10 rebounds. McHenry pitched in 13 points with eight boards.
But being down a man didn’t stop Diagonal. Blake Butler hit a pullup jumper and after Rider went 1-of-2 at the line, Taylor knocked down two free throws to close the game to 58-55.
Butler drove baseline for another bucket, making it a one-point game with 1:49 to go. After a Murray timeout, McHenry hit a jumper to make it 60-57 in favor of Mur-ray.
But Taylor stepped up one more time, dribbling to his left, the southpaw pulled up on a dime and knocked down a 3-pointer fading away from the basket to tie the game at 60-60 with his 30th point of the game.
After Fisher Decker went 1-of-2 at the free throw line, Taylor fouled out with :48.8 left in the game, leaving Diag-onal with just three players on the floor. Pat Kilmer went to the line, where he made 1-of-2 attempts, making the score 62-60.
Diagonal inbounded the ball, and with about :34 re-maining in the game, foreign-exchange student Ismail Omar, who had never played basketball before this year, let loose a 3-point attempt from the right wing.
CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERDiagonal sophomore Jacob Taylor (13) drives toward the basket past Murray junior Trey McHenry (10) during a 62-60 loss to the Mustangs on Friday. Taylor finished with a game-high 30 points, knocking down five 3-pointers in the loss. McHenry scored 13 points with eight rebounds for Murray.
Creston/O-M comes from behind for DCG title
CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston senior center Trey Benson puts up a shot in the lane against Jacob Lewis (34) and Dylan Stouder (25) of Glenwood during Friday’s game. Benson was one of the key inside defenders against the taller Ram front line in Creston’s 62-53 overtime victory.
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Cold shooting night sinks Creston girlsBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]
GLENWOOD — The Creston girls basketball team played close for one half, but couldn’t overcome a cold shooting night from the floor in a 58-35 loss to Glenwood here Friday.
The Panthers fall to 2-2 for the season with the loss and 0-1 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference. Glenwood im-proved to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference.
“For the game, we just didn’t shoot very well,” head coach Larry McNutt said. “We missed a lot of 10 to 12-footers. Second half, they double teamed Jenna (Tay-lor) a lot, and we just didn’t do a very good job of making 10 to 12-foot shots. Those are shots we have to make and are capable of making.”
The Panthers shot just 12-of-51 from the field (23 per-cent) in the loss, including just 26 percent shooting from inside the 3-point arc. In comparison, Glenwood shot 54 percent from the field.
Sophomore Jenna Taylor continued her strong start to the sea-son with 18 points and nine rebounds. T a y l o r shot 6-of-10 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free throw line.
“A lot of those points came in the first half,” Mc-Nutt said. “She was 6-of-6 from the line. That’s basically three baskets, because every time she gets fouled, they’re trying to keep her from scor-ing.”
The Panthers trailed just 11-8 after the first quarter and 25-20 at the end of the first half, but with Taylor not getting as many good looks in the second half, and Glen-wood’s defensive pressure, the Rams outscored Creston 33-15 in the second half.
“We beat the press sev-eral times, but we couldn’t convert it to easy layups,” McNutt said. “The game was a lot closer than the score in-dicated. It started to get away from us in the fourth quar-ter. We feel like we can beat them at home if we play well. We just didn’t shoot the ball very well on Friday night.”
Junior Natalie Mostek re-turned to the Panther lineup Friday night, coming off the bench to score two points and grab five rebounds.
McNutt said she only played a few minutes each quarter, while she tries to build her stamina back up and get back into basketball shape.
“I thought we played hard,” McNutt said. “We did a lot of good things defensively. We just didn’t find a way to make a few open shots. I think if we can do that, we can be Taylor
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8th girlsThe Creston girls battled
visiting Clarinda to the end here Thursday, falling 34-23 after trailing just 15-13 at half-time.
Sophia Groumoutis scored seven points for Creston and Chloe Hagle had a strong overall game with six points, five rebounds and two assists. The Panthers were just 8-of-32 at the free throw line.
“The girls played hard in a rough game,” Creston coach Sarah Stephens said. “Our girls played as a team and showed a lot of improve-ment.”
Stephens said the B team also showed improvement in a 5-5 tie with Clarinda.
Creston B (6) — Breanna Ross 6. Rebounds — Devon Buls 4, Kaitlyn Osmun 3, Emma Pingree 3, Alexis McGrath 2, Ross 2. Steals — Ross 3, Pingree 3, McGrath 2, Root 2, Buls 2.
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Frain said 145-pounder Joey Huntington also wres-tled well, taking second to Webster City returning state qualifier Jacob Pow-ers, who was 30-12 last year. Huntington advanced with a 3-2 semifinal victory.
Wrestling varsity at 132, Bryce Briley was 10 seconds from reaching the finals. He yielded a five-point move late in a 7-5 semifinal de-feat and provided 13 team points with his fourth-place finish.
Taking third for the Pan-thers were Adam Baker (182) and Seth Maitlen (220). Fourth-place finish-ers were Kruz Adamson (120), Gavin Leith (160) and Briley. Heavyweight Jake Gutschenritter won two matches in placing sixth. Trevor Marlin (106) and Tayler Pettit (170) each placed seventh.
Now the Panthers gear up for a key Hawkeye 10 dou-ble dual Thursday at Clar-inda against the Cardinals and Atlantic, followed by the Central Decatur Invi-tational Friday night. Clar-inda won the Coach Riley Invitational in Greenfield Saturday with 244 points, topping Central Decatur’s 210.5.
State-ranked Albia will be among the teams at CD on Friday.
DC-G InvitationalTeam standings (champions)
— 1. Creston/O-M (4) 214.5; 2. Webster City (1) 207.5; 3. Dallas Center-Grimes (4) 187.5; 4. Grinnell (1) 164; 5. West Marshall (2) 151; 6. Ankeny Centennial 98; 7. ADM 88; 8. Nevada 80; 9. Interstate 35 79; 10. (tie) Carroll (1) 76 and Panorama 76; 12. Carlisle (1) 64; 13. North Polk 61; 14. Des Moines East 50.
106 — 1. Ross Randall (WM) major dec. Ben Carr (DC-G), 10-1; 7. Trevor Marlin (COM) pinned Nathan Phillips (I-35), 3:11.
Grand View shut out No. 5 Morningside 35-0 in the NAIA Football Champion-ship Series semifinals Satur-day at Williams Stadium.
The Vikings (13-0) advance to the national title game in Rome, Ga., on Dec. 21 against No. 1-ranked Cumberlands (Ky.). The Mustangs (11-2), which entered the game with the est offense in the nation at 49 points and nearly 600 yards per game, were limited to just 245 yards in the shutout de-feat.
Morningside quarterback Ryan Kasdorf, who was in-jured in the team’s quarter-final win over Baker, did not start.
Grand View quarterback Derek Fulton and receiver Brady Roland hooked up seven times for 146 yards and two touchdowns. The Vikings scored 21 points in the second quarter to take a 28-0 halftime lead.
Sophomore Alan Smith of Creston played wide receiver in the game for Morningside, which is coached by Steve Ryan, brother of Sue Mai-tlen of Creston. Briar Evans of Creston is redshirting as a freshman for the Mustangs.Bearcats win
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Freshman running back Phil Jackson II rushed for four touchdowns and senior run-ning back Billy Creason add-ed three as Northwest Mis-souri State University posted
a 59-21 victory over St. Cloud State Saturday in the NCAA Division II quarterfinals.
Bearcat defensive lineman Collin Bevins of Creston did not play in the game because of a knee injury. Keaton Hu-lett of Creston is a redshirting freshman defensive end on the Bearcats team.
Northwest (13-0) moves on to the semifinals and will face Grand Valley State at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Bearcat Sta-dium. The game will be car-ried live on ESPN3.
General ticket sales will begin online (www.nwmis-souri.edu) and at the student services desk beginning 8 a.m. Wednesday. Ticket prices are $10 for youth, ages three through high school. Adult tickets are $15. Standing room only tickets for all ages three and above are $10.Bowling
KNOXVILLE — The Creston/O-M boys bowling team took first place and the girls team placed second at the Knoxville Tournament Satur-
day.A complete report will ap-
pear in an upcoming edition of the Creston News Advertiser.Spartans sweep
The Southwestern men’s basketball team improved to 6-5 with a pair of weekend road victories.
The Spartans defeated Wil-liam Penn JV 74-66 Saturday before traveling to Waverly Sunday and beating the Wart-burg JV, 68-62.
More coverage will appear in Tuesday’s News Advertiser.
CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMorningside sophomore receiver Alan Smith of Creston (19) runs a route against Grand View defensive back Kenny Jones (14). Grand View won the NAIA semifinal playoff game in Des Moines, 35-0.
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pretty competitive.”The Panthers host
Shenandoah on Tuesday in the home opener, with varsity action scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
GLENWOOD (58) — Bailey Starner 6 0-0 14, Halli Darrow 4 5-6 13, Jana King 3 1-1 8,, Hayley Matthews 2 2-4 6, Reiny Ostrander 1 3-4 5, Sydney Gutschenritter 2 0-0 5, Myranda Starner 0 3-4 3, Emma Ringsdorf 1 0-0 2, Sara Gutschenritter 0 2-2 2. Totals — 19 16-21 58. FG shoot-ing — 19-35 (54 percent). 3-point goals — 4-9 (Bailey Starner 2, Sydney Gutschenritter 1, King 1). Steals — 4. Rebounds — 20. Turnovers — 6. Team fouls — 12. Fouled out — none.
a halftime lead over Glen-wood, but fell to the Rams 38-26 on Friday.
“JV started off strong, as we were getting good looks on offense,” Creston JV coach Mendy McCreight said. “We struggled on de-fense tonight, allowing them too many second shots as we
didn’t rebound very well.”Taylor Briley led the Pan-
thers with nine points, while Caitlin McIlravy grabbed seven rebounds.
Creston (26) — Taylor Briley 9, Sadie Jones 6, Madison Callahan 3, Maria Mostek 2, Lexie Little 2, Caitlin McIlravy 2. 3-point goals — None. Free throws — 2-3. Rebounds — 22 (McIlravy 7, Little 5, Jones 3, Mostek 2, Jessica Beatty 2, Callahan 2). Steals — 6. Assists — 5 (McIlravy 2). Team fouls — 12. Halftime score — Creston 17, Glenwood 16.
Glenwood (38)
FRESHMENThe Creston freshman
team overcame a slow start to pick up a 27-17 win over Glenwood on Friday.
“We were able to come out in the second quarter and go on an 8-1 run to go into halftime leading by
three points,” McCreight said. “Second half was much better performances, as we were able to take care of the ball and stop them on de-fense.”
Cammy Rutherford scored nine points for the Panthers and grabbed four rebounds. Lexie Little also pulled down four boards, while finishing with nine steals.
College football prepares for the final Bowl Champion-ship Series, featuring a Florida State-Auburn championship game.
Top-ranked Florida State (13-0) was the only team to get through the regular season unbeaten. Auburn (12-1) won the Southeastern Conference.
The pairings became of-ficial Sunday night when the final BCS standings came out, announcing the No. 1 `Noles and No. 2 Tigers at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 6 for the national championship.
Also, Alabama will play Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, Clemson will play Ohio State in the Orange Bowl, Michigan
State will play Stanford in the Rose Bowl, Baylor will play UCF in the Fiesta Bowl.Outback Bowl
TAMPA, Fla. — LSU (9-4) and Iowa (8-4) will meet in the Outback Bowl, just the second time the Tigers and Hawkeyes faced each other on the foot-ball field.
The teams play in a New Year’s Day matchup played at Raymond James Stadium, home of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The only other meeting between the school with rich football traditions was in the 2005 Capital One Bowl in Or-lando. Drew Tate threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to War-ren Holloway as time expired.
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The margin was similar (32-27) entering the fourth quarter, but the Rams went on a run to take a 39-37 lead with four minutes to play.
During the next minute Wolfe sank a field goal and 3-pointer to push the Pan-thers in front 44-40. But, again, that lead didn’t hold up. Lewis scored inside to tie it 46-46 with 35 seconds left.
Nielsen’s shot was off the mark at 2.7 seconds. Glenwood rebounded, but Phipps stole the pass near midcourt. A desperate at-tempt for a timeout by Hiatt went unheeded, sending the game into overtime.Overtime edge
Aggressive drives to the basket paid off for the Pan-thers in the extra four-min-ute session, as Wolfe’s two free throws and a drive in
the lane lifted the hosts to a 56-50 lead with just over a minute to play. Thompson, Wolfe and Phipps finished the scoring at the free throw line as Glenwood fouled to stop the clock and gain pos-session.
“We were being strong with the ball and getting to the free throw line, which is a big emphasis with coach Hiatt this year,” Wolfe said. “On defense our backside help and rotations were good. We’re trying to help each other out and play good team basketball.”
Glenwood falls to 0-2, having opened with a 59-57 overtime loss to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. Creston starts a busy week Tuesday at Shenandoah, followed by a road trip to Atlantic Friday and game at 5 p.m. Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena against ADM (Adel) preceding an Iowa Energy NBA ‘D’ League game. Tickets are available at the high school activities office.
GLENWOOD (53) — Corey Bertini 5 4-4 15, Jacob Lewis 5 2-3 12, Gage Shatava 4 0-0 10, Dylan
one quarter, but the Glen-wood JV pulled away in the second half to a 57-43 vic-tory over Creston.
Christian Groumoutis scored 14 ponts for the Pan-thers and Connor Weist led the Rams with 15.
“It was a good first game to see our guys in a com-petitive situation,” Creston coach Michael West said. “We need to box out a little better, and they were get-ting some fast break points on us.”
Creston plays at Shenan-doah on Tuesday.
Creston (43) — Christian Groumoutis 14, Sam Hartsock 9, Cooper McDermott 9, Jake Miller 6, Brandon Jones 4, Nick Walsh 3, McClain Haines 2, Chris Foster 2. 3-point goals — Hartsock 1, McDermott 1. Free throws — 7-16. Halftime score — Glenwood 28, Creston 24.
22-8 lead on the way to de-feating Creston freshmen Friday, 46-24.
“They got in the (free throw) penalty too quick,” said Creston coach Anthony Donahoo. “In the fourth quarter we started playing better and moving the ball downcourt, running our lanes.”
Creston freshmen are idle until playing at Atlantic on Friday.
Omar’s shot was on a per-fect line for the hoop, but sailed just long, as Murray corralled the rebound. Di-agonal wasn’t able to foul in the final :30 and Murray held on for a wild 62-60 win.
“I didn’t know what to tell them, playing four on five and they’re trying to waste time,” Warren said. “What do you do? But, they found a way to do it (climb back into the game) and it was awesome. To have a chance to win a game like that with
three people on the court ... if one bounce goes our way at the end, we’ve got it.”
Wookey said he’s never been a part of a game quite like this, but said it was un-fortunate the game ended the way it did.
“The worst thing about it is with Taylor on the floor, they have a chance to win it no matter what, because he can beat one guy, two guys off the dribble,” Wookey said. “I know it wasn’t much fun for their kids to have to step off to the side and foul
out, but I was glad our guys stepped up and got it done.”
Diagonal falls to 1-2 for the season and 0-1 in Bluegrass Conference play with the loss, while Mur-ray improves to 1-1 and 1-0. The Maroons host Orient-Macksburg on Tuesday in a boys and girls doublehead-er, while Murray hosts Mor-mon Trail in a boys and girls doubleheader.
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PRNWe provide a competitive and comprehensive compensation
package including PTO, IPERS and on-site fitness facility.
602 West Taylor St.— Creston —
641-782-6688
806 Laurel St. (Walmart)— Creston —
641-782-5710
help wanted Apply online at
mysubwaycareer.com
FORK LIFT OPERATORCMC-Dalton Ag Products, a leading manufacturer of fertilizer
application equipment, is accepting applications for a Forklift Operator.
The Forklift Operator is responsible for operating equipment to load, unload, move, stack, and stage product and materials using a forklift, clamp truck, or other power equipment and may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
If you are interested in joining a company with a history of proven stability and growth as well as great benefits including holiday & vacation pay, uniforms, health insurance, retirement and overtime, apply in person at 602 E. Van Buren, Lenox, Iowa from 7:30am – 4pm.
A pre-employment drug screen and physical exam are required. EOE Employer
MCHCS HW Advanced Systems Engineer3x4.75
12/10 The Shopper; 12/11 The MadisonianTim L
300 W. Hutchings St., Winterset, Iowa 50273MCHCS is an equal opportunity employer
Full Time - 36 hours per weekApply online at www.madisonhealth.com
Join our Health Care Team
Apply online at www.madisonhealth.com
300 W. Hutchings St., Winterset, Iowa 50273MCHCS is an equal opportunity employer
Advanced Systems Engineer
The Advanced Systems Engineer’s role is to ensure proper computer operation so that end-users can accomplish business tasks. This includes actively resolving escalated end-user help requests within established SLAs. Problem resolution may involve the use of diagnostic and help request tracking tools, as well as require that the individual give in-person, hands-on help at the desktop level. Project management as needed.
This is a full time position.We provide a competitive and comprehensive compensation
package including PTO, IPERS and on-site fitness facility.
STEEL BUILDINGallocated bargains40x60 on up. We dodeals www.gosteel-buildings.com Source# 18X800-964-8335
JensKnits "Countdown to
Christmas Sale" Dec. 7th, 14th, 21st.500 New York Ave. -Garage, 8am-4pm
STAMINA STEPPERWITH counter andtimer, $50.00; smallcorner drop leaf table$35.00; 32 in. Sanyocolor TV (older style)$25.00- will entertainoffers also, 641-202-8036, leave message ifno answer.
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.
HAVE AN ITEM YOUWOULD LIKE TO SELL
FOR $50 OR LESS?Advertise it one time (5consecutive days) forfree, call 641-782-2141ext. 239. (Private Partyonly, 3 item limit perad).
BLACK WALNUTMEATS, $6/pint; 641-782-2367.
THREE CORDLESSPHONES, new in box,$40.00; FREE TO GOODINDOOR HOME- 2mama cats, 3 sevenmonth old cats & 1eight month old cat,asst. colors, 641-782-6971.
4 INCH CRAFTSMANwood jointer, $30.00,641-782-4640.
ADOPTION: Loving, out-doorsy couple, doctor dad, stay-home mom, hope to adopt a baby; share lifetime of love, adventure, opportunity. Please call Lori & Mike 1-888-499-4464 (INCN)
A D O P T I O N - U p b e a t , enthusiastic, in love couple want to adopt a child. Homemaker mom, successful dad, involved grandparents. Legally allowed expens-es paid. Bill and Debbie 800-311-6090 (INCN)
ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS
Gun Show: Maquo-keta 1212 Quarry St. December 13-14-15 Fri. Night 5-9 Sat. 9-5 Sun 9-3 Bigboreen-terprises.com (INCN)
HELP WANTED- TRUCK DRIVER
Best lease purchase in the USA, 99¢/gal. fuel program, new-est tractors & trailers available anywhere. Top pay, medical insur-ance program, good miles Hirschbach 888-514-6005 www.drive4hml.com (INCN)
OTR Drivers to run Mid-west to West Coast, late model equipment, scheduled hometime, travel al-lowance, paid vaca-tion. Call Chuck or Tim (800) 645-3748 (INCN)
Class A CDL Drivers Wanted! Iowa Based Dedicated Customer Account, Consistent Home-Time, Excellent Pay ($55-60K annually) and Benefit Package! Call 800-397-8132 or apply online www.drivejtc.com (INCN)
DRIVER NEEDED IN
CLS2
Carry-out Only
Pizza Specials2 Large 2 Topping
$18.50 + tax
2 Large Specialty
$24.95 + tax
A&G Steakhouse & Lounge211 W. Adams • Creston • 782-7871
GIGANTIC HOLIDAY SALE— at —
COEN’SCOEN’SFURNITURE, INC.FURNITURE, INC.
121 N. Maple • Creston • 641-782-2121— Monday - Saturday 9-5 or by appointment —
View our complete listings at www.crestonautomotive.com
RESTONUTOMOTIVE
Now is the time to stop by Creston Automotive!
$5 from every oil change and $100 from every vehicle sale will go towards our annual
giFts fOr ouR kiDs program.
The Holidays are a time to give back and with your help, together we can help make the holidays a bit
brighter for local children, and their families, in need.
Shenandoah vs Creston Basketball
Join us on Tuesday, Dec. 10 for a chance to win tickets to the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
men’s basketball game and Ethanol gift certificates.
Promotion Details: Winners will receive $25 in Ethanol and one
grand prize winner will receive two tickets to the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
men’s basketball game on December 13.
Sign up to win at the Shenandoah vs Creston rivalry basketball game.
Must be present to win.
Winners will be drawn during half-time of the men’s game.
Special thanks to our sponsors:
Fremont/Page County Corn Growers
Di Miller at 3’s Company —Full Service Salon—
912 N. Sumner • Creston • 641-782-4078Appointments Available - Mon 8am-8pm • Wed & Fri 8am-3pm
3’s Company
Stuff your stockings with gift certificates, hair and nail care products, for the whole family.
Call Peggy Rice to schedule appointments Tues-Sat
Late appointments available | Walk-ins welcome
gift certificates, gift certificates, hair and nail care products, hair and nail care products, hair and nail care products, hair and nail care products, for the whole family. for the whole family.
Think of us for your holiday giving!
912 N. SumnerLate appointments available | Walk-ins welcome
holiday giving!
10A Creston News AdvertiserMonday, December 9, 2013
CNA photos by JAKE WADDINGHAM
Hot vs. cold: Left, frigid temperatures cause steam to rise off of a drier near the corn silos at Farmers’ Cooperative in Afton Friday afternoon. Above, Afton firefighters Jeff Welch, Gary Hansen and Brett Weis check a car’s engine for hot spots after it caught fire on Highway 34 Friday afternoon.
E-mail the CNA’sSTEPHANI
FINLEYsfinley@
crestonnews.com
CNA photo by SARAH BROWN
Grand slam: SWCC student Keagan Piercy reads an orig-inal poem during a poetry slam sponsored by Creston:Arts Friday night at Adams Streets Espresso and Soda Shoppe. About 20 poets took part and read, sang and recited work they wrote, with Piercy winning first place.
