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CORYDON – After being sent home early Friday, the jury received their instructions and started delib-eration for the civil trial Steve Green vs. City of Cres-ton, Water Works Board of Trustees 11 a.m. today at the Wayne County Courthouse.

Friday afternoon, Creston Water Works attorney Patrick Smith – subject to his understanding of dis-cussions in the judge’s chamber – had two witnesses from the Creston Water Works testify without the jury present, then ask the judge for a directed verdict.

Green’s attorneys, Michael J. Carroll and Richard Owen McConville, resubmitted their objections to Smith’s witnesses for the record, but made a similar request for a direct-ed verdict in favor of Green.

A directed verdict is an order from the pre-siding judge in a jury trial to return a specif-ic verdict. It is typical-ly used when a judge determines no reason-able jury could reach a decision contrary to the judge.

“Bottom line is, I think there is enough evidence to submit this entire case to the jury on all the issues that have been pled by both sides,” Judge John Lloyd said. “And that’s what we are going to end up doing.”

Green finishesAfter spending all Thursday afternoon on the wit-

ness stand, Green returned to the post to start the trial Friday. He spent just over an hour explaining his accrued vacation and other allegations made in the state auditor’s report.

“I earned it, it’s mine, it’s banked, I own it,” Green said about his accumulated vacation time. “It is mine to use.”

Green was not the only employee to receive pay-outs for vacation time, but he was the only one who

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Will you accept the challenge?

By SARAH BROWNCNA staff [email protected]

Rick Walker is on a mission. His goal? To make this Christmas the

brightest.This month, Creston

Area Swap members react-ed to Walker’s post where he proposed a Christmas Light Dis-play Chal-lenge.

“ B a s i -cally, all I am asking is for peo-ple to put up at least one strand of lights or a Christmas tree in their front window that you can see from the road,” Walker said. “Just to give the town a little bit more of a Christmas feel to it. If you

have the whole block of houses on both sides with just one strand of lights on each house, it’s just going to look cheerful.”

TraditionsWalker said one of his fa-

vorite memories was driv-ing around with his parents Christmas eve to scope out the neighborhood lights in his hometown of Hays, Kan.

“One guy had had a farmhouse all lit up with a sign that said ‘Santa’s Workshop,’” Walker said. “There would be people coming from miles and miles away to look at it.”

Walker said, when he first moved to Creston in 2012, he had to keep decor on the exterior of his apart-ment to a minimum. After he set out with his son Aus-tin to find some big Christ-mas light displays in town, Walker decided to take ac-

tion.“I moved into a house

shortly after Christmas be-cause I was so disappoint-ed,” Walker said.

Walker said his dad goes “all out” covering his child-hood home in lights. And, as the saying goes, “the ap-ple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

“I have 15,152,” Walker said of his lights, which are all synchronized to Christ-mas music.

Walker said he just wants to give his son the same en-joyment of looking at lights that he had as a child.

“I know, as a kid, I loved them,” Walker said.

And now, Walker enjoys watching passersby slow down to appreciate his lighted Christmas display.

Got lights?After Walker’s challenge

on Creston Area Swap, he has received messages from other Crestonians who have decorated.

“The west side of town is starting to put up a lot more lights just since that post,” Walker said.

Walker said his Christ-

mas light display is the re-sult of collecting over the years.

“I add to it each year,” Walker said.

Walker said the best time to purchase Christmas lights is after the holidays and the best selection he has found is at ACE Hard-ware and Menards.

“It’s great,” Walker said. “Everything is at least 75-percent off.”

Walker hopes more peo-ple will partake in the chal-lenge, but, understands if it is financially challenging for some.

“I know people struggle day to day to make their bills, but, with one strand of lights and having it on for four hours on Christ-mas eve or Christmas day, won’t affect their electrici-ty bill,” Walker said.

He is so passionate about the challenge, he has even offered to help people hang their lights — as time al-lows.

Have you taken the chal-lenge? Let the CNA know by sending and email to [email protected].

� Rick Walker proposes a Christmas challenge. He’s asking for Crestonians to put up at least one strand of lights or Christmas tree in their front window.

CNA photo by SARAH BROWNRick Walker’s house, 400 N. Walnut St., displays one of the largest residential Christmas light displays in Creston, which features more than 15,000 lights that are sychronized to Christmas carols. Walker is challenging others to display at least one strand of lights for a few hours on Christmas Eve.

Walker

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMANCold turkey: Delmer McElfish, right, of Massena speaks with Norman Lear, televi-sion writer and producer, while Lear signs his book for McElfish Saturday in Greenfield. Lear’s film “Cold Turkey” was mostly filmed in Greenfield, as well as in Orient, Macksburg, Winterset and Des Moines in 1969. Lear, who produced TV successes “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” visited Greenfield on the 45th anniversary of the film’s production.

Out loud: Conductor Tommy Boynton, Southwestern Community College jazz voice, choir and recording studio adjunct faculty, waits for applause to end in between songs during the college’s cham-ber choir concert Sunday evening at SWCC Center for Performing Arts. The chamber choir performed pieces arranged by Boynton and SWCC instructor Jason Smith, as well as Claude Debussy and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

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Merriam-Webster names ‘culture’ word of the year

NEW YORK (AP) — A nation, a workplace, an eth-nicity, a passion, an outsized personality. The people who comprise these things, who fawn or rail against them, are behind Merriam-Webster’s 2014 word of the year: cul-ture.

The word joins Oxford Dictionaries’ “vape,” a darling of the e-cigarette movement, and “exposure,” declared the year’s winner at Dictionary.com during a time of tragedy and fear due to Ebola.

Merriam-Webster based its pick and nine runners-up on significant increases in lookups this year over last on Merriam-Webster.com, along with notable, often culture-driven — if you will — spikes of concentrated in-terest.

In the No. 2 spot is “nostal-gia,” during a year of big 50th anniversaries pegged to 1964: the start of the free speech movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the birth of the Ford Mustang and the British Invasion heralded by the landing of the Beatles on U.S. soil for the first time.

Nostalgia was followed by insidious, legacy, feminism and a rare multiword phrase that can be looked up in to-tal, in a foreign language at that: the French “je ne sais quoi.”

The Springfield, Massa-chusetts-based dictionary giant filters out perennial favorites when picking word of the year, but does that for-mula leave them chasing lan-guage fads?

“We’re simply using the word culture more frequent-ly,” said Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merri-am-Webster. “It may be a fad. It may not. It may simply be evolution.”

Sokolowski noted that the reasons words are looked up aren’t just about not know-ing what they mean. Some-times, he said, we seek inspi-ration or a way to check in on ourselves. Of more than 100 million lookups on the website each month and a similar number on the com-pany’s app, culture enjoyed a 15 percent year-over-year increase.

Percentage-wise, it doesn’t sound like much, but the raw number in that stratosphere is large, Sokolowski said. He wouldn’t disclose actual numbers, though, citing the proprietary nature of that data for a company still pri-vately held.

Sokolowski is a lexicogra-pher, not a mind reader, so his observations about why any single word takes off in terms of lookups is well-in-formed but theoretical.

“The word culture’s got a cultural story. We have no-ticed for years that culture has a cyclical spike every year at around Labor Day. That is to say back to school time during the month of September, so we’ve been watching this word spike at

that time for years,” he said by telephone from Spring-field. “In recent years we’ve seen similar spikes at the end of semesters during finals.”

But traffic throughout the year indicates that culture is a “chameleon,” Sokolowski said. “When you put it next to another word it means something very different. For example, ‘consumer culture’ or ‘rape culture,’ which we’ve been reading about lately.”

There’s the “culture of transparency” in government and business, and “celebrity culture,” and the “culture of winning” in sports, he noted. “It’s a word that can be very specific, like ‘test prep cul-ture,’ or it can be very, very broad, like ‘coffee culture.’”

One standout reference that caught Sokolowski’s eye in The New Yorker’s De-cember issue is from a new book, “How Google Works,” which includes a description of a software fix by a few en-gineers that made ads more relevant on the search en-gine:

“It wasn’t Google’s cul-ture that turned those five engineers into problem-solv-ing ninjas who changed the course of the company over the weekend,” wrote the au-thors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former head of product develop-ment Jonathan Rosenberg.

“Rather it was the cul-ture that attracted the ninjas to the company in the first place.”

Before the word culture exploded, Sokolowski said, “we used to talk about ‘so-ciety’ a lot. Certain groups are taking ‘society’ out of their names now. It seems to be receding. Part of that seems to be because it’s elit-ist. We’re using the word cul-ture more frequently in that place.”

Not all lookup spikes are quite that complex. The rea-son “je ne sais quoi” land-ed at No. 6, for instance, is “dead simple,” he said.

The fast-food drive-in chain Sonic, known for TV spots featuring two goofy dudes eating in a car, had them munching on boneless chicken wings in September.

“I’ve finally found myself a wingman,” goofy guy No. 1 says of the wings he hopes will make him a chick mag-net.

“Oh right,” sneers goofy guy No. 2, “gonna give you that certain je ne sais quoi.”

Responds No. 1: “Jenna said what?”

They mine the word play a couple more times, but you get the picture.

“Since September when this ad came out this word has been close to the Top 10 or in the Top 10 of our look-ups almost every single day,” Sokolowski said.

Fast-food aside, he called this year’s list a relatively so-ber one.

“This is a fairly sober list. It was a fairly sober year,” he concluded.

Police end Sydney hostage siege after 16 hours SYDNEY (AP) — A

swarm of heavily armed po-lice stormed a cafe in the heart of downtown Sydney early Tuesday, ending a siege where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people hostage for more than 16 hours.

A police spokesman con-firmed “the operation is over,” but would not release any further details about the fate of the gunman or his re-maining captives.

After a flurry of loud bangs, police swooped into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe shortly after five or six hostages were seen running from the building.

After the police moved in, one weeping woman was helped out by the officers and at least two other people were wheeled out on stretchers.

The dramatic scene unfold-ed shortly after the gunman was identified by local media as Iranian-born Man Haron Monis, who is facing charges including sexual assault and accessory to murder in sep-arate cases. A police official said “you wouldn’t be wrong” in identifying the 50-year-old Monis as the gunman. Under department rules, officials do not identify themselves unless speaking at a formal news conference.

Monis has long been on officials’ radar. Last year, he was sentenced to 300 hours of community service for writing offensive letters to families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. He was later charged with be-ing an accessory to the mur-der of his ex-wife. Earlier this year, he was charged with the sexual assault of a woman in 2002. He has been out on bail on the charges.

“This is a one-off random individual. It’s not a concert-ed terrorism event or act. It’s a damaged goods individual who’s done something out-rageous,” his former lawyer, Manny Conditsis, told Aus-tralian Broadcasting Corp.

“His ideology is just so strong and so powerful that it clouds his vision for common sense and objectiveness,” Conditsis said.

Throughout the day, sever-

al people were seen with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the window of the cafe, and two people holding up a black flag with the Shahada, or Islamic dec-laration of faith, written on it.

The Shahada translates as “There is no god but God and Muhammad is his messen-ger.” It is considered the first of Islam’s five pillars of faith, and is similar to the Lord’s Prayer in Christianity. It is pervasive throughout Islamic culture, including the green flag of Saudi Arabia. Jihad-is have used the Shahada in their own black flag.

A number of Australian Muslim groups condemned the hostage-taking in a joint statement and said the flag’s inscription was a “testimony of faith that has been misap-propriated by misguided indi-viduals.”

In a show of solidarity, many Australians offered on Twitter to accompany peo-ple dressed in Muslim clothes who were afraid of a back-lash from the cafe siege. The hashtag #IllRideWithYou was used more than 90,000 times by late Monday eve-ning.

Seven Network television news staff watched the gun-man and hostages for hours from a fourth floor window of their Sydney offices, opposite the cafe.

The gunman could be seen pacing back and forth past the cafe’s windows. Reporter Chris Reason said the man carried what appeared to be a pump-action shotgun, was un-shaven and wore a white shirt and a black cap.

Earlier Monday, network staff counted about 15 dif-ferent faces among hostages forced up against the win-dows.

“The gunman seems to be sort of rotating these people through these positions on the windows with their hands and faces up against the glass,” Reason said in a report from the vantage point. “One wom-an we’ve counted was there for at least two hours — an extraordinary, agonizing time for her surely having to stand

on her feet for that long.”“When we saw that rush of

escapees, we could see from up here in this vantage point the gunman got extremely agitated as he realized those five had got out. He started screaming orders at the peo-ple, the hostages who remain behind,” he added.

Reason later reported that staff brought food from a kitchen at the rear of the cafe and the hostages were fed.

As night set in, the lights inside the cafe were switched off. Armed police guarding the area outside fitted their helmets with green-glowing night goggles.

St. Vincent’s hospital spokesman David Faktor said a male hostage was in satisfactory condition in the hospital’s emergency depart-ment. He was the only one of the freed hostages to be tak-en to a hospital, and Scipione said he was being treated for a pre-existing condition.

Hundreds of police blan-keted the city as streets were closed and offices evacuated. The public was told to stay away from Martin Place, site of the state premier’s office, the Reserve Bank of Aus-tralia, and the headquarters of two of the nation’s largest banks. The state parliament house is a few blocks away, and the landmark Sydney Opera House also is nearby.

“This is a very disturbing in-cident,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. “It is profoundly shocking that innocent people should be held hostage by an armed person claiming politi-cal motivation.”

Lindt Australia posted a message on its Facebook page thanking the public for its support.

“We are deeply concerned over this serious incident and our thoughts and prayers are with the staff and customers involved and all their friends

and families,” the company wrote.

Australia’s government raised the country’s terror warning level in September in response to the domestic threat posed by supporters of the Islamic State group. Counterterror law enforce-ment teams later conducted dozens of raids and made several arrests in Australia’s three largest cities — Mel-bourne, Sydney and Brisbane. One man arrested during a series of raids in Sydney was charged with conspiring with an Islamic State leader in Syr-ia to behead a random person in downtown Sydney.

The Islamic State group, which now holds a third of Syria and Iraq, has threatened Australia in the past. In Sep-tember, Islamic State group spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani issued an audio message urging so-called “lone wolf” attacks abroad, specifically mentioning Aus-tralia. Al-Adnani told Mus-lims to kill all “disbelievers,” whether they be civilians or soldiers.

One terrorism expert said the situation appeared to be that of a “lone wolf” making his own demands, rather than an attack orchestrated by a foreign jihadist group.

“There haven’t been state-ments from overseas linking this to extremist groups out-side the country — that is quite positive,” said Charles Knight, lecturer in the De-partment of Policing, Intel-ligence and Counter Terror-ism at Australia’s Macquarie University. “The individual or individuals involved didn’t kill early, which is part of the pattern of some recent inter-national attacks. ... It seems to be shifting more into the model of a traditional hostage situation, rather than the sort of brutal attacks we’ve seen overseas.”

AP photo by ROB GRIFFITHA hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe’s windows showed several people with their arms in the air.

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Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 24 16 windy Davenport 39 23 windy Marshaltown 29 18 windyAtlantic 29 20 windy Des Moines 31 21 windy Mason City 27 16 windyAubudon 28 18 windy Dubuque 38 24 windy Onawa 27 19 windyCedar Rapids 33 21 windy Farmington 33 23 windy Oskaloosa 31 19 windyCenterville 32 21 windy Fort Dodge 27 17 windy Ottumwa 32 20 windyClarinda 31 21 windy Ft Madison 36 24 windy Red Oak 30 20 windyClarion 26 16 windy Guttenberg 35 23 windy Sioux Center 22 13 pt sunnyClinton 41 23 windy Keokuk 36 25 windy Sioux City 26 17 windyCouncil Bluffs 29 20 windy Lansing 34 22 windy Spencer 24 14 windyCreston 30 20 windy LeMars 24 15 pt sunny Waterloo 30 19 windy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 58 37 pt sunny Houston 64 48 sunny Phoenix 62 46 mst sunnyBoston 43 40 cloudy Los Angeles 63 52 cloudy San Francisco 56 51 rainChicago 46 24 rain Miami 77 59 sunny Seattle 51 42 pt sunnyDallas 54 41 sunny Minneapolis 24 17 pt sunny St. Louis 41 28 windyDenver 41 23 pt sunny New York 47 43 rain Washington, DC 51 40 rain

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Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 24 16 windy Davenport 39 23 windy Marshaltown 29 18 windyAtlantic 29 20 windy Des Moines 31 21 windy Mason City 27 16 windyAubudon 28 18 windy Dubuque 38 24 windy Onawa 27 19 windyCedar Rapids 33 21 windy Farmington 33 23 windy Oskaloosa 31 19 windyCenterville 32 21 windy Fort Dodge 27 17 windy Ottumwa 32 20 windyClarinda 31 21 windy Ft Madison 36 24 windy Red Oak 30 20 windyClarion 26 16 windy Guttenberg 35 23 windy Sioux Center 22 13 pt sunnyClinton 41 23 windy Keokuk 36 25 windy Sioux City 26 17 windyCouncil Bluffs 29 20 windy Lansing 34 22 windy Spencer 24 14 windyCreston 30 20 windy LeMars 24 15 pt sunny Waterloo 30 19 windy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 58 37 pt sunny Houston 64 48 sunny Phoenix 62 46 mst sunnyBoston 43 40 cloudy Los Angeles 63 52 cloudy San Francisco 56 51 rainChicago 46 24 rain Miami 77 59 sunny Seattle 51 42 pt sunnyDallas 54 41 sunny Minneapolis 24 17 pt sunny St. Louis 41 28 windyDenver 41 23 pt sunny New York 47 43 rain Washington, DC 51 40 rain

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NewDec 22

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MondayTOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First

United Methodist Church.AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads

Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

Friends of the Creston Public Library Board, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library, 200 W. Montgomery St. Meeting open to all members.

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

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

TuesdayODO Club, 11:30 a.m. luncheon,

Creston Family Restaurant, 802 W. Taylor St.

Creston Lions Club, noon luncheon, The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave.

Creston Kiwanis Club, noon, The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

Free community meal,

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

Creston City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

WednesdayTOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United

Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.

J.C. Penney former employees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers 12x12 study, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St.

Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34.

ThursdaySuper 8 Club, 1 p.m., Regency

Park.

Meetings Green Hills AEA Teacher

Quality Committee, 3 p.m. today, Creston regional of-fice, 257 Swan St.

Agenda includes: internal PD 2014-15; mandatory dates 2014-15; PD for GHAEA certified staff; teacher quali-ty 2014-15; options for 2014-15; new requests; mentors 2014-15; evaluation.

— — — — — —Lenox School Board,

6 p.m. today, high school building.

Agenda includes: second reading to amend policies 1004.10 and 404.10; discus-sion and possible action on staffing for One-to-One laptop program and district web page updating; pre-sentation, discussion and possible action concerning architectural and engineer-ing services for track and other projects; fundraiser; consider approval of school start date waiver resolution for 2015-16; discussion on bargaining schedule; con-sider approval of resolution authorizing the request of modified allowable growth and on-time funding budget adjustment for increased enrollment and limited En-glish proficient program expenditures; discussion on and consideration of ap-proval of estate funds; con-sider approval of revisions to the district developed special education plan; new hire; administration/board reports.

— — — — — —Mount Ayr City Council,

6 p.m. today, meeting room.Agenda includes: public

forum; resolution tax abate-ment for David and Mar-jorie Patch; resolution on seating city energy advisory team, Brent Wise, Aman-da Cannon and Raymond Hensley; reconsider main-tenance agreement – 2015 generator service contract renewal; Superintendent Brent Wise report; con-sider employee wages for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015; consider action for the purpose of a one time pay adjustment; treasurer’s report; claims.

— — — — — —

Creston City Water Works Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, boardroom.

Agenda includes: 5:35 p.m. review and approve fiscal year 2015-16 budget; cost of living increase for salaried employees; regular water works business.

— — — — — —Creston City Council,

6 p.m. Tuesday, council chambers, restored Creston Depot. Public hearing on proposed gas and electric franchise ordinances can-celed.

Agenda includes: public forum; discuss resolutions to adopt revenue purpose statement regarding the use of revenues from proposed gas and electric franchise fees pursuant to Iowa Code 364.2(4)(f); set public hear-ing for 6 p.m. Jan. 6 on the proposed gas and electric franchise ordinances; re-appoint Rick Foster to the Planning and Zoning Com-mission with term expiring Nov. 13, 2019; appoint Jason Cook to the Water Works Board of Trustees with term expiring Dec. 31, 2020; set public hearing and bid let-ting Jan. 20 for north side sanitary sewer rehabilitation project; authorize the mayor to sign contract for comedian based on recommendation of the Park and Recreation Board.

Birth Greater RegionalMedical Center

Katie and Landon White of Creston are parents of a son born Dec. 12, 2014. Gage Thomas White weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Dawn and Landon White of Mount Ayr and Mary Linn and Lo-ren Olson of Osceola.

Great-grandparents are Jean and Tom Willey of Spencer and Royanna and Steve Spencer of Osceola.

Police Allen Hall, 20, 508 W.

Montgomery St., was charged on a Union County warrant for second-degree theft 10:37 p.m. Thursday at Union County Law Enforce-ment Center.

According to a Creston Police report, at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 4, officers did recov-er two handguns and a bow that had been taken from a vehicle in Creston on or about Oct. 28 or 29. The items were recovered at an occupied building in Union County approximately three miles southwest of Lorimor. During the inves-tigation, it was determined Hall had knowledge of the location of the items and had attempted to sell the bow to another person with knowledge the bow was taken. Hall did admit to officers he knew the items were taken and was at-tempting to sell one of the items for profit. The items were valued at approxi-mately $1,100.

Hall was released from Union County Jail on $5,000 bond.

— — — — — —Virginia Jean Keasey, 40,

of Adair was charged on a Union County warrant for probation violation 1:48 p.m. Friday.

Keasey was being held in Ringgold County Jail for Union County on $10,000 bond.

— — — — — —Christopher Thomas

White, 19, of Chariton was charged with operating while intoxicated 2:55 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of West Adams Street and North Sumner Avenue.

According to a Creston Police report, White was the driver stopped for traf-fic violations. During the stop, White showed signs of impairment. White con-sented to a field sobriety test, and showed significant signs of impairment. White consented to a preliminary breath test, and was above .08. White consented to the Datamaster test, and had a test result above .08.

White was released on $1,000 bond.

— — — — — —Shawn Douglas Shim-

er, 20, of Des Moines was charged with possession of marijuana 4:30 a.m. Satur-day at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, officers ques-tioned Shimer 4:30 a.m. in regard to a controlled substance found during an inventory of his vehicle. Shimer made statements in regard to the controlled sub-stance being his, and how he obtained it. Shimer said he placed the controlled sub-stance in his vehicle a few days prior.

Shimer was released on $1,000 bond.

— — — — — —Rodney Carlson, 306 S.

Lincoln St., reported a mon-ey card belonging to him had been used without his per-mission between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday.

Loss estimate is $842.

Fire Miscellaneous

Medical, 10:33 a.m., Fri-day, North Poplar Street.

Medical, 11:45 a.m., Satur-day, West Montgomery Street.

Police assist, 9 p.m., Sun-day, South Mulberry Street.

Adams County Sheriff

Steven Marion Bochniak, 29, 402 N. Oak St. Apt. 17, was charged with possession of marijuana 8:40 p.m. Satur-day in Adams County.

According to an Adams County Sheriff report, a call

came into the sheriff’s office about a single car accident on 150th Street a half mile west of the intersection of 150th Street and Uban Avenue. Boch-niak hit a bridge, disabling his truck. Sheriff’s deputies noticed Bochniak was acting strange. Sheriff’s deputies recovered a small amount of marijuana.

Bochniak was being held in Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.67

Soybeans — $9.81• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.67Soybeans — $9.94

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accrued vacation year to year and received a pay-out for his unused vacation quarterly.

“No sense of stacking more on top of it when I knew I was going to retire at 62,” Green said. “They (the board) knew they were go-ing to have to take care of it sometime, so why continue to let it build and build and build and build.”

Smith ended his cross ex-amination with the power washer and generator found in Green’s personal garage where he kept his work truck.

“We needed light for a number of reasons,” Green said. “If you received a call and had to go out, a lot of our things are not by street lights. Most of the problems we have are in the winter.”

Green added that having a light weight generator in his heated garage was for convenience.

McNichols testimonyCurrent Creston Wa-

ter Works Chairman Lee McNichols took the stand after Green. He has spent the entire trial sitting be-hind the defendant’s table across from Green.

McNichols first de-scribed his role in estab-lishing the board’s finance committee, which he was the lone member.

“I thought we needed a little more oversight for what was going on at the water works,” McNichols said. “We would go over the financial report, go over all the bills, approve the hiring of a CPA firm.”

He recalled the March 2011 meeting where the board approved Green to receive three weeks paid out for his vacation time, but said it was the only

time he recalled Green asking for a payout.

“My understanding was that instead of getting five weeks of vacation, we were going to buy back three weeks of vacation time,” McNichols said. “Steve Green did not have time to be gone five weeks in the year.”

After the 2012 audit, Draper, Snodgrass and Mikkelsen CPA Randy Cook contacted McNichols about his findings that he wanted to report to the fi-nance committee. Bill Stu-art attended the meeting with McNichols.

“I agreed to attend a meeting at his office,” McNichols said. “We learned that Randy Cook had some concerns.”

McNichols said he be-lieved it was an ongoing in-vestigation and did not dis-cuss the information Cook presented to anyone else, including other members of the board. The board later put Green on paid administrative leave after a special meeting was called in November 2012.

“We received the audi-tor’s report and terminated Steve Green’s contract,” McNichols said. “I thought we had just cause at that time to terminate his con-tract.”

Green was terminated in June 2013.

“I wasn’t happy that this

hadn’t been reported earli-er,” McNichols said. “They hadn’t reported it to us and second, that the board over sighted that.”

Water works employeesCreston Water Works

Distribution Superinten-dent Rick Reed and em-ployee Justin Davis took the stand Friday afternoon.

Reed discussed his un-derstanding of how vaca-tion time worked for man-agement employees.

“I have lost hours,” Reed said, but he had received payout for some time. “Be-cause I wasn’t able to use all of it, sometimes I would ask for it, sometimes Steve would offer it.”

He also said he never personally saw the gen-erator or power washer Green kept in his garage on site for the Creston Wa-ter Works, but said it was understood that employees could use work equipment for personal projects with approval.

“There is no (written) policy that I know of,” Reed said.

Davis recalled a conver-sation he had with Green in the summer of 2012 about if a generator the size of the portable one found in Green’s garage could pow-er an air conditioner.

If the jury reaches a de-cision Monday, it will have to be a unanimous 8-0 de-cision.

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B R E C K E N R I D G E , Colo. (AP) — Business is booming in Colorado’s mountain resorts, and the addition of recreational marijuana stores this year has attracted customers curious about legalized pot. But there’s mounting anxiety that ski towns have embraced stoner culture a little too much, potentially damaging the state’s tour-ism brand.

That worry flared up in two resort towns last week. In Breckenridge, residents voted overwhelmingly to force downtown’s lone dis-pensary off Main Street to a less-visible location. And just up the road in Granby, town officials used a prop-erty annex to prevent a dis-pensary from opening.

“It’s not a morality issue, or that we think marijuana is bad,” said Breckenridge councilman Gary Galla-gher, who supported legal marijuana but also voted to force the Breckenridge Cannabis Club out of down-town. “Marijuana, it is not in this country’s DNA yet. It’s a little bit too early.”

So far, there’s no indica-tion that legal pot has dam-aged tourism, Colorado’s No. 2 industry. The state notched a record $17.3 bil-lion in tourism spending the year after legalization, with a record 64.6 million visi-tors, and state tourism offi-cials say 2014 is poised to top last year’s record.

But it’s an open question whether pot has anything to do with it. Officials cite the improving econo-my and the weather, with healthy snow totals histori-cally being the most signif-icant driver for mountain visits.

The state and its mari-juana industry are barred by law from advertising weed out of state, and the head of the Colorado Tourism Office says the state isn’t tracking the role of marijuana in tourist be-havior.

“It’s all anecdotal,” Al White said. “I have heard from some angry parents who said they’ll never come back to Colorado because of marijuana. And I’ve also heard from peo-

ple who say they came to Colorado just to see the marijuana.

“At the end of the day, it may be having a modest effect, but it’s not huge ei-ther way.”

The recent friction isn’t the first time officials have moved to lower marijua-na’s profile.

The nation’s largest ski operator, Vail Resorts, made headlines over the last year tearing down makeshift shelters built il-licitly in hard-to-reach ar-eas and used by stoners to “get safe,” mountain slang for toking up out of the cold and away from ski pa-trollers. Resorts across the state are dotted with the so-called smoke shacks, and some of them are de-cades old.

“We will continue to communicate that con-sumption of marijuana is illegal in public and on federal land,” Vail Re-sorts’ Russ Pecoraro said in a statement about de-stroying the shacks in its four areas, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Vail.

Still, at rates greater than their urban neigh-bors, mountain commu-nities backed marijuana legalization in 2012, in-cluding Breckenridge, an early and enthusiastic support base, and there’s no doubt that recreational pot has had an effect on ski towns.

A state-produced July report on the new mari-juana industry concluded that 90 percent of recre-ational sales in mountain resort communities go to out-of-state visitors.

The influx of shoppers — and camera crews that have become frequent sights as they work on pot-themed news stories and documentaries — has prompted a lively debate among residents about how pot is changing their resorts.

“Whether you’re pro-marijuana or against marijuana, you have to be concerned about how tourists react to seeing it,” said Bob Gordman, a Breckenridge retiree who voted to move the dispen-sary.

Others say the marijua-na novelty will die down naturally and that resort towns shouldn’t worry about dispensaries or the souvenir shops that put “Rocky Mountain High” puns on T-shirts.

“In five or 10 years, it’ll be no big issue,” said Bill Kiser, a Breckenridge re-tiree who voted to keep the dispensary on Main Street.

“Why don’t families get turned off when they go on vacation and see a bar and people drinking alco-hol? Because they’re used to it,” Kiser said. “People will eventually get used to this, too.”

“Why don’t fami-lies get turned off when they go on vacation and see a bar and people drinking alcohol? Because they’re used to it.“People will eventually get used to this, too.”

— Bill KiserBreckenridge retiree

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— Johnny Manziel spent his first NFL start being chased and taunted by Cincinnati defenders as the Bengals rudely wel-comed the hyped rookie quarterback to the league with a 30-0 demolition of the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Manziel failed to live up to the overwhelming hype surrounding his debut as the AFC North-lead-ing Bengals (9-4-1) built a 20-point halftime lead and rolled to their fourth straight road win.

Bengals rookie Jeremy Hill rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns, backing up his postgame trash talk of the Browns following a loss to them last month.

Manziel, promoted over the slumping Bri-an Hoyer to spark the Browns (7-7), finished 10 of 18 for 80 yards and two interceptions. He was sacked three times, under pressure all afternoon and had Bengals players imi-tating his signature “mon-ey-rubbing” gesture more than once.Cowboys win

P H I L A D E L P H I A (AP) — Dez Bryant caught a career-best three touchdown catches from Tony Romo and the Dal-las Cowboys rallied to beat the Eagles 38-27 on Sunday night after wast-ing a 21-0 lead.

DeMarco Murray had a pair of TD runs to help the Cowboys (10-4) move ahead of the Eagles (9-5) into first place in the NFC East. The Eagles dominated the Cowboys in a 33-10 road win on Thanksgiving, but Dallas takes control of the divi-sion with two weeks left.Six straight

F O X B O R O U G H , Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady was upset that his New England Patriots hardly looked like a divi-sion champion in the first half.

So upset that the slow-footed quarterback made a rare scramble for a first down that sparked them to a big third quar-ter and their sixth con-secutive AFC East title Sunday.

“I wasn’t in the best mood at that time,” Brady said after a 41-13 win over the Miami Dolphins.

He and his teammates were feeling better after the Patriots became the first team in NFL histo-ry with 11 division titles in 12 years. They missed only in 2008, when Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener and Miami won the AFC East.Jordan passed

M I N N E A P O L I S (AP) — Kobe Bryant has reached rarefied air.

The Los Angeles Lak-ers star passed Michael Jordan for third on the NBA’s career scoring list Sunday night in a 100-94 victory over the Minneso-ta Timberwolves.

Bryant entered the game needing nine points to pass the icon with whom he is often com-pared. He got the mark with two free throws with 5:24 to play in the second quarter.

Shorthanded Panthers win CD team titleBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

LEON — A shorthand-ed Creston/O-M wrestling squad crowned three in-dividual champions and claimed the team title here Friday at the Central Deca-tur Invitational.

The Panthers scored 248.5 team points, finishing 44 points ahead of runner-up Albia. Mount Ayr finished 11th with 85 points in the 13-team field.

Creston/O-M contested only 13 weight classes, as junior 195-pounder Seth Maitlen was held out of the t o u r n a -ment after suffering a con-c u s s i o n d u r i n g his match a g a i n s t Clarinda’s Christian Lauritsen Thursday night.

Coming off Thursday’s physical duals against Hawkeye 10 Conference opponents Atlantic/CAM and Clarinda, head coach Darrell Frain said it took his team a little while to get go-ing on Friday.

“I think we kind of start-ed a little sluggish the whole

night, but we battled hard and got some guys to the fi-nals,” he said. “Everybody just kind of did their job and stepped up and got some wins for us.”Champions

Five Panther wrestlers advanced to the finals, with freshman Kelby Luther (106), junior Wyatt Thomp-son (138) and senior Tayler Pettit (170) claiming indi-vidual titles.

Luther advanced to the fi-nals with a 47-second pin of top-seeded Storm Little of Albia in the semifinals. He then picked up an 11-6 deci-

sion over Central Decatur’s Wyatt Dale in the finals.

“He struggled a little Thursday night,” Frain said. “We talked about some of the mistakes he made. He fixed them a little bit. He got a big lead on the Central Decatur kid in the finals. Let him close the gap a little bit, but a great day, especial-ly after the struggles he had Thursday.”

Thompson, meanwhile, pinned his way through the tournament, spending just 4:17 on the mat for the day. He decked Albia’s Kyle Sin-nott in 2:33 in the finals.

“Wyatt has wres-tled well all year,” Frain said. “ H e ’ s c o m e up short on two matches , but for the most part has been a leader for us. He pretty much controlled it (Friday).”

Pettit also pinned his way through the tournament, wrestling a total of 4:19. He pinned Albia’s Christian Powless in 1:49 in the finals.

“ H e had a big win for us Thursday and he was nev-er really t h r e a t -ened (Fri-d a y ) , ” Frain said. “All three of them stepped up and wres-tled really well, and did what we expected out of them. Took care of business.”

Sophomore Trevor Mar-lin had a solid day at 120 pounds, winning by fall and tech fall to reach the finals, before losing a 16-5 major decision to Panorama’s Gar-rett Simmons.

Sophomore 220-pounder Kadon Hulett also won by fall and tech fall to reach the finals, before being derailed by state top-ranked Carter Isley of Albia in a 14-6 ma-jor decision.

“Trevor was the 6-seed and knocked off the 3-seed and then the 2-seed to get to the finals,” Frain said. “He was pretty darn excited. He hadn’t made it to finals yet. He got behind a little bit in that championship match and closed the gap a little bit.

Leon Journal-Reporter photo by COREY LINDSEYCreston/O-M freshman 106-pounder Kelby Luther works the arm of Central Decatur’s Wyatt Dale during the championship match at Friday’s Central Decatur Invitational. Luther won an 11-6 decision over Dale.

Wipeout at the WellPanthers blast ADM early in 67-50 victory

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

DES MOINES — The Panthers removed any doubt early in Saturday’s Wells Fargo Arena match-up with their coach’s for-mer employer.

Creston boys basketball coach Brett Watson was at ADM (Adel) nine years, starting with a stint as boys assistant coach before be-coming head girls coach for the past four years. He watched his unbeaten team open up a 30-point spread in the first half (45-15) on the way to cruising to a 67-50 victory.

It was a preliminary game to the Iowa Ener-gy’s NBA D-League home game against Sioux Falls. Admission was good for both games for those at-tending the high school contest.

It was the Panthers who came out shooting like pros, racing to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter, punc-tuated by McClain Haines’ 3-pointer. Earlier in the period, Sam Hartsock and Jay Wolfe also canned 3-pointers as the Tigers were limited to a rebound putback, a layup and tradi-tional three-point play by post player Jacob Hardy.

Hot halfSteals, fast breaks and

two more 3-pointers by Alex Nielsen and Christian Groumoutis provided the spark for the 30-point half-time bulge. At the break, Nielsen already had 16 of his 18 points and Wolfe had 11 on the way to a game-high 23.

Less than 24 hours af-ter whipping Atlantic in conference action, Watson was pleased with his team’s energy on the arena court where they would like to return for Class 3A state tournament action.

“We didn’t want Friday night and the intensity we showed against Atlantic to be a fluke,” Watson said. “I thought we did a nice job in the first half. We had a little bit of lull there in the third quarter. Give ADM cred-it, their kids came out and played harder after half-time. They fought hard.”

After scoring 45 points in the first two quarters, Cres-ton managed 22 points after halftime, to ADM’s 35. A 15-3 Tiger run shaved a 47-15 deficit to 20 points at 50-30 in the third period. It got as close as 18 (50-32) before Wolfe drained a 3-pointer with 1:00 left in the quarter.

Both teams began liber-al substitution after Grou-moutis hit two free throws

with 2:29 left to make it 66-45, with ADM cutting it to 66-50 on a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.

Hartsock, the team’s se-nior point g u a r d , saw lim-ited duty in the s e c o n d half with a thigh c o n t u -sion.

“Somebody’s knee got me and I was having a hard time getting it loose,” Hart-sock said.

The Panthers were 8-of-16 from 3-point range, led by Wolfe going 3-5. Haines made two while also hand-ing out a team-high four assists with six rebounds. Wolfe had a double-double with 13 rebounds, and Niel-sen had 10 rebounds.

Haines, Hartsock and Groumoutis got their first extensive action on the spacious court where they hope to end their careers.

“It helps a lot. I think I air-balled my first three (warm-up) shots,” Haines said, smiling.

Wolfe and Nielsen are veterans of multi-starts on the Wells Fargo Arena court. They’re grateful the

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston senior point guard McClain Haines defends an ADM ballhandler during the first half of Creston’s 67-50 win over the Tigers Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Haines scored 11 points with four assists in the win.

Panther girls overcome early deficit for H-10 winBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

ATLANTIC — The Creston girls basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 67-54 win over At-lantic here Friday.

The Trojans built an ear-ly lead, holding a 21-16 ad-vantage after a high-scor-ing first quarter. Atlantic eventually built its lead to 11 points in the second quarter.

After reducing the lead to 10 points at 31-21, the Panthers finished the first half on a 12-0 run to take a 33-31 lead into the half-time break.

“We actually switched from man to a 2-3 zone in the second quarter,” Cres-ton head coach Brent Dou-ma said. “I thought our in-tensity started to pick up a little bit. We limited them to one shot each time. I think that threw them out

of their rhythm.”Atlantic senior Erin

Olsen scored nine early points, but once Creston switched to its 2-3 zone, the Panthers were able to slow her down, holding her to just eight points for the remainder of the contest.

“Our man-to-man inten-sity wasn’t quite what it usually it is,” Douma said. “Typically, against Glen-wood and some of those teams, we play hard-nosed man-to-man. We just seemed a little bit slower in that first quarter on Friday night.”

The Panthers carried their momentum from the end of the first half into the third quarter. When Natalie Mostek canned a 3-pointer just before the third-quarter buzzer, Cres-ton took a 50-40 lead into the final quarter.

Mostek was one of three

Panthers pelt Trojans with 3-pointers in 66-45 victory


Creston dominated a matchup of Hawkeye 10 un-beaten boys teams here Fri-day, 66-45.

The Panthers used a sti-fling defense and shot 10-of-20 from 3-point range in improving to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference. Atlan-tic fell to 2-1 and 1-1.

A balanced Creston of-fense with five players scor-ing between nine and 17 points was led by Jay Wolfe. He scored 17 points while col-lecting 10 rebounds and sev-en assists. The pass-ing was as important as the scor-ing, as hot Panther shooters stood ready on his drives to the basket. McClain Haines chipped in nine assists while

scoring six points.“It’s Jay reading the de-

fense,” Panther coach Brett Watson said. “He is very good off the dribble. But if they want to help, then we want to get it to shooters who can knock down shots. We try to create spacing and hope for good things to hap-pen.”

The 3-pointers were spread among five players. Post player Alex Nielsen had one while scoring 14 points with a team-high 11 rebounds. Sam Hartsock and Cooper McDermott, off the bench, each drained three treys in scoring 10 and nine points, respectively. Chris-tian Groumoutis netted two 3-pointers and 10 points, including a back-breaking trey from nearly 30 feet at the volleyball line just as the third period expired to give the Panthers a 52-32 lead.

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Breakthrough season recapped at volleyball banquet

First 20-win season in more than 25 years


In many respects, it was a fairy tale season.

That was the descrip-tion of the 2014 volleyball campaign by head coach Polly Luther at the teams postseason banquet Sun-day night at Creston High School commons.

The team posted a 20-8 record — the best since coach (Gammell) Luther was the team’s setter for a state tournament squad in the late 1980s — and tied Lewis Central for third in the Hawkeye 10 Confer-ence at 6-4. A year earlier the Panthers were 13-14 overall and ninth in the league at 2-8.

The varsity lineup on the court was basically the same. But a new mindset played a part in the turn-around, Luther said.

“Everyone was returning for the most part,” Luther said. “We w a l k e d into the s e a s o n and in the first week of practice I went, ‘ W h o a , we have something really special here. We’re going to show some people what these kids are capable of doing.’ And, we did.”New mindset

Physical maturity and varsity experience helped form the foundation of what was to come, Lu-ther said. The team went through the 2013 season relying mostly on sopho-mores and juniors.

“The girls matured, and their attitudes matured,” Luther said. “I think they had goals in mind and that’s where they set their sights. I think they knew what they were capable

of doing. To see them suc-ceed was pretty special.”

Seven seniors were among the 15 letterwin-ners, and Luther has been involved with them since their younger club years. Her daughter Hanna, sec-ond-team all-conference setter, is a member of the class.

Others are Brenna Bak-er, Nicole Haley, Ash-ley Harris, Marie Hood, Haylee LaMasters and Natalie Mostek, who was named Hawkeye 10 all-conference on the first team, and honorable men-tion all-state.

Luther paused to gather her emotions as she intro-duced the seniors one last time.

“I’ve been with these kids for a long time,” she said, her voice cracking. “When I look at them, they turned out just how I want-ed them to be. They are really great kids and great athletes. I know when they walk out these doors for the very last time, they are going to be successful peo-ple. I am very, very proud of them.”

The crux of next year’s team will be junior let-terwinners Alli Thomsen, Jenna Taylor, Angela So-rensen, Jami Sickels, Gra-cie Russell, Alyssa Hig-gins, Sydney Dunphy and Ashley Bargstadt.Big rallies

Luther said the season got kick-started with suc-cessive come-from-behind wins at Council Bluffs St. Albert and Carroll Kuem-per, trailing 0-2 in both be-fore winning three straight sets.

“That shell-shocked some people, naturally,” Luther said. “Then the state noticed and Creston was in the rankings. It was kind of a fairy-tale sea-son. It didn’t necessarily end the way we wanted it

to, but, for the most part, these kids were unbeliev-able.”

Creston won its first regional match at home against Glenwood, 3-1, be-fore falling in straight sets to state qualifier Lewis Central in the semifinals. LC lost to repeat state champion Harlan at the state tourney.

In her remarks, Lu-ther said a big part of this year’s success is a credit to the junior varsity players in preparation for compe-tition.

“We have a lot of kids,” she said. “We cannot put them all on the court. One big reason our varsity team got better, is the rest of these kids every day in practice were digging up balls, passing balls, hit-ting balls. They made each other better nonstop. Ev-ery day, they came in and worked their tails off.”

Assistant coach Jessie McClellan and freshman coach Mike McCabe also introduced their players and shared memories from

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONSeniors from Creston’s 20-8 volleyball team recognized at Sunday’s team banquet are, from left in front, Natalie Mostek, Nicole Haley and Brenna Baker. In back, Marie Hood, Hanna Luther and Haylee LaMasters. Not pictured, Ashley Harris.

Fast start for Spartans in 93-75 romp By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

The ninth-ranked South-western men got off to an 8-0 start on the way to beating Southeast (Neb.) Community College for the second time here Saturday, 93-75.

On Southwestern’s first three possessions TJ Bow-er of Nodaway V a l l e y made two 3-pointers and Jay-lon Smith d r a i n e d a pull-up j u m p e r , p r o m p t -ing Southeast coach Joel Wooten to call a quick tim-eout trailing 8-0.

Southwestern led 47-31 at halftime.

“In the second half they

made a run and cut it to 13 or 14,” SWCC coach Todd Lorensen said. “Mataika (Koyamainavure) kicked it to Jaylon for an open three with about seven minutes to go. That essentially put it away. We were capable of being up 30 at the half. We had some careless turn-overs and went 4-of-11 at the free throw line.”

For the game, Southwest-ern was only 10-of-25 on charity shots. But, that was about the only low grade in Lorensen’s assessment as the Spartans improved to 11-2. Southeast fell to 6-9.

“We did some really good things,” the Spartan coach said. “We did a good job of recognizing Matai-ka had an advantage down low, and letting him make the right decision. We had scoring from all over. Jay-lon had 25, Mataika 23, TJ 17. Everybody gave a solid effort.”

Point guard Ahmad

Newsome was the intangible l e a d e r , providing eight re-b o u n d s , five as-sists and two steals while guarding Southeast’s top perimeter player.

“Over there, we turned it over way too much and gave up 15 offensive re-bounds,” Lorensen said. “We cut our turnovers to 15 this time and cleaned things up on the defensive glass.”

Southwestern outre-bounded the visitors 48-30, led by Simon Joseph with 10 and Koyamainavure and Josh Kirk with nine each. Kirk and Koyamainavure each had three steals.

The Spartans travel to Waverly tonight for their

Spartan women fall in final game of 2014 By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

Unable to keep South-east Nebraska off the offen-sive glass here on Saturday, the Southwestern women’s basketball team ended the 2014 portion of its schedule with a 73-48 loss.

“We started the game OK. And it was compet-itive, I think, for the first few minutes of the game, but it slowly started to get away from us,” head coach Addae Houston said. “We didn’t do a good job of re-bounding the basketball against them. They had too many offensive rebounds. They really hurt us on the offensive glass. For the most part, I think that’s where we lost the game.”

Southeast Nebraska owned a 36-32 rebounding edge over the Spartans for the game, but grabbed 16 offensive rebounds in the game.

Breanna Grant and Di-onne Martin each finished with five offensive boards for the Storm. Grant scored 22 points to lead all scorers, getting many of her points off offensive boards and and-one oppor-tunities.

She shot 9-of-13 from

the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line.

“Our lack of defense on certain players let the game get away from us,” Houston said.

The Spartans handled Southeast Nebraska’s full-court pressure better than in the first meeting between the two teams, but Houston said a majority of the Spar-tans’ 24 turnovers came in running their halfcourt sets.

“We made a lot of mis-

takes in our halfcourt of-fense,” he said. “You can’t win when you turn the ball over like that.”

Southwestern featured balanced scoring in the game, but no player scored more than seven points. LaStella slack scored seven points to lead the Spartans, as Olivia Reifert and Pey-ton Russell each finished

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By KYLE WILSON CNA managing [email protected] The Union County Freedom

Rock — being painted this week by

Ray “Bubba” Sorensen — will soon

have some company.Trinity Lutheran Church in Cres-

ton has offered to donate five, 20-foot

flag poles and all five military flags for

the Freedom Rock site at the city’s

welcome center on New York Ave-

nue. Creston City Council approved

this donation Tuesday evening.“We wanted to give back to the

community,” said Gene Cook with

Trinity Lutheran Church, “and what

better way is there than putting up the

five armed service flags and honoring

our veterans who have given us this

free country.”The church plans to pay for all costs

associated with flag pole installation.

This project also will include moving

and replanting two trees at the wel-

come center.Sorensen said this morning about

30 percent of the Freedom Rock is

painted and expects the rock to be

done by the end of the week.The church plans to order the poles

and flags immediately with hope they

can be installed before Veterans Day

(Nov. 11). Flags will include Army,

Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and

Coast Guard.Denny Abel, quartermaster for the

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Post 1797, is planning a dedication

ceremony on Veterans Day at the

Freedom Rock site.“The flags will really dress up the

site,” Abel said. “We’re going to have

a dedication ceremony at the rock

on Veterans Day unless we have in-

climent weather and then it will be at

the high school gymnasium. I plan to

have everyone there whose donat-

ed money or time to the Freedom

Rock.”

�� All five military branches will be represented.

Flags to be ordered immediately with hopes of

being ready for dedication ceremony Nov. 11.

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“Isley is number one in the state. He is definitely deserving of his number one rating. Kadon got be-hind early and couldn’t catch up. He got him tired and made it exciting at the end, though.”

Jacob Goodson wrestling up to 113 pounds, Mitchel Swank at 132 pounds, Joey Huntington at 145 pounds and Jackson Mikkelsen at 182 pounds all placed third for the Panthers.

Mikkelsen, who wrestles above his weight at 182 pounds, kept his match with state-rated Trenton Wells of Central Decatur to a 2-0 decision before coming back to win two more matches on his way to third place.

“All those guys in third did a great job,” Frain said. “The rest of them all scored valuable points for us along the way, too.”

Creston returns to ac-tion Tuesday in double dual action at Glenwood against the Rams and Den-ison-Schleswig.

“It’s going to be tough to win with Seth, so if he’s not with us, we’ll have to be really creative to score points,” Frain said. “I think it’s a tossup — who comes up with the most pins, who gets the most bonus points. That’s going to determine who wins this one. It’s go-ing to be a barnburner.”Raiders 11th

Mount Ayr finished 11th in the team standings with 85 points.

The Raiders were led by senior heavyweight Joe Ricker, who dominated his way to the title at 285 pounds.

Ricker pinned his way t h r o u g h the tour-n a m e n t , b e a t i n g A l b i a ’ s T r e v e r Blackford in :55, Da-vis Coun-ty’s Ben Kincart in 3:45 and Panorama’s Wil-son Solorzano in 2:58.

Senior Grant Staats fin-ished fifth at 152 pounds, beating Panorama’s Gun-nar Grunsted 2-0 in the fifth-place match.

Central Decatur InvitationalTeam standings

1. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 248.5, 2. Albia 204.5, 3. Knoxville 159, 4. Central Decatur 149, 5. Chariton 126.5, 6. Panorama 121.5, 7. Pleasantville 110.5, 8. Davis County 98, 9. Red Oak 96, 10. Van Meter 94, 11. Mount Ayr 85, 12. Wayne 41, 13. Martensdale-St. Marys 29.5

Individual results(Placing matches)

106 — 1. Kelby Luther (C/O-M) dec. Wyatt Dale (CD), 11-6; 3. Cade Costlow (VM) pinned Storm Little (Albia), :31; 5. Blake Lee (Knox) pinned Nathan Stone (Pleas), 2:04; 7. Davin Veach (Wayne).

113 — 1. Dylin Harberts (Char) pinned George Appleseth (Pan), 1:29; 3. Jacob Goodson (C/O-M) pinned Keane Wasson (CD), 5:02; 5. Ben Wooldridge (Knox) pinned Nick Conger (Wayne), :37; 7. Adrian Richards (MA).

120 — 1. Garrett Simmons (Pan) major dec. Trevor Marlin (C/O-M), 16-5; 3. Stetson Baker (Wayne) pinned Hunter Tyree (Pleas), 4:22; 5. Sam Bass (VM) dec. Sully Holman (DC), 8-3.

126 — 1. Joe Hollinrake (Knox) pinned Zach Oldham (Albia), 1:37; 3. Caleb Orme (RO) dec. Luke Costlow (VM), 10-4; 5. Brody Frain (C/O-M) injury def. Garrett DeYoung (Pan); 7. Marcus Daughton (MA) dec. Hunter Patrick (MSM), 3-2.

132 — 1. Walker Henderson (DC) pinned Griffin McBride (Pleas), :54; 3. Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) pinned Bryce McKim (Albia), 1:40; 5. Sawyer Atwell (Char) tech fall Kaleb Stogdill (Pan), 17-1 (4:00); 7. Alec Selberg (RO) pinned Luke Jones (CD), 1:04.

138 — 1. Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) pinned Kyle Sinnott (Albia), 2:33; 3. CodyRay Smith (Knox) pinned Evan Havick (Char), 5:55; 5. Chance Masters (CD) major dec. Jonathan Vanbuskirk (MA), 12-2; 7. Clay Selberg (RO) pinned Max Johnson (Pleas), 1:24.

145 — 1. Kale Baird (DC) dec. Tanner Mertz (RO), 7-3; 3. Joey Huntington (C/O-M) pinned Kade Kelso (CD), 3:14; 5. Sawyer Phillips (Pleas) pinned Tyler VanHouten (Pan), 3:14; 7. Trevor Kromray (Albia) pinned Alex Craig (MSM), 1:21.

152 — 1. Bryce Leshen (Albia) major dec. Devin Harberts (Char), 9-1; 3. Logan Schumacher (MSM) pinned Cameron Leith (C/O-M), 1:15; 5. Grant Staats (MA) dec. Gunnar Grunsted (Pan), 2-0; 7. Kevin Woodhouse (Knox) dec. Clayton Dale (CD), 8-3.

160 — 1. Colton Ranney (CD) pinned Blake Lawless (Albia), 1:28; 3. Blayde Baker (Wayne) pinned Dylan Henderson (DC), 5:01; 5. Alex Fargo (C/O-M) pinned Zach Squires (Pleas), 3:42; 7. Jake Kindley (Knox) pinned Cal Daughton (MA), :42.

170 — 1. Tayler Pettit (C/O-M) pinned Christian Powless (Albia), 1:49; 3. Daniel Ilyenko (Char) pinned Derek Golwitzer (VM), 1:39; 5. Cameron Brown (Knox) pinned Garrett Clark (CD), 2:43; 7. Jackson Welter (RO) pinned Hunter Wilson (MA), 2:49.

182 — 1. Trenton Wells (CD) dec. Jac Agan (Knox), 8-1; 3. Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M) dec. Christian Terry (RO), 2-1; 5. Isaac Benton (VM) pinned Ben Mason (Albia), :45; 7. Dalton Holmes (Pan) dec. Bradly Johnson (DC), 4-2.

195 — 1. Joe Kauffman (Pleas) pinned Jacob West (Albia), 3:15; 3. Colin Bruce (RO) pinned Tim Good (Char), 4:00; 5. Jordan Beal (Knox) pinned Justin Wehling (MA), 3:18; 7. Nathan Willem (VM) pinned Trae Reed (CD), 3:49.

220 — 1. Carter Isley (Albia) major dec. Kadon Hulett (C/O-M), 14-6; 3. Travis Poffenbarger (Knox) dec. Marcus Boldy (Pan), 1-0; 5. Trace Carson (CD) pinned Logan Kelley (MA), 2:19; 7. Chris Wright (Char) pinned Dakota McMann (RO), :21.

285 — 1. Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Wilson Solorzano (Pan), 2:58; 3. Ben Kincart (DC) pinned Brock Caviness (Knox), :38; 5. Jake Gutschenritter (C/O-M) dec. Trevin Nance (Char), 3-2 (UT); 7. James Haberling (Pleas) pinned Trever Blackford (Albia), :46.

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Leon Journal-Reporter photo by COREY LINDSEYMount Ayr junior Trevor Anderson tries to gain control of Van Meter’s Brady Edwards for two points during their consolation match at 145 pounds in Friday’s Central Decatur Invitational.


entire team got a taste of the state tournament venue.

“Yeah, it’s nice to play in a big arena like this to kind of get used to it,” Nielsen said. “It’s a lot different than shooting in a regular gym. It can screw with your depth perception, obviously with my (airball) free throw. First time, you get nervous. I remember our sophomore year, I checked in the game and I remember kicking it off my foot.”Good start

Wolfe said the team is playing with an extra level of intensity, which comes at a good time with Harlan visiting the CHS gym for a varsity doubleheader Friday night.

“They’re always tough and well-coached,” Wolfe said. “Our defense is turning into our offense, giving us transition buckets and open threes. We’re playing a little bit harder and for each oth-er.”

Despite the 6-4 Wolfe and 6-2 Nielsen being the tallest players on the floor, rebounding has been a strength of this year’s Pan-thers. That’s as much a tes-tament to hustle as anything.

“We’re limiting people to one shot, cleaning up the boards,” Wolfe said. “Our guards are rebounding real-ly well, and that helps us out a lot.”

“Kudos to the kids,” Wat-son said on the 5-0 start. “They’re the ones bust-ing their tails off. They’ve

bought in.”ADM (52) — Jake Hardy 5 3-3

13, Matt Larson 3 6-7 12, Jake Sloss 4 0-1 8, Joe Sloss 2 0-0 5, Kyle Ferguson 1 0-0 3, Kody Irwin 1 0-0 3, Ian LaFollette 1 0-0 2, Frank Weiland 0 2-2 2, Elijah McCartney 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 11-13 50. 3-point goals — 3 (Joe Sloss 1, Irwin 1, Ferguson 1). Team fouls — 18. Fouled out — None.

CRESTON (67) — Jay Wolfe 8 4-4 23, Alex Nielsen 8 1-4 18, McClain Haines 4 1-1 11, Sam Hartsock 3 0-0 7, Christian Groumoutis 1 2-2 5, Cooper McDermott 1 0-2 2, Seth Thompson 0 1-2 1, Kyle Somers 0 0-2 0. Totals — 25 9-17 67. 3-point goals — 8-16 (Wolfe 3, Haines 2, Hartsock 1, Groumoutis 1, Nielsen 1). FG shooting — 25-39 (64 percent). Rebounds — 35 (Wolfe 13, Nielsen 10, Haines 6). Assists — 13 (Haines 4, McDermott 3, Groumoutis 2, Nielsen 2). Steals — 2 (Wolfe 1, Nielsen 1). Blocked shots — 2 (Wolfe 2). Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — None.

ADM — 7 15 35 50Creston — 21 45 57 67

WELL:

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston senior Alex Nielsen shields his shot from ADM junior Jacob Hardy’s shot-block attempt during the first half of Creston’s 67-50 win over the Tigers Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Nielsen scored 18 points with 10 rebounds in the win.


the season.Letterwinners

(Years lettered)Seniors — Brenna Baker (3),

Nicole Haley (4), Ashley Harris (4), Marie Hood (3), Haylee LaMasters (4), Hanna Luther (4), Natalie Mostek (4).

Juniors — Ashley Bargstadt (2), Sydney Dunphy (3), Alyssa Higgins (2), Gracie Russell (2), Jami Sickels (3), Angela Sorensen (2), Jenna Taylor (3), Alli Thomsen (3).

Managers — Coleton Hoepker (1), Jaaron Kautz (1), Kiana Stuart (1).

Participation awardsJV — Macy Evans, Cali

Foglesong, Taylor Fredrickson, Morghan Frey, Hannah Hood, Ellie Johnston, Cayla Maitlen, Logan Pettit, Katie Powers, Kristy Powers, Cydney Seley, Breanna Wallace.

Freshmen — Macy Andreasen, Alexis Baker, Victoria Borha, Cassity Conley, Makayla Davis, Mykenna Hribal, Kiersten Latham, Paige Parsons and Faith Wilson.

Hawkeye 10All-conference

First team — Natalie Mostek.

Second team — Hanna Luther.Honorable mention — Alyssa

Higgins.All-academic — Hanna

Luther, Natalie Mostek, Haylee LaMasters, Marie Hood, Ashley Harris, Nicole Haley, Brenna Baker.

Statistical leadersSetting assists — Hanna

Luther 660, Haylee LaMasters 17, Jenna Taylor 14.

Digs — LaMasters 136, Natalie Mostek 131, Jami Sickels 127, Alli Thomsen 117.

Blocks total — Mostek 93, Angie Sorensen 66, Taylor 42.

Kills — Mostek 283, Taylor 146, Sydney Dunphy 133, Marie

Hood 118, Sorensen 83.Serving efficiency —

LaMasters 237-239 (99.2 per-cent), Jami Sickels 190-197 (96.5 percent), Luther 269-280 (96.1 percent), Alyssa Higgins 190-201 (94.5 percent).

Serving aces — Dunphy 27, Luther 22, Mostek 21, Higgins 18.

Hawkeye 10 (overall) — Harlan 10-0 (41-2), Red Oak 9-1 (34-8), Lewis Central 6-4 (23-15), Creston 6-4 (20-8), Shenandoah 5-5 (24-11), Kuemper Catholic 5-5 (20-9), Council Bluffs St. Albert 5-5 (17-12), Glenwood 5-5 (16-14), Denison-Schleswig 3-7 (13-15), Clarinda 1-9 (4-19), Atlantic 0-10 (2-24).

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Panthers to finish in dou-ble figures s c o r i n g , netting 12 points. Ju-nior Tay-lor Briley led the way with 23 points and ju-nior Jenna Taylor added 17 points. Senior Brenna Baker contributed nine points.

“They did not have any-body that could guard Tay-lor. She kept driving and doing her little pull-up in the lane. They didn’t have an answer for that,” Dou-ma said.

“Down low, they didn’t have anybody that could guard Jen-na, either. When we were pa-tient and could get a few ball reversals, we did a nice job of getting it inside to Jenna and she did a nice job of finishing.”

Creston maintained an eight to 10-point lead through much of the fourth

quarter, despite missing several free throws down the stretch.

The Panthers eventually pulled away for the 67-54 victory.

Creston, now 5-1 for the season and 2-0 within the Hawkeye 10 Conference play, returns to action at home Tuesday against top-ranked Harlan in a varsity doubleheader. That game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

The Panthers enter the game in a three-way tie with Harlan and Kuemper Catholic for first place in the Hawkeye 10 Confer-ence, as all three teams are 2-0 in conference play.

Harlan defeated Deni-son-Schleswig on Friday, 74-17. The Cyclones are 3-0 for the season.

“It’s the number one ranked team in the state, and they haven’t been beat in a while,” Douma said. “I’m glad it’s at home. I think the girls will be excit-ed for the challenge.”

ATLANTIC (54) — Erin Olsen 7 0-0 17, Kate Fulk 3 1-2 10, Tiffany Williams 4 0-0 8, Macey Schmitt 3 0-0 7, Stephanie Sandbothe 3 1-2 7, Ally Siggins 0 3-4 3, Meghan Reilly 1 0-0 2. Totals — 20 5-8 54.

CRESTON (67) — Taylor Briley 23, Jenna Taylor 17, Natalie Mostek 12, Brenna Baker 9, Cammy Rutherford 4, Alli Thomsen 2.

Glenwood — 21 31 40 54

Creston — 16 33 50 67

JUNIOR VARSITYThe Creston JV fell to

Atlantic on Friday, 37-35.“We had our chances to

win this game,” Creston JV coach Ryan McKim said. “Ultimately, we missed too many layups and turned the ball over too much to get it done.”

Madison Callahan led the Panther JV with nine points, while Caitlin McIl-ravy and Becca Ross each scored eight points.

Steph Sandborne led At-lantic with 14 points.

Creston (35) — Madison Callahan 9, Caitlin McIlravy 8, Becca Ross 8, Jessica Beatty 4, Logan Pettit 3, Lexie Little 3.

Atlantic (37) — Steph Sandbothe 14, Brooke Newell 10.

FRESHMENThe Creston freshman

team dropped a 31-25 game to Atlantic on Friday.

Chloe Hagle led the way for the Panthers with eight points.

“The girls led through three quarters, but just couldn’t hold on,” Creston freshman coach Antho-ny Donahoo said. “We’ll practice harder and come out stronger next week.”

Creston (25) — Chloe Hagle 8, Taylor Fredrickson 5, Bre Wallace 4, Kiersten Latham 4, Sophia Groumoutis 2, Rachel Shepherd 2.

Atlantic (31)

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Atlantic News Telegraph photo by CALEB NELSONCreston junior guard Taylor Briley drives against Atlantic’s Erin Olsen during Friday’s 67-54 win over the Trojans. Briley scored a game-high 23 points in the victory.

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after one quarter (13-9) and quickly got it to a dou-ble-digit margin in the sec-ond on a 3-pointer from the corner by McDermott and running layup off a defen-sive rebound by Wolfe. The Panthers’ transition game, including a steal by Haines leading to a 3-pointer by Wolfe for a 29-15 lead, kept the cold-shooting Trojans at bay.

“When our shots don’t fall, you don’t have time to feel sorry about it,” Atlan-tic coach Alan Jenkins said. “The other team is coming at you.”

As far as Jenkins was con-cerned, one team showed up with more intensity. Creston outrebounded the Trojans 33-24. Atlantic shot only 38 percent from the field, in-cluding 2 of 12 from behind the arc.

“I give Creston a lot of credit tonight,” Jenkins said. “I thought we had a game plan to try to limit Wolfe. They had a lot of guys hit shots, and I know they’re ca-pable shooters. We did not execute the way we were supposed to at the defensive end. There were some things we practiced for two days that weren’t getting done on the floor. And we got outworked on the boards. They were the aggressors at the offensive and defensive ends.”

In some respects, his players were too concerned about stopping Jay, the Pan-ther senior all-stater, Jen-kins explained.

“The thing about Jay is, he makes everyone around him better,” Jenkins said. “Those guys are solid play-ers. Jay’s dribble penetra-tion gave them good looks. We over-helped at times. We didn’t want him to beat us off the dribble. Offen-sively, we expect to shoot the ball a heck of a lot better than we did tonight.”

D e n i s o n - S c h l e s w i g knocked off Harlan Friday, 53-40. In other conference games, Kuemper edged Lewis Central 55-54 and Shenandnoah routed Clar-inda 66-41. In a game not counting in the league, St.

Albert rolled past Red Oak 67-35.

On Saturday Harlan re-bounded to beat Blair, Neb., 63-46; Red Oak nipped Clarinda Academy 76-74 in overtime; and Glenwood topped St. Albert in confer-ence play, 73-64.

ATLANTIC (45) — Ryan Hawkins 8 1-2 18, Joey Walker 6 2-2 15, Garrett Franken 1 2-2 4, Nick Podhajsky 1 2-2 4, Brendan Holmes 1 2-2 4. Totals — 17 9-13 45. 3-point goals — 2-12 (Hawkins 1, Walker 1). FG shooting — 17-45 (37.8 percent). Rebounds — 24 (Hawkins 10, Franken 6). Assists —6 (Franken 2, Podhajsky 2). Steals — 8 (Hawkins 3). Team fouls — 13. Fouled out — None.

CRESTON (66) — Jay Wolfe 7 2-2 17, Alex Nielsen 6 1-4 14, Christian Groumoutis 4 0-0 10, Sam Hartsock 3 1-2 10, Cooper McDermott 3 0-0 9, McClain Haines 3 0-1 6. Totals — 26 4-9 66. 3-point goals — 10-20 (McDermott 3, Hartsock 3, Groumoutis 2, Wolfe 1, Nielsen 1). FG shooting — 26-47 (55.3 percent). Rebounds — 33 (Nielsen 11, Wolfe 10, Haines 5). Assists — 17 (Haines 9, Wolfe 7). Steals — 7 (Wolfe 2, Haines 2). Blocked shots — 3 (Nielsen 2). Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — None.

Atlantic — 9 17 32 45Creston — 13 31 52 66

JUNIOR VARSITYAtlantic pulled away in

the second half for a 46-37 junior varsity victory over Creston Friday. The teams were tied 18-18 at halftime.

Kyle Somers led Creston with 10 points. Chris Fos-ter, Cody Crawford and Ian Burns each scored eight points. Somers and Craw-ford each sank two 3-point-ers.

“It was a competitive game,” Creston coach Mi-chael West said. “The guys

played hard, and that’s all you can ask. Atlantic got their big guy going, and they had a guard that was shoot-ing it well.”

Creston (39) — Kyle Somers 10, Ian Burns 8, Cody Crawford 8, Chris Foster 8, Seth Thompson 3, Brenden McDowell 2. 3-point goals — Somers 2, Crawford 2, Thompson 1. Free throws — 8-9. Halftime score — Creston 18, Atlantic 18.

Atlantic (46) — Austin Alexander 13, Alec Hayes 12, Scott Leonard 10, Kyle Nelson 7, Jake Olson 3, Kyle Krueger 1. 3-point goals — Alexander 2, Nelson 1 Free throws — 13-27.

FRESHMENThe Panther freshmen

suffered through a cold shooting night, including 0-of-6 to start at the free throw line in a game where they shot 11-23 overall at the line in a 49-33 loss.

Creston trailed 9-1 after one quarter and 22-10 at halftime.

Jaden Driskell scored 11 points and Tucker Flynn added 10 points and six re-bounds.

“Our shooting was poor throughout the game,” said Creston coach Todd Jacobson. “The effort was there, but we just didn’t execute.”

Creston (33) — Jaden Driskell 11, Tucker Flynn 10, Nate Pudenz 4, Dalten Bierle 3, Evan Jacobson 2, Dustin Merritt 2, Cole Higgins 1. 3-point goals — None. Rebounds — Merritt 6, Flynn 6, Driskell 4. Assists — Jacobson 2. Steals — Jacobson 3, Higgins 2. Free throws — 11-23. Halftime score — Atlantic 22, Creston 10.

Atlantic (49) — Grant Podhajsky 23, Ben Renaud 6, Jaxson Eden 6, Dillon Sonntag 5, Luke Hohenberger 4, Morgan Gwyer 3, Braden Bean 2, Blake Pelzer 1. Free throws — 11-22.

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Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort and Dog Gone Rescue in support of homeless cats and dogs in our community!and Dog Gone Rescue in support of homeless cats and dogs in our community!

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second game of the sea-son against Wartburg JV. SWCC won the first meet-ing, 87-53.

SOUTHEAST (Neb.) (75) — John Swift 5 5-6 17, Maurice Young 4 3-3 11, Snyder Cenecharles 5 0-2 10, Noah Scott 3 2-3 9, Londell Stephens 2 4-4 8, Altez Davis 3 1-2 7, Akot Riak 2 0-0 4, Rakeem Hicks 1 0-2 3, Tyrell Allen 1 0-1 2, Pabek

Pabek 1 0-0 2, Arise Asham 1 0-0 2. Totals — 28 15-23 75. FG shooting — 28-62 (45.2 percent). 3-point goals — 4-20 (20 per-cent). Rebounds — 30 (Davis 6, Cenecharles 6). Assists — 8 (Scott 3, Davis 3). Steals — 13 (Swift 3, Scott 3, Cenecharles 3). Blocked shots — 5 (Hicks 2, Davis 2). Turnovers — 17. Team fouls — 22. Fouled out — Hicks.

SOUTHWESTERN (93) — Jaylon Smith 10 4-11 25, Mataika Koyamainavure 10 3-6 23, TJ Bower 6 2-4 17, Josh Kirk 7 1-3 15, Simon Joseph 5 0-1 10,

Dylan Mason 1 0-0 3. Totals — 39 10-25 93. FG shooting — 39-71 (54.9 percent). 3-point goals — 5-14 (Bower 3, Smith 1, Mason 1). Rebounds — 48 (Joseph 10, Koyamainavure 9, Kirk 9, Ahmad Newsome 8). Assists — 17 (Newsome 4, Smith 3, Bower 3, Mason 3). Steals — 11 (Koyamainavure 3, Kirk 3). Blocked shots — 5 (Smith 2). Turnovers — 17. Team fouls — 17. Fouled out — None.

SECC — 31 75SWCC — 47 93

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with six points.The Spartans shot just

26.7 percent from the floor and 22-36 from the free throw line.

Southwestern goes into the holiday break with a re-cord of 1-11 for the season. The Spartans scrimmage Fort Scott Community Col-lege on Jan. 3 before start-ing the ICCAC schedule at Southeastern Community College on Jan. 10.

SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA (73) — Breanna Grant 9 4-6 22, Veshae Wilkinson 4 4-6 12, Dionne Martin 2 6-8 10, Makayla McDaniel 3 1-2 8, Shanae Collins 2 2-2 6, Amber Jo 2 1-3 5, Chelseah Savage 1 1-2 3, Sierra Friedly 1 0-0 3, Hannah Roberts 1 0-0 2, Ahlia Tai 0 1-6 1, Kenae Merritt 0 1-2 1. Totals — 25 21-37 73. FG shooting — 25-56 (44.6 percent). 3-point goals — 2-10 (McDaniel 1, Friedly 1). Rebounds — 36 (Martin 11, Grant 10). Assists — 15 (Savage 5). Steals — 14 (Grant 6). Blocked shots — 4 (Martin 2). Turnovers — 19. Team fouls — 27. Fouled out — none.

SOUTHWESTERN (48) — LaStella Slack 2 3-3 7, Olivia Reifert 2 2-2 6, Peyton Russell

1 3-4 6, Sabrina Fountain 1 3-9 5, Jazzlyn Wimbush 1 2-2 4, Jill Vanderhoof 1 2-2 4, Jordan Williamson 1 1-4 4, Sa’Lisa Bruce 0 4-6 4, Na Keyia Harris 0 2-4 2, Cambry Schluter 1 0-0 2, Ashley McClary 1 0-0 2, Brinee Stewart 1 0-0 2. Totals — 12 22-36 48. FG shooting — 12-45 (26.7 percent). 3-point goals — 2-9 (Williamson 1, Russell 1). Rebounds — 32 (Wimbush 5, Harris 4, Stewart 4, McClary 4, Reifert 3, Slack 3, Fountain 2, Schluter 2). Assists — 4 (Vanderhoof 2). Steals — 3 (Wimbush 1, Williamson 1, Schluter 1). Blocked shots — 1 (Reifert 1). Turnovers — 24. Team fouls — 29. Fouled out — Slack.

SE Neb. — 39 73SWCC — 21 48

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Sports briefs

Central splitsDAVENPORT — Cen-

tral College went 1-1 at the St. Ambrose University Classic over the weekend.

The Dutch beat 11th-ranked St. Ambrose Friday night and won 86-84. Colby Taylor of C r e s t o n had 21 points, 12 rebounds, eight as-sists and t h r e e steals.

Central played Mount Mercy early Saturday after-noon and fell 73-46, shoot-ing only 2-of-34 on 3-point-ers (6 percent) and 17-for-68 (25 percent) from the field overall. Taylor had five points and a team-high three assists in the loss.

Despite the poor offen-

sive numbers, the Dutch (6-2) trailed the Mustangs (11-3) by just seven points, 35-28, at halftime.

Guard Aaron Rosenstiel (senior, Oelwein) was the lone Dutch player in dou-ble figures, finishing with 13 points and a team-high sev-en rebounds.

The Dutch will travel to St. Louis Friday to take on Webster (Mo.) (6-3) at 8 p.m.Food Pantry Events

MOUNT AYR — The Mount Ayr Community School FFA Chapter, ath-letic department and music department, together with the Ringgold County Farm Bureau, are teaming up to host a series of food pantry events at Mount Ayr Com-munity High School this week.

Fans will receive free ad-mission to the following events by bringing non-per-

ishable items to help stock the local food pantry:

Tonight — 7th-grade boys basketball “B” game vs. East Union

Tonight — Band and vo-cal winter concert

Tuesday — JV and varsi-ty basketball vs. Nodaway Valley

Thursday — Wrestling tri-angular vs. Nodaway Valley and East Union

The Ringgold County Farm Bureau will also be ac-cepting donated food items at their office, as well as making a cash donation to the food pantry.

Taylor

Middle school basketball 8th girls

WINTERSET — A slow start hampered the previ-ously-unbeaten Creston eighth-grade girls in a 50-46 overtime loss to Winterset Thursday.

Brielle Baker led Creston (3-1) with 19 points, 10 re-bounds, six steals and four assists. Megan Haley had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots.

Creston trailed 14-2 after one quarter.

“The girls stepped it up in the second quarter and forced Winterset to turn the ball over and we took ad-vantage, making some easy shots to be within five at the half,” coach Sarah Stephens said. “Winterset beat us on the boards and was able to get offensive rebounds, which turned into easy points for them. The girls played hard in the fourth quarter to tie the game at the end of regulation. The shots just weren’t falling in overtime.”

Stephens said Haley also excelled on the defensive end, holding the Huskies’ 6-foot-1 post player to 12 points.

“Everyone really worked hard and played as a team,” Stephens said.

Creston won the B game 20-15. Kaitlyn Osmun had 10 points for Creston and Jesse Vicker and Breanna Ross each had six.

“This was the girls’ first

opportunity to play an en-tire game and they did a nice job working as a team,” Ste-phens said. “Winterset came out in man defense and forced our girls to work and get open for shots. Kaitlyn did a nice job taking open shots for us. These girls continue to improve every game and I am really proud of how far they have come this year!”7th girls

Creston held leads of 9-5 and 12-9 after the first two periods, but Winterset sev-enth-grade girls outscored the Panthers 17-12 in the second half to pull out a 26-24 victory.

Sydney Hartsock had eight points and five steals for Creston (2-2). Heylee Shields added seven points and five steals. Kara Kin-sella had team-high totals of 10 rebounds and six steals while scoring four points. Lexi Rounds added five steals.

Sydnee NIcholl had a game-high 15 points for Winterset.

“The girls showed they were capable of winning this game in the first half, but in the end we just had too many passing turnovers,” coach Larry Peterson said. “There are things we can work to improve on to finish a game like that. It was a good expe-rience for the girls to be in a game that went down to the final possession.”

Winterset won the B game 23-11. Haley Wilson had four points and a team-high seven rebounds for Creston. Ashley Reynard grabbed five rebounds. Emma Han-son and Brittnay Linch each snared three steals.

“This was the first time these girls got to play a full four-quarter game and I was proud of how they kept bat-tling,” Peterson said.

Winterset also won the C game 13-2. Emma Hanson scored two points for Cres-ton. Chasity Clayton and Jazmine Stow each had two rebounds and Stow collect-ed four steals.

“What a great reward for all of their practice time to have some sustained playing time on the floor,” Peterson said. “I was happy they went out and competed together with a great attitude.”

Creston (24) — Sydney Hartsock 8, Heylee Shields 7, Kara Kinsella 4, Kaylyn McClellan 3, Lexi Rounds 1, Kylee LaMasters 1. Rebounds — Kinsella 10, McClellan 5, LaMasters 3, Rounds 2, Shields 2. Steals — Kinsella 6, Hartsock 5, Shields 5, Rounds 5.

Winterset (26) — Sydnee Nicholl 15, Elizabeth Wangler 5.

Creston B (11) — Haley Wilson 4, Lexi Rounds 4, Danika Schultes 2, Emma Hanson 1. Rebounds — Wilson 7, Ashley Reynard 5, Abbi Hood 3, Sara Keeler 2, Brittany Linch 2. Steals — Hanson 3, Linch 3, Rounds 2.

Winterset B (23) — Olivia Hamner 6.

Creston C (2) — Emma Hanson 2. Rebounds — Jazmine Stow 2, Chasity Clayton 2, Abbi Hood 1, Sara Keeler 1. Steals — Stow 4, Hanson 1, Clayton 1, Haley Wilson 1.

Winterset C (13) — Sophia Pastorino 3.

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CNA photo by SCOTT VICKEREast Uninon sophomore Casey Walter (10) blocks a layup attempt by Lenox’s Dawson Tullberg (2) during Lenox’s 65-51 win over the Eagles on Friday. For more on this game, and a complete report of Friday’s area boys and girls basketball games, see Tuesday’s CNA sports section.

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Mon. Dec. 15- 6:00PM Creston, IA. 3 BR 2 story home at 508 W. Adams. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill.Sat. Dec. 20- 11:00AM Stuart, IA. Farm Machinery, Vehicles & Trailers for Everett O. Shepherd Trust. Auctioneers: Daugherty Auction & Real Estate Services.Sat. Jan. 24- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Land Auction consisting of 418.62 Acres M/L selling in 2 Parcels for Holy Spirit Catholic Church and St. Malachy School Foundation. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Steve Bergren, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey.

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CHS Inc., a Fortune 100 Company, has an exciting career opportunities at our soybean facility in Creston, IA!

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In Loving Memory

Larry Hoffman

7-26-39 to 12-15-97Tears fill our eyes when we

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Your name on the stone brings a pain to our hearts.

It’s been seventeen years since we’ve been apart.

Things would have been dif-ferent if you were here today. God needed you more, with us, you could no longer stay.

Every day thats gone by your spirit fills our hearts with love, hope and memories knowing we will meet again.Missing and loving you always,Your family

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Iowa man wounded over weekend deer hunting

DES MOINES (AP) — An Iowa man is recovering from a shotgun wound after being shot by a fellow hunter who was trying to hit a mov-ing deer.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said 47-year-old Eric Winkler was hit in the abdomen Sat-

urday by a shotgun slug fired by someone else in his hunt-ing party.

The Carroll man was help-ing to drive deer at the time of the shooting.

He was taken to an area hospital and later trans-ferred to a Des Moines hospital. Recreational Safe-

ty Officer Jeff Barnes says hunters should make sure they know where everyone in their party is at all times. And hunters shouldn’t fire in the direction of other hunters.

Barnes says most hunting incidents happen when shots are fired at moving deer.

Des Moines officials take charge of mall animals

DES MOINES (AP) — Des Moines officials have taken charge of more than 30 animals — including three black bears, wolves and a cougar — that had been on display at a now-closed controversial “mall zoo.”

Polk County deputies executed a writ of remov-al to evict Pella Wildlife Co. and its owner, Ron DeArmond, from the mall this week, The Des Moines Register reported Satur-day. The organization had operated the Academy of Wildlife at the mall until closing its doors in Octo-

ber.Police Sgt. James Butler,

the department’s chief hu-mane officer, said 32 ani-mals occupy the premises. All appeared to be healthy and were in their cages, he said. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa and the Blank Park Zoo are assist-ing with the case.

DeArmond has seven days to relocate the ani-mals to a habitat that meets all state laws and city ordi-nances. He is also respon-sible for the animals’ trans-portation to a new location, Butler said.

If DeArmond is unable to move the animals with-in seven days, they will be turned over to the zoo and the Animal Rescue League, which will keep searching for a suitable habitat for them.

A phone listing for a Ron DeArmond in Pella, Iowa,

rang unanswered Saturday.The animals will be shel-

tered at the mall under the care of zoo employees un-til a new location is found, Butler said.

Butler said 30 of the an-imals require permits from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Iowa De-partment of Land Steward-ship and the Department of Natural Resources to be within city limits.

Butler said DeArmond does have valid permits from the state DNR, but was unable to provide the other permits during the eviction process. Butler said DeArmond insisted he has valid permits.

� Thirty-two animals includ-ing black bears , wolves and a cou-gar moved from the “mall zoo.”

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DES MOINES (AP) — Fine arts advocates in Iowa are renewing an effort to get music, drama and art included in state education standards.

The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education will lobby lawmakers again next year to amend the Iowa Core to add the fine arts, said Leon Kuehner, the group’s ex-ecutive director. A similar attempt failed in 2014, but Kuehner and allies hope that they will have more luck this time.

“To me it’s not a Demo-crat or a Republican issue, it’s a kid issue,” Kuehner said.

State law dictates that schools teach the arts, but the fine arts are not listed in the Iowa Core, which was adopted in 2008 after ap-

proval from the Legislature and governor. The Iowa Core sets learning goals in five subject areas: literacy, mathematics, science, so-cial studies and 21st century skills.

Kuehner said including fine arts in the learning standards would encour-age more investment from schools, as well as make it easier for arts teachers to get professional develop-ment funding. His group plans an aggressive effort with dozens of volunteers talking to lawmakers and a day of fine arts events at the

Capitol.A spokesman for Repub-

lican Gov. Terry Branstad said he had proposed in-cluding the arts in the state standards several years ago, but the effort failed. Jimmy Centers said in a statement that Branstad would need to see any new legislation in the final form but remains generally supportive of the concept.

But the issue may face roadblocks in the Legisla-ture, where Democrats con-trol the Senate and Repub-licans hold a majority in the House.

Arts educators seek to be part of state standards

“To me it’s not a Democrat or a Republican issue, it’s a kid issue.”

—Leon KuehnerExecutive director with Iowa

Alliance for Arts Education

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