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By LARRY PETERSON CNA sports writer [email protected]

DES MOINES — Mo-ments after the Creston/Ori-ent-Macksburg wrestling team suffered its first defeat of the season Wednesday at the Dual Team Wrestling Champion-ships, team member Tayler Pettit was suddenly in a fight for his life.

The incident began after Pettit wrestled up a weight at 182 against Union’s Tanner Shirk. Pettit complained of some discomfort in his midsec-tion, leading trainers to investi-gate the possibility of a rib cage injury, after he was pinned in the second period.

He sat and rested for the r e m a i n i n g six matches of the dual, won by state c h a m p i o n Union, and then tried to join his team-mates in a line to shake hands with the Knights.

“They think something may have happened in about the first 10 seconds of his match, an impact to his chest that could have possibly thrown his heart rhythm off at the time,” Panther coach Darrell Frain said later Wednesday night.

“Our trainer, Chris Leon-ard, saw him on the edge of the mat looking like he was about to pass out,” Frain added. “He said he had trouble breathing. They took care of him and then when the dual was over, he got up to joins us in shaking hands and he couldn’t make it through and basically passed out. Then he went into seizures.”

That’s when Leonard, the Iowa State University training staff that includes former Pan-ther wrestler Jordan Hayes, and Dr. Dennis Zachary went into action to revive Pettit, who had

lost consciousness with a fading pulse.

Zachary is a family physician focusing on sports medicine and is on the scene at the state tournament. Also on the prop-erty are members of the Mer-cy EMT medical team and an ambulance, which was quickly summoned by Zachary when Pettit went into a seizure.Rapid response

Zachary told reporters that CPR and the use of automatic defibrillators likely saved Pet-tit’s life. Those resuscitation ef-forts were ongoing as Pettit was taken by stretcher to the am-bulance for transport to Mercy Medical Center.

“When they hooked him up to the automatic defibrilla-tor, he was in irregular rhythm and they ended up giving him a shock,” Dr. Zachary said. “They had to give him several shocks by the time they got to the hospital.”

Frain recalled both the wide-spread concern and the rapid response of the medical team as he spoke about the episode after the team’s final dual meet

Wednesday night.“I think they actually shocked

him six times and performed CPR the whole time they were taking him out of the arena,” Frain said. “Right now they said he’s breathing on his own and they’re doing a lot of tests. They’ve even talked about the possibility of having to put in a permanent pacemaker, things like that, but I’m not really sure where they are at yet with those kinds of decisions. I think they said he needs 36 hours to stabi-lize. At least now I think he’s out of the woods, hopefully. That’s the scariest thing I’ve ever went went through in my life.”

Gregg Lagan, media relations coordinator at Mercy, said this morning that Pettit’s condition

is improving. He is now listed in “serious” condition instead of “critical.”

Zachary said modern set of emergency protocols like-ly saved Pettit’s life, and may not have been in place a de-cade ago. He said in the past, medical personnel might have waited until Pettit was outside the arena before using defibril-lators.

His breathing had halted and coloring had changed af-ter coming out of the seizure, before he was placed on the stretcher in the hushed arena.

“Just based on what I ob-served, I have no doubt in my

Panther wrestler ‘stable’ after scary collapse at state duals

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M senior Tayler Pettit stands up in an escape attempt against Nick Holt of Independence in the Class 2A state dual quarterfinals Wednesday morning at Wells Fargo Arena. Pettit was later rushed to Mercy Medical Center after collapsing on the edge of one of the mats in the arena.

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� Creston wrestler Tayler Pettit moved from “critical” to “serious” condition this morning at Des Moines hospital.

“They think something may have hap-pened in about the first 10 seconds of his match, an impact to his chest that could have possibly thrown his heart rhythm off at the time.”

— Darrell FrainCreston/O-M head wrestling coach

Fire trucks, gear moved into new Corning station By BAILEY POOLMANCNA staff [email protected]

CORNING — Fire trucks and gear sat in the quiet bays of Corning’s new fire station after firefighters moved the equipment in Saturday.

The $1.5 million station, which has been in the works since 2008, is twice the size of the previous station, but in the same place. Construction be-gan May 2014, and part of the cost will be paid for by a Unit-ed States Department of Agri-

culture grant.“There’s some wiring and

stuff to be finished up,” said Brian Kannas, Corning fire chief. “We’ve got a little bit of painting up on the upper loft, then we can move stuff up there.”

The building houses sever-al rooms, including offices for the fire chief and emergen-cy manager, a training room, kitchen and decontamination room, as well as the bay and an L-shaped loft that runs the length and width of the station.

The loft will be used for oth-

er equipment used in the fire and emergency management fields.

Kannas also mentioned that now firefighters have room between trucks to change into their gear, whereas before, that space wasn’t there.

“It’s nice, it’s real nice,” Kannas said. “Everybody’s happy to be in there.”

Corning Fire Department is home to 30 volunteer firefight-ers.

An open house for the pub-lic to see the station is planned, but a date has not been set.

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMANCorning Fire Department fire trucks and gear sit in the new station’s bays after being moved from the Corning School District bus barn Saturday.

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Students protest mental health facility closing

DES MOINES (AP) — Nursing students from southeast Iowa are protesting the clos-ing of a state mental health facility in Mount Pleasant.

Students from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant visited lawmakers Wednes-day at the Capitol. The students also left a copy on Gov. Terry Branstad’s desk of more than 7,100 petition signatures protest-ing the closing. The governor wasn’t at the Capitol at the time.

Kaitlyn Dirth, a junior studying nursing at Wesleyan, began the petition online in late January. She says nursing students use the Mount Pleasant facility to complete re-quired training hours for graduation. She argues its closing will force students to find limited training accommodations else-where.

Branstad’s spokesman released a state-ment saying the decision to close the facility was part of an effort to offer modern mental health treatment.

45,000+Iowans sign up for coverage on exchange

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The second open enrollment period un-der President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — known as the Affordable Care Act — ended Sunday. In a Wednesday news release, federal officials say over 45,000 peo-ple in Iowa signed up or were automatically

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2A Creston News AdvertiserThursday, February 19, 2015

Dwight Welcher Lorimor

Dwight Welcher, 38, of

Lorimor died Feb. 19, 2015, in rural Thayer.

Services are pending at Powers Funeral Home, 612 N. Dodge St., Afton.

Beulah Harrison Winterset

Beulah Harrison, 90, of Winterset died Feb. 15, 2015, at M a d i s o n County Me-morial Hos-pital.

Services were 11 a.m. to-day, Feb. 19, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceo-la. The Rev. Jared Miller offici-ated. Interment was in Murray Cemetery. Memorials may be given to Seventh-Day Adven-tist Church in Winterset. On-line condolences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.

Beulah Ruth Harrison, daughter of Regina (Hircock) and Teddy Hayden, was born Jan. 13, 1925, in Winterset.

Beulah attended school in Madison County.

On Sept. 20, 1942, Beulah married Frank Donald Har-rison in Maryville, Mo. They farmed in Clarke County.

In addition to her work on the farm, Beulah worked at the hospital in Winterset and later for Bethesda Care Cen-ter and Care Center North in Winterset, and became a CNA working for nearly 21 years. She then worked in the private sector from 1988 until April 2005.

Beulah was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Winterset, of which she joined in 1983. During these years, Beulah served as the Sabbath school secretary, assistant church treasurer and Deaconess.

Beulah is survived by her sons, Donavon Duane (Dar-la Jenks) Harrison of Murray and Ronald (Michelle) Har-rison of Siren, Wis.; daughter Bonnie Klippenes of Minne-apolis, Minn.; 10 grandchil-dren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaugh-ter; sisters, Anna Grace Faux of Ottumwa, Helen (Willis) Salsbury of Norwalk, Marjo-rie Gallentime of Carlisle and Norene (Scott) Zimmerman of Burley, Idaho; sister-in-law Corleen Hayden of St. Charles; daughter-in-law Eva Harrison of Afton; nieces, Donna Klug of Des Moines and Wilma (Jerry) Bucklin of Roland; as well as other rela-tives and many friends.

Beulah was preceded in death were her parents; hus-band; son Lloyd Harrison; brothers, Keith and Merrill Hayden; son-in-law Mike Klip-penes; sisters, Faye Palmer and Wilma Floene Morrison; brothers-in-law, Lynn Morri-son, John Gallentime, Elton Faux and Perly Palmer; sis-ter-in-law Gretchen Bucklin; grandson Garrett Harrison; niece Betty Young; and moth-er-in-law Nettie Harrison.

Ronald ‘Jake’ EmbreeJefferson, Wis.

RONALD JERRY “JAKE” EMBREE age 74 of Jefferson, Wis., passed away Monday February 16, 2015 in Fort Atkinson. He was born on May 19, 1940 in Creston Iowa, son of the late John and Vera (Con-ley) Embree. He served in the United States Navy from 1964-1970.

Jake was an avid Wash-ington Red Skins fan and a “member” at Harders. He was known to be a “Ladies Man” and will be remem-bered for his great sense of humor.

He is loved and will be deeply missed by his spe-cial niece Angie Embree of Kanab, UT, and his special friend, Laurie Kidd of Fort Atkinson. He is survived by one son, his brother Donald “Larry” (Billie) Embree, other relatives and many friends.

He is preceded in death by Sisters; Margaret Rue, Dorothy Long, Jean Abell. Brothers; Robert Em-bree, Carl Embree, Harlan “Moe” Embree.

Family burial will take place at a later date in Creston, Iowa.

Visit www.schneidermi-chaelisfuneralhome.com to leave a condolence or light a candle in his memory.

Margaret Rue Jefferson, Wis.

MARGARET K. RUE, 78, of Jefferson, Wis., passed away January 6, 2015 at Fairhaven Nursing home in Whitewater.

She was born to John and Vera (Conley) Embree on November 1, 1936 in Cres-ton, Iowa.

Margaret married Robert Rue on February 1, 1969 at Long Beach California; he preceded her in death on November 28, 2011. She was employed at Country Side Nursing Home for many years.

Margaret was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lu-theran Church in Jefferson.

She is survived by her daughter Dee (Tom) Burns of Omaha NE, son Terry (Vicki) Enghauser of Dav-enport NE. Step daughters;

Susan (Buddy) Bardsley of Huntington Beach CA, Caroline Rue of North Hol-lywood, CA. Step son James (Shelly) Gomard of Lake-wood CA. Grandchildren; Angie Burns, Julie (Alfonso) Pena-Lopez, Jennifer Eng-hauser, Jason (Wendy) En-ghauser. Step grandchildren; Talisa, Alexis, McKenna Bardsley, Logan and Tan-ner Comard. Brothers; Jerry Embree of Jefferson, Larry (Billie) Embree of IL, sister-in-law; Janet Embre of IA. Many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

She is also preceded in death by 2 sisters, and 3 brothers.

Graveside services and burial in Spring will be at the Union Cemetery.

Visit www.schneidermi-chaelisfuneralhome.com to leave a condolence or light a candle in her memory.

Harrison

Today is Feb. 19, the 50th day of the year. There are 315 days left in 2015. Below are news items from the Cres-ton News Advertiser for this week (Feb. 16-22) in history.5 years ago

Because of a $686,250 grant from I-Jobs and accom-panying $228,750 city match, 40 to 60 homes and about 60 residential blocks in Creston in flood-prone areas were to receive sanitary-system up-grades over two years. Cres-ton Public Works Director Kevin Kruse said the pro-posed project would mainly consist of removing sump pumps and tile lines from the city’s sanitary system, and in-stalling new lines to receive the water in lieu of dumping into yards or streets. The hope was that the project would lessen the amount of inflow and infiltration in the city’s sanitary system, while quickly removing water from affected neighborhoods.

Jake Marlin became Creston’s first freshman state champion when he de-feated Columbus Junction senior Jake Keller, 5-3, in the Class 2A title match at 130 pounds. Marlin took a 43-3 record into the State Dual Tournament. The only other freshman finalist was 2005 runner-up Quin Leith, who went on to win a state title in 2008. Marlin was also the initial second-genera-tion Creston champion. His

father Randy was the Class 2A 132-pound state cham-pion in 1986 and runner-up the previous season.10 years ago

Creston City Council members voted unanimously to not change the names of Taylor Street and New York, Sheldon, Sumner and Living-ston avenues, as proposed by Creston Planning and Zoning Commission. According to Kevin Kruse, street depart-ment, the recommendation was made to make the streets line up at the intersections.

Franklin Kinkade of Kinkade Industries was own-er of the first Vermeer W-2 trencher produced in 1952. He purchased it for $850. In 2004, the trencher was retired to the Vermeer Museum in Pella.

A documentary, “Villisca: Living with a Mystery,” was playing at Strand Theater. Four hundred fifty advance tickets were sold for the two-night showing in Creston. Fourth Wall Films produced the documentary which tells a story of two adults and six children murdered in Villisca while sleeping in 1912.20 years ago

A limited edition of 250 cassette tapes recorded at Southwestern Community College’s studio by band In-bred became available for sale locally at Easter’s and The Bookstore for $8.99. Ten

songs were recorded by Cres-ton natives Jerry Spargur, 19, guitarist and vocalist, and drummer Dustin Baird, and 21-year-old SWCC student June Hirose, originally of Ja-pan, on bass. Since recording in October 1994, Scott Castle, 22, former student at Florida State University, replaced Baird on drums. Baird was in high school and made the decision to not continue with the band. Spargur, CHS class of 1994, organized the alter-

native rock band.The arts and wellness cen-

ter board decided Southern Prairie YMCA would be the name of the new YMCA. The name was developed by a committee of local residents headed by Tom Pontow.

Creston School Board raised the driver’s education fee from $35 to $75.

In the datebook, on Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X was as-sassinated at a ballroom in New York City.

CNA file photoDiagonal’s Joni Butler (21) drives around Bedford’s Kristin Coleman (12) for two of her game-high 18 points in the Class 1A regional semifinal game in Feb. 1995.

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mind they saved his life right there on the mat,” Frain said.

“We shocked him on the mat, twice, before he even left the arena,” Dr. Zacha-ry said. “This young man, it probably saved his life to have an AED available and accessible.”

Pettit, 39-10, was sched-uled to wrestle in the state individual tournament to-day.

His family urged Frain to have the Panthers finish their day of wrestling in the third-place match Wednes-day night, despite Frain’s initial reservations.

After the incident, Frain joined family members at the hospital while the team was transported to have din-ner prior to the meet. Their coach met with them at the motel after the meal to give them an update.

“I told them what I knew,” Frain said. “We had a prayer. We cried a little bit and we did the best we could tonight.”

Concerned teammatesTeammate Seth Maitlen

said it was a situation they had never experienced be-fore, and everyone was un-settled.

“It was really scary as a team, but our coaches did a really good job handling it all,” Maitlen said. “And our fan base was praying and helping us through it all. When we found out they took out the tube and he was breathing on his own, that was positive news. On a scale, wrestling is pretty small right now. It’s a fam-ily atmosphere right now and we’re all thinking about Tayler.”

“I texted him — I know he won’t get it right away — but I told him I love him,” heavyweight wrestler Jake

Gutschenritter said. “I said I’ll be wrestling for him this week. It was definitely an emotional day.”

One of Pettit’s best friends is team manager Conner Pals, who is also a teammate on the football and soccer teams.

“When you know some-

one as long as I’ve known him, he’s like a brother, just like my other two broth-ers,” Pals said. “It’s scary when you see him like that and you don’t know what is going to happen. He had great care. If he had been anywhere else, it may have turned out worse than it

did.”Pals then spoke the senti-

ment of everyone associated with the team.

“We just hope to see him as soon as we can,” Pals said.

Frain said Pettit’s mother planned to address the team today and provide an update of his condition.

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Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri2/20

38/27Mostly cloudy skies.A few flurries orsnow showers possi-ble. High 38F.

Sunrise Sunset7:05 AM 5:57 PM

Sat2/21

30/2Snow showers early.Highs in the low 30sand lows in the lowsingle digits.


Sun2/22

13/0Cloudy. Highs in thelow teens and lows -2 to 2F.


Mon2/23

21/13Sunny. Highs in thelow 20s and lows inthe low teens.


Tue2/24

34/8Windy with cloudsgiving way to sun.


Des Moines36/26

Cedar Rapids30/22

Sioux City47/28

Creston38/27

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 36 21 cloudy Davenport 29 23 sn shower Marshaltown 34 22 cloudyAtlantic 39 27 cloudy Des Moines 36 26 cloudy Mason City 31 22 cloudyAubudon 38 25 cloudy Dubuque 26 22 sn shower Onawa 44 28 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 30 22 sn shower Farmington 37 27 cloudy Oskaloosa 37 24 cloudyCenterville 38 27 cloudy Fort Dodge 36 24 cloudy Ottumwa 38 25 cloudyClarinda 41 28 cloudy Ft Madison 34 27 cloudy Red Oak 40 27 cloudyClarion 34 22 cloudy Guttenberg 26 22 sn shower Sioux Center 38 23 pt sunnyClinton 26 23 sn shower Keokuk 35 28 cloudy Sioux City 47 28 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 41 28 cloudy Lansing 25 22 sn shower Spencer 37 20 pt sunnyCreston 38 27 cloudy LeMars 42 26 pt sunny Waterloo 32 22 cloudy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 40 27 pt sunny Houston 70 65 rain Phoenix 78 52 pt sunnyBoston 19 2 pt sunny Los Angeles 72 53 pt sunny San Francisco 64 50 pt sunnyChicago 20 18 sn shower Miami 67 60 mst sunny Seattle 53 46 rainDallas 71 62 cloudy Minneapolis 30 14 sn shower St. Louis 31 28 cloudyDenver 56 24 mst sunny New York 22 11 sunny Washington, DC 21 11 sunny

Moon Phases

NewFeb 18

FirstFeb 25

FullMar 5

LastMar 13

UV IndexFri

2/202

Low

Sat2/21

2Low

Sun2/22

2Low

Mon2/23

3Moderate

Tue2/24

3Moderate

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Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (12), low past 24 hours (1) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri2/20

38/27Mostly cloudy skies.A few flurries orsnow showers possi-ble. High 38F.


Sat2/21

30/2Snow showers early.Highs in the low 30sand lows in the lowsingle digits.


Sun2/22

13/0Cloudy. Highs in thelow teens and lows -2 to 2F.


Mon2/23

21/13Sunny. Highs in thelow 20s and lows inthe low teens.


Tue2/24

34/8Windy with cloudsgiving way to sun.


Des Moines36/26

Cedar Rapids30/22

Sioux City47/28

Creston38/27

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 36 21 cloudy Davenport 29 23 sn shower Marshaltown 34 22 cloudyAtlantic 39 27 cloudy Des Moines 36 26 cloudy Mason City 31 22 cloudyAubudon 38 25 cloudy Dubuque 26 22 sn shower Onawa 44 28 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 30 22 sn shower Farmington 37 27 cloudy Oskaloosa 37 24 cloudyCenterville 38 27 cloudy Fort Dodge 36 24 cloudy Ottumwa 38 25 cloudyClarinda 41 28 cloudy Ft Madison 34 27 cloudy Red Oak 40 27 cloudyClarion 34 22 cloudy Guttenberg 26 22 sn shower Sioux Center 38 23 pt sunnyClinton 26 23 sn shower Keokuk 35 28 cloudy Sioux City 47 28 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 41 28 cloudy Lansing 25 22 sn shower Spencer 37 20 pt sunnyCreston 38 27 cloudy LeMars 42 26 pt sunny Waterloo 32 22 cloudy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 40 27 pt sunny Houston 70 65 rain Phoenix 78 52 pt sunnyBoston 19 2 pt sunny Los Angeles 72 53 pt sunny San Francisco 64 50 pt sunnyChicago 20 18 sn shower Miami 67 60 mst sunny Seattle 53 46 rainDallas 71 62 cloudy Minneapolis 30 14 sn shower St. Louis 31 28 cloudyDenver 56 24 mst sunny New York 22 11 sunny Washington, DC 21 11 sunny

Moon Phases

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FirstFeb 25

FullMar 5

LastMar 13

UV IndexFri

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Low

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Sun2/22

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Mon2/23

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Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Union CountyCourthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St.

Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St.

Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

ThursdayCelebrate Recovery (a Christ-

centered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St.

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

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

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

FridayHoly Spirit Rectory ReRun

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

Southern Prairie YMCA 55 Plus, 11:45 a.m., Summit House. There will be a speaker. Bring $4 for Subway.

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

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

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

Union Squares, 7:30 p.m., Creston First United Methodist Church. Call Bob Cooper at 782-4403 for more information.

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

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

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

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

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

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

SundayAlcoholics Anonymous (AA),

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

MondayUnion County Board of

Supervisors, 9 a.m., Union County Courthouse boardroom.

Creston Rotary Club, noon, Greater Regional Medical Center cafeteria conference room.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

TOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church.

AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

Union County Genealogy Society, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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.

Meeting Green Hills AEA Board

of Directors, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Red Oak regional office, 212 E. Coolbaugh St., Red Oak.

Agenda includes: open fo-rum; annual progress report for Green Hills AEA; legisla-tive update; financial reports; personnel matters; agree-ments, contracts and grant application; award of roof re-placement contract based on bids received on Feb. 19 for the Green Hills AEA Halv-erson Center for Education; administrative and board re-ports; AEA Board of Direc-tors Conference April 16-17 in Des Moines; other business; collective bargaining strategy session according to Section 20.17(3) of the Code of Iowa; administrator’s evaluation: an executive session will be conducted in accordance with Section 21.5(l(i) of the open meetings law for the purpose of evaluating the chief admin-istrator.

Birth St. Luke’s Hospital

CEDAR RAPIDS — Amber (Schrodt) and Cody Scharf of North Liberty are parents of a daughter born Jan. 29, 2015. Brixley Arey Scharf weighed 8 pounds, 4.6 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Kathy Schrodt, Jerry Novak and Lyle Schrodt, all of Creston, and Kay and Bill Scharf of Fort Dodge.

Great-grandparents are Richard and Verna Arey of

Des Moines.Brother is Brecken Em-

mett Scharf, 2 1/2.

Police Miscellaneous

Traffic stop, 12:29 a.m., Wednesday, Wyoming Ave-nue.

Assistance, 6:43 a.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Incomplete 911 call, 8:57 a.m., Wednesday, West Howard Street.

Traffic stop, 9:38 a.m., Wednesday, North Cherry Street.

Alarm, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, North Mulberry Street.

Extra patrol, 11:19 a.m., Wednesday, West Adams Street.

Information, 12:16 p.m., Wednesday, Harsh Street.

Information, 1:42 p.m., Wednesday, North Oak Street.

Animal call, 6:10 p.m., Wednesday, North Oak Street.

Talk to officer, 6:33 p.m., Wednesday, West Mont-gomery Street.

Traffic stop, 7:07 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Traffic stop, 7:17 p.m., Wednesday, North Cherry Street.

Burglary, 7:52 p.m.,

Wednesday, West Adams Street.

Possible OWI, 10:24 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Information, 11:29 p.m., Wednesday, West Mills Street.

Fire Miscellaneous

Medical, 10:35 a.m., Wednesday, Laurel Street.

Medical, 4:29 p.m., Wednesday, Quiet Harbor.

Medical, 12:51 a.m., today, Manor Drive.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.70Soybeans — $9.58• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.68Soybeans — $9.72

LotteryIowa’s Pick 3: 4-5-5Iowa’s Pick 4: 0-7-6-2Hot Lotto Sizzler: 5-10-12-16-45 (15)Powerball: 1-9-29-32-49 (22)

Early childhood parenting program offered Southwestern Community

College Parents as Teachers will present Early Child-hood Parenting Made Fun! curriculum, a four-week parenting program designed by Love and Logic, begin-ning 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 3 at Creston Early Child-hood Center, 801 N. Elm St. This is a free program.

The curriculum will pro-vide answers to:

• How to handle disrup-tions at meal times

• How to get children to stay in their own bed

• How to end temper tan-trums

• Is there a way to disci-pline my toddler in public without creating a scene?

• How to get children up and about in the mornings

• How to stop whining and bickering

• And many other day-to-day parenting challenges

Sessions will continue 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays March 10, 17 and 24.

To register, contact Victo-ria Brammer, independent facilitor, at the Early Child-hood Center.

Alzheimer’s Association workshop to teach importance of early detection

Current data suggests that because of the increas-ing number of people age 65 and older in the United States, the annual number of new cases of Alzheimer’s and other dementias is pro-jected to double by the year 2050.

Alzheimer’s Association “Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters” work-shops provide attendees with information about the difference between normal aging and Alzheimer’s dis-ease, the benefits of early detection, as well as tips for attendees who may be con-cerned about themselves or a loved one.

A workshop will be held 5:30 p.m. March 10 at South-ern Prairie YMCA/SWCC multipurpose room.

“Here in Iowa, we have the third highest Alzheimer’s death rate in America,” said Carol Sipfle, executive director at the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Iowa Chapter. “Those that attend these workshops learn that if they receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another dementia, there are things families can do together to plan for the future and work towards receiving the best help and care possible.”

For more information about these classes, visit

www.alz.org/greateriowa or contact Susan Callison by emailing [email protected] or calling 515-440-2722.

The Alzheimer’s Associa-tion is the leading voluntary health organization in Alz-heimer care, support and research. Its mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s dis-ease through the advance-ment of research; to provide and enhance care and sup-port for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Its vision is a world without Alzheimer’s.

For more information, visit www.alz.org/greaterio-wa or call 800-272-3900.

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Recently, I’ve read stories about the nation’s education system, and the different pieces of legislation being considered to improve and expand graduation rates and work force.

I want to commend several peo-ple I know who are continuing their education. My friend and for-mer coworker Sarah Brown is ob-taining her master’s degree, while maintaining a job and caring for her family. Kelsey Hollen, another friend, also has her master’s degree in the works while working full-time at Southwestern Community College.

There are also several firefight-ers, and countless other friends of

mine who are continuing their edu-cation, whether it be an associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree.

In comparison to our national system, according to statistics de-veloped by United Nations Ed-ucation, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in Cam-bodia, of the six and a-half million people over the age of 25 living in the country as of 2009, 17.5 percent

of men and 37.3 percent of women had no education. Also, 34.4 per-cent of men and 37.3 percent of women did not have a complete primary education.

In the United Kingdom, as of 2011 there were 43 and a-half mil-lion people over the age of 25, and .1 percent of males and .2 percent of females did not have any educa-tion.

In the United States, as of 2012 there were 211 million people over the age of 25. Of those people, .4 percent of males and females had no education, while .9 percent of males and .8 percent of females had an incomplete primary education.

Now, these statistics only show

one facet of a stone with many. Things that must be taken into con-sideration include population sizes, national economy, views of gender equality and accessibility to school.

I think for the most part, chil-dren in the U.S. have a higher ac-cessibility to education than a lot of countries in the world, and, I also think, Americans can take edu-cation for granted because of that accessibility.

For example, I have a cousin, Christy Nekvinda, who is a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana, Af-rica. She is in the middle of trying to get money to her village so they can build a preschool.

A preschool. Can you imagine

living in a place where sending your child to preschool was unheard of? Many conclude preschool to be a building block of a child’s life, where they learn to socialize with other children and begin learning creativity and fundamentals to learning.

Maybe it’s just me, but perhaps something we should do is take a minute to appreciate what we in America have, teaching our fu-ture generations more to make the world better. I know there are many people who strive to do that, so maybe those people on either side of the political line can get along and bring education to the forefront.

Girl on fireBailey Poolmanstaff writer

HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America and how’s everybody?

Oklahoma lawmakers are set to remove state funding for the A.P. History course for being negative and unpatriotic. It’s a heated dis-pute over the nation’s founders. They rejected the funding because the A.P. History course spends too much time on George Washing-ton and not enough time on Bud Wilkinson.

Bruce Jenner revealed plans to discuss his gender change with ABC’s Diane Sawyer Thursday and he added that his transfor-mation into a woman will covered by an E! documentary. It reminds people what a great athlete he is. Bruce Jenner not only kept up with the Kardashians, he’s lapped them.

Conan O’Brien made history last weekend by taping his talk show in Havana before a cheering and appreciative studio audience. It was no surprise that the crowd went wild for Conan. If there is one thing that television has taught us over the span of sixty-five years, it’s that Cubans love redheads.

The Oscars were accused of fraud Tuesday after it was found many stars don’t watch the DVDs of the nominated movies mailed to their home. They tell their maids to watch the movies and vote for the films they like. It’s why more and more of the DVDs mailed to Oscar voters are dubbed in Span-ish.

The Department of Home-land Security’s director warned on Tuesday if Congress cuts off its funding, the Coast Guard and DEA will be shut down. And then drugs would come straight into the country unintercepted. This week

everyone’s honoring the original cast of Saturday Night Live in their own way.

Patty Hearst’s Shih Tsu won the Toy Category at the Westminister Dog Show. Forty years ago she was kidnapped by SLA terrorists who brainwashed her into robbing banks for them. It just makes ISIS look like a bunch of slackers with no ability to train their hostages how to reach their full potential.

Joe Biden was shown on TV groping the shoulders of the wife of Defense Secretary Ash Carter during his swearing-in ceremony. He did the same thing to Senator Coons’s daughter in January at the Senate swearing-in. Joe might be able to beat Hillary if he can neu-tralize Bill’s entertainment factor.

President Obama kicked off a summit called Ways to Counter Violent Extremism at the White House on Tuesday. He still won’t mention radical Islam. At a recent prayer breakfast the president linked Jim Crow to Christianity in case any hostages were behead-ed this week by separate drinking fountains.

State Department spokeswom-an Marie Harp told Chris Mat-thews Monday America cannot win against ISIS by killing them. She said we need to find these peo-ple jobs. Service dogs would be so passe if we could put a leash on an ISIS fighter and introduce them to our friends as our service Nazi.

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U.S. in comparison to international education

Patty Hearst’s Shih Tsu won the Toy Category

Creep meets girl Thelma and Louise should be

appalled.Almost 25 years after their epic

road movie attacked “conven-tional patterns of chauvinist male behavior toward females” (in the words of one critic), here arrives “Fifty Shades of Grey,” perhaps the most successful anti-feminist movie ever made.

The runaway best-selling novel is now a juggernaut on the big screen, driven by overwhelmingly female audiences that accounted for its record-breaking opening weekend.The dirty secret of “Fifty Shades” is that, underneath the kinky ex-terior, it’s a formulaic roman-tic fantasy. For all its notorious boundary-pushing, it is the distilled essence of decades’ worth of Har-lequin paperbacks, with hyperste-reotypical gender roles pushed to the point of perversity (figurative-ly and, of course, literally). “Fifty Shades” is a version of the age-old boy-meets-girl story, except the boy is a dangerous creep.

As countless millions already know, the story centers around 27-year-old businessman Christian Grey’s seduction of ingenue Anas-tasia Steele, a college student. He is older and wealthy. She is young and poor. He is experienced and controlling. She is naive and trust-ing. He’s the strong, quiet type. She’s vulnerable and wants to talk. He owns a helicopter. She drives a VW Bug.

He overawes her. When Anasta-sia is first in Christian’s presence, doing an interview for her college newspaper as a favor for a friend, she practically collapses into a pud-

dle of helplessness before the sheer force of his alpha-dog personality. Later, she needs him to save her from the unwanted affection of a college friend. Her road to ad-venture and material plenty (glid-er rides, gifts of expensive cars, etc.) runs entirely through him.All this is a bit much, before we get to the fact — and, obviously, this is what sets “Fifty Shades” apart from other romances — that Chris-tian wants to physically and emo-tionally dominate her and hit her for his own pleasure.

No wonder some feminists are inveighing against the film, and this time, the sisters have a point.

As much as it can, “Fifty Shades” seeks to sanitize the S&M. Chris-tian wants Anastasia’s consent in a written contract so elaborate it could be negotiated by high-pow-ered lawyers, provided they had a strong stomach for graphic sexual content.

But there’s no sugarcoating what Christian is about. His seduction of Anastasia is emotionally manip-ulative, his drive to control her is abusive, and his pursuit of her — unexpectedly showing up at places where she is — could easily be con-sidered stalking. If anything like this happened in remotely more realistic circumstances, the proper response to Christian’s obsessive attention would be a good kick in

the groin, followed by a restraining order.

Not to mention a referral to a first-class psychiatrist. The roots of Christian’s desire to hurt women is his own abuse as a child. Anas-tasia, in her wide-eyed way, wants to save her Byronic romantic hero from his demons, but that would be better left to a professional with years of training and lots of time to work with an emotionally damaged client.

The lesson of “Fifty Shades” should be: Ladies, don’t try this at home. In real life, trying to reform manipulative and abusive men only ends in tears, and becoming subject to sexual humiliation only brings humiliation.

The edge is taken off “Fifty Shades” by its sheer ridiculous-ness — the movie is punctuated by moments of inadvertent hilarity — and its fairy-tale ending. Anas-tasia maintains her identity, even though Christian wants to obliter-ate it. And over the course of the three books in the franchise, Chris-tian Grey is indeed reformed and tamed, and Anastasia forms a hap-py family with him. It’s Ward and June Cleaver, via a pleasure room that looks like something out of a Restoration Hardware catalog.

Needless to say, there are easi-er routes to marital bliss, and they never involve anyone like Chris-tian Grey, who gives the patriarchy a bad name.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: [email protected]

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AftonASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH,

Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible study and youth. Saturday, 7:25 a.m. “In the Mirror” radio pro-gram on Creston Radio.

ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 104 W. Union St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; after Mass, Confession. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. religious education classes; 6:30 p.m. devotions.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. potluck supper, open to the public; 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening worship service. Aspire Food Pantry dropoff site.

ArispeUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

BeaconsfieldUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-

vice.

ClearfieldAREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.are-abiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA, Clearfield Community Center.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday school; 9 a.m. worship.

CorningFIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH, 907 Grove Ave., Ken Rummer, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship services.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 901 Nodaway St., Andrew Bardole, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. prayer service.

MESSIANIC MISSION SEVENTH DAY, 405 11th St.

Sabbath services, second and fourth Saturdays. Call 641-322-3386 for time and place.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 800 17th St., Philip Ritter, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:45 a.m. worship with Holy Communion. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Bible study.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 504 Grove, Ave., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass; 7 p.m. youth group. Wednesday, 2 to 5 p.m. religious education classes.

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CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email [email protected]; website www.AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. worship and Kid’s Club. Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Men of Honor; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Light Switch teens.

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, 600 N. Lincoln St., Paul Vandevender, pastor, 782-5594.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship service; 5:30 p.m. prayer time; 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. wor-ship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

LIFE CHURCH, ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641-782-4236, e-mail [email protected], website lifechurch-creston.com.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 10:35 a.m.

morning worship. Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and conversation. WiFi is available. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanctuary; 7 p.m. Family Night Activities; adult Bible study, Romans 14, santu-ary; Life Youth, lower level youth room; and Kids Club, lower level fellowship hall. Thursday (2/26), 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and conversation. WiFi is available.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evange-lists, 641-344-3201.

Thursday, 3:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship ser-vices. Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 3 p.m. Crisis fund center open, 5 p.m. Open table. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Creston Congregation (RLDS), 820 N. Elm St., Elder Gary O’Daniels, pastoral coordinator.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. praise and inspiration, Mallas; 9:30 a.m. church school classes; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Darl Ferguson, presider; Ray Powell, speaker.

CREST BAPTIST, affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, Poplar and Townline streets, Chuck Spindler, pastor. Website: www.crestbaptistchurch.com.

Today, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery. Friday, 8:30 a.m. Operation World prayer meeting. Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship; 6 p.m. Men’s Bible study. Tuesday, 8:15 a.m. Women’s Bible study; 9 to 10 p.m. Creston Salt Celebration, a college ministry, SWCC room 120. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. TeamKid, youth ministry and adult Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1001 N. Lincoln St., David Tebbenkamp, pastor; Dan Fields, youth pastor.

Today, 3:15 p.m. “Embracing God’s Grace,” Ladies Bible study, welcome center. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service with BCP representatives Tom and Nancy Farlow; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; noon Dynamic Ambassadors carry-in lunch; 4 p.m. Missions Committee meeting; and Melody Makers choir practice; 5 p.m. family worship service with BCP rep-resentatives Tom and Nancy Farlow; 6 p.m. Youth S.N.A.C. at Bob and Loy Christensen’s. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Ladies Bible study, “Twelve Extraordinary Women” by John MacArthur and 7 p.m. “Martha and Mary: Working and Worshipping” led by Judi Sauser, both at Loy Christensen’s, 1000 N. Vine. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Triumphant Praise choir rehearsal – senior high; 6:30 p.m. AWANA clubs and junior high Trek; senior high youth group; adult Bible study and prayer meeting. Thursday (2/26), 11:30 a.m. Care and Share Christian senior singles fellow-ship, fellowship hall.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service with guest speaker Mary O’Riley. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Tootles (games/crafts) in fellowship hall. Wednesday, 6 p.m. praise and worship service.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St.

Sunday, 11 a.m. church ser-vice.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 7:30 p.m. Ida Scudder Circle, Sue Teutsch hostess. Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting work-shop. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school – all ages; 10:45 a.m. wor-ship services. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stich, Knit and Quilt. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Pastor’s Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m. choir practice; 8 p.m. ASP.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor. Call 641-782-2427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: [email protected]. Facebook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Friday.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Summit House Bible study; 1:30

p.m. Crestridge Bible study. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. handbell rehearsal; 7 p.m. choir rehears-al. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men.

GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna Davis.

Thursday, 6 p.m. Women’s Bible study, church. Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire service, church. Sunday, 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. church service; 6 p.m. church service. Monday, 4 to 5:45 p.m. children’s ministry (preschool through 11 years old); 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. youth ministry (12 years old and up). Wednesday, first and third, 7 p.m. Men’s Bible study, Outreach Center, 124 N. Maple St.

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 107 W. Howard St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Friday, 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop; 4:30 to 5 p.m. Confession; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Confession; 9 a.m. Mass; after Mass, First Eucharist parent ses-sion, church. Monday, 5 to 6 p.m. Adoration, church; 6 p.m. Mass, church; after Mass, Stations of the Cross and soup supper in hall; 6:30 p.m. Board of Education meeting, St. Malachy School. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop; 6:30 p.m. informational kindergarten night, St. Malachy School. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy School; 6:30 p.m. high school youth group, St. Malachy School; 7 p.m. religious education classes, St. Malachy School; and Knights of Columbus officers’ meeting, hall. Thursday (2/26), 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 7 p.m. RCIA, hall.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1965 REA Road, Rev. Jim W. Morris, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Bible study; 9 a.m worship.

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, 1000 Cottonwood St.

Sunday, 10 a.m. public talk and Watchtower study. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. congregation Bible study, ministry school and ser-vice meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515-473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship. Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

P L A T T E C E N T E R PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston, Rev. Delores Doench, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. coffee/fellowship time; 10:30 a.m. church service.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-782-2920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school and adult education; 10 a.m. worship service; 6 p.m. Alpha Course. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Lenten services.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St., Jared Miller, pastor, 515-897-7919, email [email protected].

Saturday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES, 1216 N. Cherry St. (corner of Townline and Cherry streets).

Sunday, 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 601 S. Maple St., Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. Jonathan C. Watt, pastor, 641-782-5095, http://TrinityCreston.org.

Mount Ayr: 8 a.m. Divine Service; 9:30 a.m. Bible class and Sunday school; Creston: 9:45 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion; 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes. Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. pre-school. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m. Confirmation classes; 7 p.m. Lenten worship service. Thursday (2/26), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meet-ing. Sunday, 9:15 worship ser-vices.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. food pantry distribution; 2 p.m. Lenten Bible study. Monday, 7:30 a.m. AA meeting; 6 p.m. UCC plan-ning meeting, The Windrow; newsletter information due. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon pas-tor’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table (Jennifer Hoyt). Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

CromwellCONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday

school; 5 p.m. Lenten services, Jerusalem UM. Monday, 12:30 p.m. prayer group, sanctuary; 1 p.m. quilting. Wednesday, 1 p.m. quilters.

DiagonalUNITED CHURCH OF

DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diago-nalchurch.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. church.

EllstonUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor. Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship.

GreenfieldCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Jeff Banks, pastor, office 641-743-0221. Website: www.welcometocor-nerstone.org.

Thursday, 7 p.m. Men’s Fraternity; 7 to 9 p.m. “Breaking Free” Women’s Bible study. Friday, 11 a.m. J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth); 5 to 10 p.m. Girls’ Night Out at Becky McCann’s, 2283 Monroe Ave., Greenfield. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. worship service; 11:10 a.m. to noon Christian living classes; 6 to 8 p.m. 2nd Half; Homebuilders; Marriage Oneness; and Multiply. Wednesday, 6:20 p.m. AWANA Grand Prix; 7 to 8:30 p.m. youth group.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 213 N. E. Elm St., Kenneth Gross, pastor. Website: www.stjohngreenfield.parishe-sonline.com.

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:20 to 7:30 p.m. Faith Formation (preK-8 grades). Thursday (2/26), 8:30 a.m. Mass.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10 a.m. coffee and fellow-ship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes clos-et open; 6:30 p.m. worship ser-vice. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. wor-ship service.

LacelleUNITED METHODIST CHURCH,

Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.Sunday, 10 a.m. children’s

Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

LenoxCHRISTIAN CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship.CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 702 W. Ohio St. Stanley Price, branch president.

Sunday, 10 a.m. sacrament meeting; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school; 12:10 p.m. relief society, priesthood, young women and young men; 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.primary. For local information, contact Clinton Allen, (641) 322-4494.

COUNTRY ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH, at 202 E. Temple (old lumber yard), Mitch Green, pas-tor. Website: countryroadslenox.com.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship. Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal and study.

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, four miles north, four miles west of Lenox, Franklin Rogers, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship ser-vice.

SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 4 miles north, 1 mile west of Lenox.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 600 W. Michigan St., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass with religious education classes after-ward. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CYO.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 103 W. Michigan St., Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service and Sunday school for children.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 401 W. Michigan St., Tim Maxa, pastor, 641-333-4214.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice. First and third Sunday, youth fellowship. Wednesday, Evening Bible study.

LorimorCHURCH OF GOD, Ben Turner,

pastor.Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pas-tor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

MacksburgHEBRON UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pas-tor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor. Sunday, 9 a.m. wor-ship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

MurrayBAPTIST CHURCH, Alex

Bauman, pastor.Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. wor-ship services. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Midweek Bible study and prayer meeting. Third Thursday of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Missionary meeting.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third St., Brian McCracken, pastor, 641-340-0474, [email protected]; Dillon, associate pastor, 515-971-2066, [email protected]; office, 641-447-2569, [email protected]; website, www.murraychur-chofchrist.org.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship ser-vice; 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:35 a.m. fellow-ship; 10:35 a.m. worship service; 7 p.m. high school Bible Study at the Brandt’s. Wednesday, 7 p.m. children/youth groups at church.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Sandy Smith and Brandon Campbell, pastors.


OrientP L Y M O U T H

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 311 W. First St., Phil Price, min-ister.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. brunch; 9 a.m. worship services; 10 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study. Wednesday, 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 124 S. Maple St., Cathy Nutting, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice.

PrescottPRESCOTT UNITED CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 401 6th Ave., the Rev. Steven Wainwright.


Shannon CitySHANNON CITY COMMUNITY

CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pas-tor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. church service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

SharpsburgUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-

vice; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

StringtownSTRINGTOWN COMMUNITY

CHURCH, junction of Highway 34 and Sycamore Ave., the Rev. Richard Queener, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m. Help Center open.

ThayerPLEASANT VALLEY

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

TingleyCHRISTIAN CHURCHSunday, 10 a.m. Sunday

School; 11 a.m. worship service.UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship; 10:30

a.m. Sunday school.

Community Lenten services begin Sunday

The first community Lenten service for 2015, sponsored by Union Coun-ty Ministerial Alliance, will be 5 p.m. Sunday at Jeru-salem United Methodist Church, 1965 REA Road. The Rev. Deloris Doench of Platte Center Presbyte-rian Church is speaker on “The Feet of Christ.”

The overall theme for this year’s services is “The Body of Christ,” and will focus on how each body part is used by the Lord to spread His message of love and salvation to the world. There are no specif-ic assigned texts for the ser-mons, just a theme for each message.

Worship Sunday will be led by the Rev. Jim Morris, pastor at Jerusalem. The offering goes to the Minis-terial Alliance crisis fund, as it has for many years. These services are the pri-mary source of funding.

After the service, light refreshments will be served by the Jerusalem congrega-

tion.The entire community is

invited to attend.All services throughout

the Lenten season will be-gin at 5 p.m. and are fol-lowed by a light meal. The Good Friday service, April 3, is the only service that begins at noon. The service schedule is as follows:

• March 1, Life Church Assembly of God, Rev. Ken Halbur, Hands to help and heal.

• March 8, Creston UCC Congregational, Rev. Dan-iel Moore, Mouth to speak God’s Word.

• March 15, Cromwell Congregational UCC, Rev. Jim Morris, Ears to hear our prayers.

• March 22, First Presby-terian, Mary O’Riley, Eyes to see our needs.

• March 29, Crest Bap-tist, Rev. Jim Woodworth, Heart beating with love.

• April 3, Good Fri-day, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Rev. Brian Jack, Body of Christ.

CHURCHCHURCH

Friday, Feb. 20, 2015ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

For the next few weeks, think about your future year ahead (i.e. from birthday to birthday). Make specific goals with dead-lines.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You will be more popu-lar than usual in the next few weeks. Join clubs and organi-zations. Enjoy your interaction with others, especially creative and athletic people.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) For the next several weeks, the Sun is at the top of your chart, casting a flattering light on you. This is why you will make such a favorable impression on bosses, parents and VIPs.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Travel anywhere if you can in the coming month, because you want to get outta Dodge. You want adventure and a chance to learn something new!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You will be passionate about per-sonal relationships in the next several weeks. And you will be just as passionate about how to share something or divide jointly held property.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) It’s important to get more sleep in the next four weeks because the Sun will now be opposite your sign. Recognize your need for more rest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Do whatever you can to get better organized at work and at home. Give yourself the right tools to make it easy to do an excellent job.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) A playful month ahead! Grab every opportunity to have a vacation, enjoy the arts, sporting events, playful times with children and romantic liai-sons.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Now your attention will turn to home, family and your private world. You might want to cocoon at home more in the next few weeks. Family discussions will be significant.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) The pace of your days will accelerate in the next few weeks. Short trips, increased reading and writing, plus con-versations with others will keep you on the go.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Cash flow, earnings and major expenditures will be on

your mind during the next few weeks. This is a good time to figure out what you have and what you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) The Sun will be in your sign for the next four weeks, boosting

your energy and giving you a chance to recharge your bat-teries for the rest of the year. Happy birthday!

YOU BORN TODAY You are

perceptive. You want to inform others, and you wish to be taken seriously. It’s important to you to achieve what you want. This year you will face a major decision. Save your money in the first half of the year and cut down on over-head expenses, because this will help you later in the year. Your integrity and patience will be tested.

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44-7The difference in points between Duke’s (44) starting backcourt and UNC’s (7) starting backcourt Wednesday.

NatioNalDigest

The Numbers Game

UNI winsCHICAGO — North-

ern Iowa keeps on win-ning, and it’s not hard to see why. Just look at the defense.

Seth Tuttle and Nate Buss each scored 10 points, and the No. 11 Panthers won their 14th straight, clamping down on Loyola in a 58-39 victo-ry Wednesday night.

“We want to play de-fense,” said Buss, a senior. “We understand that’s what’s going to win us games. We know we al-ways have to be focused on that end and we always are going to be focused on that end.”

The Panthers (25-2, 14-1 Missouri Valley Con-ference) never trailed and moved within one win of matching the 2009-10 team’s school record streak.

They also tied a season low for points allowed while holding Loyola (16-11, 6-9) to its lowest scor-ing total, and this game was every bit as lopsided as the numbers indicated.

Northern Iowa led by 12 at halftime and broke it open after the Ramblers trimmed it to nine early in the second period.Duke escapes

DURHAM, N.C. — Back and forth they went, trading big leads, shots and chances to win in both regulation and overtime.

And then the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils found a way to send their fierce neighborhood rivals home empty-handed again.

Quinn Cook scored 22 points, freshman Tyus Jones matched a season high with 22 and Duke outlasted the No. 15 Tar Heels 92-90 on Wednes-day night.

In a thriller befitting college basketball’s most intense rivalry, the Blue Devils (23-3, 10-3 Atlan-tic Coast Conference) let an early 13-point lead slip away and trailed by 10 with less than four min-utes left in regulation be-fore rallying for their sixth straight win this season and their ninth in 12 meet-ings in the series.

The three freshmen who start for Duke had their customary big games: Jones add-ed eight assists, Justise Winslow added 16 points, and Jahlil Okafor had 12 points and 13 rebounds.

K e n n e d y Meeks and Brice John-son each scored 18 points to lead North Caro-lina (18-8, 8-5). Nate Britt pulled the Tar Heels within two with one free throw with 3.5 seconds left. He missed the sec-ond, Marcus Paige raced in and got his hands on the rebound -- but Winslow grabbed it as the buzzer sounded.KG trade

The Minnesota Tim-berwolves are making an 11th-hour push before Thursday’s trade deadline to try to reacquire Wolves legend Kevin Gar-nett in a swap that would send Thaddeus Young to Brooklyn, ESPN.com has learned.

Sources told ESPN.com the sides have engaged in serious discussions on the deal, which would ulti-mately require Garnett’s approval even if the teams agree before Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline.

Panther girls advance with comeback win

By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

The Creston girls bas-ketball team overcame an 11-point first-quarter defi-cit, advancing to a Class 4A Region 7 semifinal with a 49-36 win over Norwalk here Wednesday.

The Panthers struggled against Norwalk’s long fullcourt press early in the game, turning the ball over several times as Nor-walk hit three 3-pointers in building a 15-4 lead 6:30 into the game.

Creston cut that lead to 17-8 at the end of the first quarter thanks to a pair of Brenna Baker free throws.Shutout

The second quarter was an entirely different story for the Panthers.

Creston scored 15 points

in the quarter and shut Norwalk out during the period, going on a 17-0 run that stretched back into the first quarter.

“We took care of the ball better, handled that little press a little bit better,” Panther head coach Brent Douma said. “It’s just a little different press than we’ve seen. Obviously, we held them to 17 points there that whole quarter. Anytime you do that and you limit them to one shot, you start whittling away on the offensive end. You go from 17-6 down to 23-17. That second quarter just was a great run for us.”

The Panthers attacked the basket in the quarter, with 10 of the team’s 15 second-quarter points com-ing at the free throw line on 10-of-12 shooting from the charity stripe.

For the game, Creston

shot 28-37 from the foul line, led by Tay-lor Briley shooting 1 1 - 1 5 . C r e s t o n made just 10 field goals for the game.

“We knew we wanted to take the ball and attack their inside players,” Dou-ma said. “Thought we did a pretty good job of that. Natalie (Mostek) got to the free throw line. Jenna got to the free throw line four times. When you get your two big girls in there for eight free throws, and then Taylor Briley kept at-tacking and stayed active. It kind of got the momentum

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston sophomore Lexie Little drives through the lane past Norwalk defender Jaycie Owens during the first half of Creston’s 49-36 win in a Class 4A Region 7 quarterfinal. Little finished with five points in the win.

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Briley

Panthers place fourth after emergency situationProgram’s fourth semifinal appearance in six years

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

DES MOINES — The Creston/O-M wrestling team placed fourth in the Class 2A State Dual Tour-nament Wednesday, reach-ing the semifinals for the sixth time overall, and fourth time in the past six years.

In the process the Pan-thers avenged a loss to In-dependence in last year’s third-place dual by beating the Mustangs 37-18 in the quarterfinals. Independence was seeded fourth and Cres-ton/O-M was seeded fifth.

That gave the Panthers an opportunity to take on No. 1-ranked Union LaPorte City in the semifinals. Union, which topped Dav-enport Assumption 33-31 in the championship dual, outscored Creston/O-M 46-23. Only three other Iowa schools had scored more against Union in the Knights’ 39-2 season.

At the end of the Union m a t c h , there was an emer-g e n c y m e d i c a l condition a f f e c t i n g 170-pound s e n i o r T a y l e r Pettit (see page 1A).

After discussions with Pettit’s family at Mercy Medical Center, the team opted to participate in the third-place dual against Me-

diapolis, but not with any of today’s individual state qualifiers in the lineup.

“Both Melissa and Scott (Tayler’s parents) wanted us to wrestle,” head coach Darrell Frain said, “so we went ahead and did the best we could.”

Mediapolis then won that dual, 46-28, ending the Pan-thers’ season at 18-2.

Coach Darrell Frain said it was a difficult situation for everyone involved in Cres-ton/O-M wrestling. The first priority was hearing about the welfare of their team-mate.

“We got word that he was doing a little better while we were on the bench for

the last dual, so that light-ened the mood a little bit,” Frain said. “They re-s p o n d e d pretty well tonight. Now we have to go back and regroup and hope we’re ready to go tomor-row.”

Eight Panthers — Pettit would have been the ninth — were scheduled to par-ticipate in the Class 2A in-dividual tournament today, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

The Panthers started the day by avenging last year’s

situation in which they were leading by seven points go-ing into the final match. However, Kruz Adamson had an injury default and af-ter Frain complained about the way the injury situation was handled, an unsports-manlike penalty against the Panthers allowed Indepen-dence to win the dual on criteria for the third-place trophy.Convincing win

Despite being seeded low-er this year, Creston/O-M dominated the action in the 19-point victory.

Spencer Wray (138 pounds) and Kadon Hulett won by falls and 106-pound-

er Kelby Luther scored a major decision. Gaining de-cisions were Mitchel Swank (126), Joey Huntington (145), Chase Shiltz (160), Jackson Mikkelsen (182), Seth Maitlen (195), Jake Gutschenritter (285) and Jacob Goodson (113) as the Panthers won 10 of 14 matches.

“That was really good for us,” Frain said. “One of the biggest things might have been when Joey Hunting-ton didn’t get pinned when the kid had a tight cradle on him. Then he came back and won. That was a nine-point

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Creston/O-M wrestling team show off their fourth-place trophy from Wednesday’s State Dual Team Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Panthers defeated Independence in the quarterfinals, before falling to top-ranked Union LaPorte City in the semifinals and Mediapolis in the third-place match.

Frain

Pettit

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BACK TO STATEPanther girls, Eddy qualify for state bowling

By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

It’s been a season filled with many challenges, but the Creston/O-M bowl-ing teams saved their best performances for the most important meet of the year here Tuesday at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet.

When all was said and done, the Panther girls ad-vanced back to the State Co-ed Bowling Tournament, while junior Blake Eddy qualified as an individual for the second straight season for the boys team.

“What a long, strange season this has been,” Cres-ton/O-M head coach Ron Pendegraft said. “After and entire season of watching our kids struggle with one thing or another, it was a wonderful thing to watch them hit their stride and put on a great show for Panther bowling fans today.”

The girls team won the team championship Tues-day, posting a score of 2356 to best second-place Clarke by 226 pins. Eddy, mean-while, finished 23 pins better than runner-up Riley Thom-as of Lamoni to earn the boys individual qualifying spot.

The Panthers compete 10 a.m. Monday at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines in the State Co-ed Bowling Tourna-ment. Doors open for spec-tators at 9 a.m.

Both Creston/O-M teams got out to a slow start Tues-day, but an issue with lanes 3 and 4 forced the team to move to lanes 9 and 10.

After making the lane switch, shots begin to fall for the Panthers.

“About midway through the first game, the spares started to fill in and Blake E d d y went on an eight-s t r i k e s t r e a k to finish with a 245 g a m e , ” P e n d e -graft said. “ S t a r t -ing the second game, both teams were in contention for the lead. At that point, the kids picked up where they left off and kept the marks coming.”

The Panther girls held a 35-pin lead over Clarke after the first round, thanks in large part to senior Ashley Knipfer

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston/O-M senior Jenna Hayes (right) receives a con-gratulatory high-five from senior teammate Ashley Knipfer after picking up a spare during Tuesday’s State Qualifying Meet at Panther Lanes. The Creston/O-M girls team advanced back to the State Co-ed Bowling Tournament, held 10 a.m. Monday at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines.

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Spartan men cruise past Iowa Central By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

The Southwestern men’s basketball team bounced back from a crushing over-time loss Saturday with a 91-63 win over Iowa Central Community College here Wednesday.

The Spartans jumped out to an early 10-3 lead over the Tritons and never looked back, holding a 16-point lead at halftime, 37-21.

“It was important from that standpoint (standings), but also to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss on Saturday,” Spartan head coach Todd Lorensen said. “Found a way to keep our composure. Took us from a full game out of third place to a tie for third place. Defi-nitely a big night for us.”

Southwestern sits in a tie for third place with Ells-worth in the ICCAC Divi-sion II standings now at 4-5 in league play. Iowa Central dropped to 4-6 in league play, tied with NIACC.

Lorensen said his team did a good job of executing the gameplan early, which called for pounding the ball inside to sophomore Matai-

ka Koyamainavure.“We jumped out to a 10-3

lead and executed what we wanted to do,” he said. “We knew we had a good ad-vantage on the block with Mataika. We threw it in to him. I thought our guards did a good job of not forcing the issue. That was a good recipe for us.”

Koyamainavure scored 16 points for the Spar-tans, doing most of his d a m a g e in the first half. The T r i t o n s went with a small-er line-up and played zone in the second half, which allowed Koyamainavure to get some putbacks off offensive re-bounds.

When the Triton zone converged on Koyamain-avure, he was able to kick it back out to the Spartan guards.

Freshman Josh Tolbert came in off the bench and connected on five 3-pointers in the second half against Iowa Central’s zone.

“Those were big shots,”

Lorensen said.Jaylon Smith scored 10

points for the Spartans, while Ahmad Newsome ran the offense efficiently and shot 2-of-2 from behind the 3-point arc.

“He really ran the show for us offensively,” Lo-rensen said. “Defensively, he guarded Deon Wright, who really hurt us the first time. He had 24 against us up there. Deon ended up with 16, but at least four or five of those were in the last five minutes of the game when it was all but over.”

The Spartans extend-ed their lead to a 20-point margin early in the second half and the lead grew to as much as 31.

Lorensen also praised freshman post player Simon Joseph, who came in off the bench to score double digits, with a couple of dunks and putbacks.

Southwestern, now 20-8 overall, returns to action Saturday at 11th-ranked Kirkwood (21-5, 7-2).

“We’re playing at a high level right now, as they are,” Lorensen said. “Should be a pretty good matchup for both teams.”

Threes sink Southwestern women By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

Iowa Central Community College shot well from be-hind the 3-point arc in a 93-68 win over Southwestern here Wednesday night.

Both teams got out to a slow start, but Southwestern Community College took an early 8-1 lead.

But, the Tritons quickly closed that gap once they began hitting shots.

“The most disappointing thing for me, it wasn’t my kids, their execution or ef-fort,” Southwestern head coach Addae Houston said. “I would never blame a game on a referee or anything, but they were just inconsistent the whole game. First half, they called 13 fouls. We got under the 4-minute mark and it was eight or nine fouls to one in favor of Iowa Cen-tral. I find it hard to believe you can go almost the whole half and only foul the other team once.”

Houston said his team battled well in the second half, and executed plays on the offensive end.

“Got some good looks on dribble penetration,” he said. “Got the ball into the post. That helped open some things up and we hit some threes late in the sec-ond half.”

However, the game was called an entirely different way in the second half. Af-ter calling so few fouls in the first half, the officials called more than 20 fouls in the second half.

“It was just frustrating

to watch them control the game the way they did,” Houston said. “The kids just couldn’t really play the game.”

Houston said LaStella Slack had one of her best offen-sive games of the sea-son, be-fore foul-ing out with about nine min-utes left in the game.

Slack finished with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the floor.

“She started the game out and we were getting the ball inside to her,” he said. “She was able to finish. I thought it was one of her best offen-sive games, as far as just get-ting down low and sealing on the block, getting post position, catching the ball and going up and finishing.

“Thinking about her and the growth she’s made over the season, I think that was one of her best offensive games.”

Jill Vanderhoof led Southwestern with 20 points, while Peyton Russell added 12 points. Olivia Rei-fert grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds and Sa’Lisa Bruce handed out seven assists.

The Spartans, now 3-23 overall and 2-9 in ICCAC Division II play, return to action 1 p.m. Saturday at seventh-ranked Kirkwood, before traveling to fifth-ranked NIACC on Wednes-day. The Spartans close out the regular season Feb. 28 at

home against Iowa Lakes.Southwestern needs to

pick up at least one win out of those three games to break out of a three-way tie with Ellsworth and Iowa Lakes for sixth in the con-ference.

Finishing sixth or better would guarantee the Spar-tans avoid Kirkwood and NIACC in the first round of the Region XI Tournament.

“We’ve struggled on the road all year, so what I hope that we do on Saturday and Wednesday when we are on the road is really try to find energy and compete and play really hard against two teams that are still ranked in the nation,” Houston said.

“I’m hoping we can come out and compete on the de-fensive end for 40 minutes. It’s really important for us to try to move up (in the standings) with a win here in one of these games. That would be my goal for the team going into these last three games.”

IOWA CENTRAL (93)SOUTHWESTERN (68) — Jill

Vanderhoof 7 4-4 20, Peyton Russell 4 3-4 12, LaStella Slack 5 1-1 11, Jordan Williamson 2 4-4 9, Sa’Lisa Bruce 2 2-2 6, Cambry Schluter 2 0-0 5, Olivia Reifert 1 1-4 3, Haley Fundermann 0 1-2 1, Sabrina Fountain 0 1-2 1. Totals — 23 17-23 68. FG shooting — 23-65 (35.4 per-cent). 3-point goals — 5-24 (Vanderhoof 2, Williamson 1, Russell 1, Schluter 1). Rebounds — 37 (Reifert 12, Schluter 5, Russell 4, Vanderhoof 3, Brinee Stewart 3, Bruce 2, Slack 2, Ashley McClary 2). Assists — 16 (Bruce 7, Russell 3). Steals — 6 (Vanderhoof 2). Blocked shots — 3 (Vanderhoof 1, McClary 1, Stewart 1). Turnovers — 16. Team fouls — 26. Fouled out — Slack, Williamson.

ICCC — 40 93SWCC — 24 44

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Sports briefs

McKay leads No. 14 Iowa State past No. 22 Oklahoma St.

By CLIFF BRUNTAP Sports Writer

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Iowa State’s Ja-meel McKay made just two field goals, yet he dominat-ed Oklahoma State.

The 6-foot-9 forward had career highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds to help the 14th-ranked Cy-clones knock off the 22nd-ranked Cowboys 70-65 on Wednesday night.

McKay created prob-lems on both ends with his leaping ability. Though he made just 2 of 6 shots from the field, he made 13 of 18 free throws, blocked four shots and had nine offen-sive rebounds.

“He was a one-man wrecking crew,” Okla-homa State coach Travis Ford said.

Overall, the Cyclones outrebounded the Cow-boys 44-28 and had 18 of-fensive rebounds and 21 second-chance points.

“We just got annihilat-ed on the glass, just out-toughed on the inside,” Ford said. “That was the difference in the game. Their guy (McKay) just had a tremendous effort. He jumped twice in the time we jumped once.”

For McKay, it was just a matter of listening to coach Fred Hoiberg.

“Coach has challenged me all week to get re-bounds, and I made that a priority to do today,” he said.

Dustin Hogue scored 14 points, Monte Morris had 11 points and Georg-es Niang scored all nine of his points in the second half for the Cyclones (19-6, 9-4 Big 12), who snapped a four-game road losing streak.

“You get the monkey off your back a little bit,” Hoiberg said. “We’ve had three really good road wins: Iowa, West Virginia and now Oklahoma State. Hopefully it gives us a lit-

tle confidence going into this tough schedule.”

Le’Bryan Nash and Phil Forte each scored 13 points, but they combined to make just 7 of 24 shots for the Cowboys (17-9, 7-7), who lost their second straight after three con-secutive wins over ranked teams.

The Cyclones defeated the Cowboys 63-61 in their previous meeting this sea-son in Ames, Iowa.

Oklahoma State led 65-63 before Hogue drained a 3-pointer from the cor-ner with 1:11 to play. After Nash turned over the ball, Niang’s layup with 20.9 seconds left pushed Iowa State’s lead to three.

Jeff Newberry missed a 3-pointer, and McKay re-bounded and was fouled with 6.5 seconds remain-ing. He made both free throws to put the game out of reach.

Iowa State led 25-18 be-fore Oklahoma State ral-lied. Newberry’s 3-point-er after a nifty ball fake got the run started. An-thony Hickey’s 3-pointer trimmed the deficit to 29-27, and Forte’s free throws with 21.6 seconds left in the half tied the score at 33. The Cowboys got 10 points from Hickey and Newberry in the first half to make up for Nash and Forte combining to make just 2 of 12 shots. Hogue led Iowa State with eight points.

Niang, scoreless in the first half, p i c k e d up his third foul 16 sec-onds into the sec-ond pe-riod. He stayed in the game and made a 3-pointer and scored on a post-up to help Iowa State take a 39-34 lead.

The Cowboys rallied and

finally went ahead, 47-46, on a pair of free throws by Michael Cobbins. The game remained tight the rest of the way.

“I give our guys a lot of credit,” Hoiberg said. “They stayed together the entire 40 minutes.”TIP-INS

Iowa State: The Cy-clones won last year’s game in Stillwater 98-97 in triple overtime. ... The Cyclones had nine offen-sive rebounds in the first half and outrebounded the Cowboys 23-14 before the break. ... Niang and Hogue finished with four fouls.

Oklahoma State: Nash went 0 for 5 from the field in the first half. ... The Cowboys made 6 of 10 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes, but 2 of 8 in the second half.STAT LINES

McKay’s offensive re-bound total matched the most by an Iowa State player since the 2003-04 season. Melvin Ejim had nine against Kansas State last season. Before that, you’d have to go back to Feb. 21, 2004, when Jack-son Vroman had 10 against Kansas. ... McKay’s 13 made free throws were the most for an Iowa State player since Craig Brack-ins made 17 against Kansas on Jan. 24, 2009.PIVOTAL MOMENT

Niang committed his fourth foul with 11:42 re-maining. He re-entered the game with Iowa State trailing by two with 3:08 to play, and the Cyclones outscored the Cowboys 9-2 the rest of the way.UP NEXT

Iowa State: At Texas on Saturday.

Oklahoma State: Hosts West Virginia on Saturday.

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Scenes from the Class 2A State Dual Team Tournament

CNA photos by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M sophomore Jacob Goodson wins a 9-5 decision over Independence’s Taylor Wulfekuhle.

Creston/O-M junior Wyatt Thompson (top) wins an 11-3 major decision over Brock Barnhart of Union LaPorte City in the Class 2A semifinals at the State Dual Team Tournament.

Creston/O-M junior Cameron Leith wins a 10-2 major decision over Teal Lademann of Union LaPorte City.

Jackson Mikkelsen (right) clutches onto Ethan Timmerman of Mediapolis in the Class 2A third-place match at the State Dual Team Tournament. Mikkelsen lost the match 2-1 in overtime.

Creston/O-M junior Zach Hoffman pins Jonathan Massner of Mediapolis in 1:02 in the third-place dual at the State Dual Team Tournament.

Creston/O-M freshman Cade Vicker earns back points from a cradle before pinning Mediapolis’ Isaac Bybee in 3:01 during the third-place dual at the State Dual Team Tournament.

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going, because it was a little nervous when it was 17-6, to be honest.”

Norwalk drew to within 27-25 in the third quarter on a pair of Tori VanVelzen free throws, but Creston re-sponded with a mini 7-0 run capped off by a Lexie Lit-tle pull-up jumper from the free throw line, making the score 34-25.

Shelby Nelson scored four straight points for Norwalk, including a steal that led to a layup with 4:47 left, that cut the Panther lead to 38-32.

But the Warriors were not able to inch any closer, as the Panthers shot 9-12 from the free throw line in the final four minutes of the game.

Senior Maria Mostek came up with a pair of hus-tle plays on loose balls, one resulting in a jump ball for the Panthers, and the other keeping a Panther posses-sion alive during a loose ball scramble.

“That’s what Maria will always give you,” Douma said. “She works hard. She’ll give you a hustle play, an of-fensive rebound at the right time. She just does a great job of that.”Slow start

With Creston not having school because of the State Dual Team Tournament in Des Moines Wednesday, Douma brought his players into the gym to shoot and took them out for a team meal to try to keep his play-ers focused.

With the news of Tayler Pettit being taken to Mercy Medical Center from the wrestling tournament, fo-cusing on the game became harder, especially with Pet-

tit’s younger sister Logan and girlfriend Natalie Mo-stek on the team.

“Obviously, the tough news came and we just hope and pray that Tayler is doing good,” Douma said. “He’s got a sister on the team and a girlfriend on the team. It’s just a tough deal. I know there were some heavy hearts there before that game and it’s just a very un-fortunate thing. But they did respond. You could see it in the second quarter. They picked it up and played hard.”

Compounded with the early turnovers against Nor-walk’s press was the fact Na-talie Mostek picked up two early fouls. But she stayed in the game and did not pick up her third foul until late in the third quarter.

“She did exactly what she needed to do,” Douma said. “She played aggres-sive, but just played smart. She kept rebounding the ball and kept playing smart.”

Now, the 12-10 Panthers turn their attention to In-dianola. The Panthers will meet the 17-4 Indians 8 p.m. Saturday in Indiano-la in the Class 4A Region 7 semifinals. Perry meets Winterset in the other re-gional semifinal.

“They’re young, and they’re really good,” Dou-ma said about Indianola. “A lot of size. Got a fresh-man girl, Berg girl, that is a really good player. We saw her last Friday night

and she had 18 in the first quarter, so she’s a pretty good player.

“But they also allowed her to play like she likes, getting up and down and all that. We’ll have to try to slow them down, because they like to run. They’re long. We have to get them in the halfcourt. Obvious-ly, against tall teams like that, rebounding is key.”

NORWALK (36) — Tori VanVelzen 3 7-7 13, Miranda Hughes 2 2-4 7, Shelby Nelson

3 0-0 7, Gabby Grove 2 0-0 4, Hannah Poppens 1 0-0 3, Jaycie Owens 1 0-4 2. Totals — 12 9-15 36. 3-point goals — 3 (Hughes 1, Poppens 1, Nelson 1). Team fouls — 24. Fouled out — Hughes.

CRESTON (49) — Taylor Briley 2 11-15 16, Natalie Mostek 2 5-5 9, Brenna Baker 0 6-6 6, Lexie Little 2 1-3 5, Maria Mostek 0 1-2 1. Totals — 10 28-37 49. 3-point goals — 1 (Briley 1). Rebounds — Taylor 8, N. Mostek 7, Baker 2. Assists — Briley 3. Steals — N. Mostek 2. Team fouls — 13. Fouled out — none.

Norwalk — 17 17 26 36Creston — 8 23 35 49

COMEBACK:

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston senior guard Maria Mostek (24) dribbles the ball upcourt, while junior post player Jenna Taylor trails the play during Creston’s 49-36 win over Norwalk in Class 4A regional play. The Panthers advance to play Indianola at 8 p.m. Saturday in Indianola.

N. Mostek


delivering a 202 second game for the Panthers. Knipfer finished second in-dividually, behind Clarke sophomore LeeAnn Hel-gevold’s 352. Knipfer posted a series of 336.

The Panther girls had four of the top six individual se-ries scores, and five of the top eight. All six Panther bowlers finished in the top 10 individually.

Creston/O-M increased its lead over Clarke by 191 pins throughout the Baker Rota-tion.

“The girls really turned it on in Baker, throwing a season-high 842 and win-ning going away by 226 pins,” Pendegraft said. “For both (Creston/O-M) teams, these were season-high team scores. It was very satisfying to see the kids have a good day. We needed it.”

The Panther boys trailed Clarke by just 55 pins going into the Baker Rotation, but dug too big of a hole during the first two Baker games, eventually losing by a total of 125 pins.

Darin Hatfield, the lone senior member of the boys team, bowled in his final meet for the Panthers.

“He has been a great member of our program and has set a high mark for our younger kids to meet, not only as a bowler, but as a teammate,” Pendegraft said. “We will miss him, but he has been and always will be a big part of our program’s success over the years.”

Class 1A StateQualifying Meet

BoysTeam standings — 1. Clarke

1559-869—2428, 2. Creston/O-M 1504-799—2303, 3. Central Decatur 1402-823—2225, 4. Nodaway Valley 1155-499—1654.

Individual top 10 — 1. Blake Eddy, Creston/O-M, 392; 2. Riley Thomas, Lamoni, 369; 3. David Huppert, Central Decatur, 369; 4. Anthony Campbell, Lamoni, 366; 5. Nathan Harrah, Central Decatur, 357; 6. Skylar Johnson, Clarke, 348; 7. Darin Hatfield, Creston/O-M, 348; 8. Damon Helgevold, Clarke, 326; 9. Reece Kramer, Creston/O-M, 321; 10. Gordon Witt, Clarke, 304.

Creston/O-M (2303) — Blake Eddy 245-147—392, Darin Hatfield 147-201—348, Reece Kramer 133-188—321, Evan Taylor 136-95—231, Jonathan Seals 102-110—212, Dylan Linch 101-107—208. Totals — 1504-799—2303. Baker Rotation — 183, 137, 158, 181, 140 — 799.

Nodaway Valley (1654) — Alex Brown 129-163—292, Key Brandt 154-118—272, Brycen Wallace 105-87—192, Skylar Rawlings 70-77—147. Totals — 1155-499—1654. Baker Rotation — 98, 128, 112, 79, 82 — 499.

GirlsTeam standings — 1. Creston/

O-M 1514-842—2356, 2. Clarke 1479-649—2128, 3. Nodaway Valley 1028-597—1625.

Individual top 10 — 1. LeeAnn Helgevold, Clarke, 352; 2. Ashley Knipfer, Creston/O-M, 336; 3. Sara Andrew, Clarke, 324; 4. Charley Parcher, Creston/O-M, 309; 5. Madison Hance, Creston/O-M, 303; 6. Jenna Hayes, Creston/O-M, 296; 7. Keleah Selsor, Clarke, 276; 8. Alex Miller, Creston/O-M, 270; 9. Saber Brandt, Nodaway Valley, 270; 10. Emily Stults, Creston/O-M, 269.

Creston/O-M (2356) — Ashley Knipfer 134-202—336, Charley Parcher 153-156—309, Madison Hance 145-158—303, Jenna Hayes 145-151—296, Alex Miller 125-145—270, Emily Stults 152-117—269. Totals — 1514-842—2356. Baker Rotation — 137, 168, 184, 153, 200 — 842.

Nodaway Valley (1625) — Saber Brandt 134-136—270, Rachel Bruns 128-101—229, Melinda Carbis 106-80—186, Kassie Nelson 96-88—184, Jessie Twitchell 74-85—159. Totals — 1028-597—1625. Baker Rotation — 136, 121, 105, 124, 111 — 597.

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Public noticeSouth Central Iowa Regional E911

MinutesJanuary 28, 2015

The meeting was called to order at7:00 p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair.Other members present were Bige Fien-hage, Paul Welch, Bill Black, ShirleyJackson, Jo Duckworth, Ronda Russell,Merlin Dixon, Dani Gray, Nate Bucher,Steve Shelley, Angela Henry, andStephen Patterson. Also present wereLyn Hansen (Hansen's M & M Ser-vices), Steve Holmes (Racom), AlanJohannes (Adams Co. Sheriff), and Di-ane Sefrit (SCI Administrator).

The minutes of the December 3 meet-ing were reviewed. Motion by Welchto approve the December minutes aspresented. Second by Henry. All ayes.

The financial and activity reportswere reviewed. The State Street Insur-ance bill is the ICAP coverage. TheICAP bill may have an additional pay-ment when a complete inventory is pro-vided to State Street Insurance. Motionby Welch to table payment of theSleuth bill. Second by Jackson. Allayes.

Motion by Shelley to pay the balanceof the bills as presented. Second byWelch. All ayes.

Hansen presented her written report.In December the road segment nameadditions were all done, and the dis-patchers all seemed to like the new ar-rangement. The update was done onJan. 7 and went well.

Dallas Co wants Guthrie and AdairCounties' ESZ layer for their mapping.She would like Dallas County's in re-turn. It shows no names or addresses.Motion by Duckworth to provide Dal-las Co. the Guthrie and Adair Co. ESZlayer in exchange for Dallas County'slayer. Second by Russell. All ayes.

Sefrit explained that Hansen needshelp from GeoComm on updating themapping to the State level. She haschecked and grant money can be used.Welch feels GeoComm needs to attenda meeting to explain the procedure andcost. Sefrit will try to arrange this.

Hansen will contact GeoComm to tryto find out why so many errors show onUnion Co.

The public hearing was then openedfor the amended budget proposal onmotion of Shelley and second ofWelch. There was no one from thepublic present and no comments hadbeen received. Motion to close thehearing by Shelley and second ofWelch.

The amendment is for equipment, re-pair, and maintenance that hadn't beenplanned for plus capital improvementsfor the new recorders and criticalspares. Motion by Russell to approvethe budget amendment for the currentfiscal year. Second by Duckworth. Allayes.

Sefrit reported that there is talk of thecurrent grant program going away. Butit would be replaced with an increase inthe percent the county receives from thewireless surcharge from around 40% toabout 80%.

The public hearing was then openedfor the proposed 2015-2016 budget onmotion of Shelley and second of Duck-worth. There was no one from the pub-lic present and no comments had beenreceived. Motion to close the hearingby Welch and second of Shelley.

Motion by Duckworth to approve thefiscal 2015-2016 budget as presented.Second by Russell. All ayes.

The Administrator continued withher report on First Net wanting allkinds of information regarding AdamsCo. cell phone services. Johannes indi-cated he would not be providing it.

If this is going to be happening in allcounties, then First Net should be re-quested to attend a meeting to indicatewhy this is needed. Duckworth feelssince this was specific to Adams Co.then SCI is not involved.

Union Co. has the Cienna boxmoved, and Sefrit had a check from theState to pay for it, but the check ismade out to SCI. The Board consensuswas to deposit the check and issue acheck to Union Co. for the cost uponreceipt of a bill from Union Co. Fein-hage presented the bill. Motion byWelch to pay the $10,365.00 to UnionCo for reimbursement of the State pay-ment for the work done in Union Co.Second by Russell. All ayes.

Sefrit attended the State E911 Coun-cil today. A demonstration of text to911 was done by TCS. These calls willnot automatically go to the CAD sys-tem.

All counties have submitted the fi-nancial statements to her office for for-warding to the State. Adair Co. has abad UPS battery. The grant money willcover this. There is a trade up option toa new UPS. As the unit is a 2003 withlimited ability to get parts, Dentonwould like to upgrade. A new unit withtwo-year warranty is ~$1200. It wasunderstood that possibly four of theseven counties could use an upgrade.This will be considered for the othercounties after the July 1 new year.

Denton brought up the critical sparesthat Guthrie and Adair Counties had ap-proved using their grant dollars to pur-chase. Now Guthrie Co. would like touse its money for purchasing a newgenerator for the remote tower. Dentonstill feels two sets are needed and askedif another county would replace GuthrieCo. None volunteered with Welch in-dicating he felt spares should not beneeded.

It was suggested that maybe one setshould be purchased now and one inthe next fiscal year. Motion by Shelleyto remove Guthrie Co. from the criticalspares grant and to just purchase oneset at this time charged to Adair Co.Second by Duckworth. All ayes.

The Guthrie Co. generator requestwas then received in the amount of$24,375. Motion by Shelley to approvethe grant application for Guthrie Co. fora generator that provides back up forGuthrie County's communication. Sec-ond by Duckworth. All ayes.

Russell brought up communicationsfrom Century Link wanting informationon some technical matters. Adams Co.has decided not to consider CLIPS.Taylor is not using CLIPS either.

Holmes then presented his informa-tion. He indicated he has stressed toSleuth that they need to provide bettersupport. They are at the mercy of theState when they will be able to do theSIP upgrade. There was discussion ofmisrouted calls, but this is due to thetower they ping off from and little canbe done with the ones researched. Thisis a problem with Phase I calls.

The 1.5.2 upgrade is done in somecounties but the State has the rest onhold while it is doing its upgrade. Thehost facility failure upgrade has beencompleted. He is working on trying toget the CLIPS issues resolved. Numer-ous other minor items were addressed.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:52p.m.

Stephen PattersonSecretary

South Central Iowa Regional E911Minutes

January 28, 2015The meeting was called to order at

7:00 p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair.Other members present were Bige Fien-hage, Paul Welch, Bill Black, ShirleyJackson, Jo Duckworth, Ronda Russell,Merlin Dixon, Dani Gray, Nate Bucher,Steve Shelley, Angela Henry, andStephen Patterson. Also present wereLyn Hansen (Hansen's M & M Ser-vices), Steve Holmes (Racom), AlanJohannes (Adams Co. Sheriff), and Di-ane Sefrit (SCI Administrator).

The minutes of the December 3 meet-ing were reviewed. Motion by Welchto approve the December minutes aspresented. Second by Henry. All ayes.

The financial and activity reportswere reviewed. The State Street Insur-ance bill is the ICAP coverage. TheICAP bill may have an additional pay-ment when a complete inventory is pro-vided to State Street Insurance. Motionby Welch to table payment of theSleuth bill. Second by Jackson. Allayes.

Motion by Shelley to pay the balanceof the bills as presented. Second byWelch. All ayes.

Hansen presented her written report.In December the road segment nameadditions were all done, and the dis-patchers all seemed to like the new ar-rangement. The update was done onJan. 7 and went well.

Dallas Co wants Guthrie and AdairCounties' ESZ layer for their mapping.She would like Dallas County's in re-turn. It shows no names or addresses.Motion by Duckworth to provide Dal-las Co. the Guthrie and Adair Co. ESZlayer in exchange for Dallas County'slayer. Second by Russell. All ayes.

Sefrit explained that Hansen needshelp from GeoComm on updating themapping to the State level. She haschecked and grant money can be used.Welch feels GeoComm needs to attenda meeting to explain the procedure andcost. Sefrit will try to arrange this.

Hansen will contact GeoComm to tryto find out why so many errors show onUnion Co.

The public hearing was then openedfor the amended budget proposal onmotion of Shelley and second ofWelch. There was no one from thepublic present and no comments hadbeen received. Motion to close thehearing by Shelley and second ofWelch.

The amendment is for equipment, re-pair, and maintenance that hadn't beenplanned for plus capital improvementsfor the new recorders and criticalspares. Motion by Russell to approvethe budget amendment for the currentfiscal year. Second by Duckworth. Allayes.

Sefrit reported that there is talk of thecurrent grant program going away. Butit would be replaced with an increase inthe percent the county receives from thewireless surcharge from around 40% toabout 80%.

The public hearing was then openedfor the proposed 2015-2016 budget onmotion of Shelley and second of Duck-worth. There was no one from the pub-lic present and no comments had beenreceived. Motion to close the hearingby Welch and second of Shelley.

Motion by Duckworth to approve thefiscal 2015-2016 budget as presented.Second by Russell. All ayes.

The Administrator continued withher report on First Net wanting allkinds of information regarding AdamsCo. cell phone services. Johannes indi-cated he would not be providing it.

If this is going to be happening in allcounties, then First Net should be re-quested to attend a meeting to indicatewhy this is needed. Duckworth feelssince this was specific to Adams Co.then SCI is not involved.

Union Co. has the Cienna boxmoved, and Sefrit had a check from theState to pay for it, but the check ismade out to SCI. The Board consensuswas to deposit the check and issue acheck to Union Co. for the cost uponreceipt of a bill from Union Co. Fein-hage presented the bill. Motion byWelch to pay the $10,365.00 to UnionCo for reimbursement of the State pay-ment for the work done in Union Co.Second by Russell. All ayes.

Sefrit attended the State E911 Coun-cil today. A demonstration of text to911 was done by TCS. These calls willnot automatically go to the CAD sys-tem.

All counties have submitted the fi-nancial statements to her office for for-warding to the State. Adair Co. has abad UPS battery. The grant money willcover this. There is a trade up option toa new UPS. As the unit is a 2003 withlimited ability to get parts, Dentonwould like to upgrade. A new unit withtwo-year warranty is ~$1200. It wasunderstood that possibly four of theseven counties could use an upgrade.This will be considered for the othercounties after the July 1 new year.

Denton brought up the critical sparesthat Guthrie and Adair Counties had ap-proved using their grant dollars to pur-chase. Now Guthrie Co. would like touse its money for purchasing a newgenerator for the remote tower. Dentonstill feels two sets are needed and askedif another county would replace GuthrieCo. None volunteered with Welch in-dicating he felt spares should not beneeded.

It was suggested that maybe one setshould be purchased now and one inthe next fiscal year. Motion by Shelleyto remove Guthrie Co. from the criticalspares grant and to just purchase oneset at this time charged to Adair Co.Second by Duckworth. All ayes.

The Guthrie Co. generator requestwas then received in the amount of$24,375. Motion by Shelley to approvethe grant application for Guthrie Co. fora generator that provides back up forGuthrie County's communication. Sec-ond by Duckworth. All ayes.

Russell brought up communicationsfrom Century Link wanting informationon some technical matters. Adams Co.has decided not to consider CLIPS.Taylor is not using CLIPS either.

Holmes then presented his informa-tion. He indicated he has stressed toSleuth that they need to provide bettersupport. They are at the mercy of theState when they will be able to do theSIP upgrade. There was discussion ofmisrouted calls, but this is due to thetower they ping off from and little canbe done with the ones researched. Thisis a problem with Phase I calls.

The 1.5.2 upgrade is done in somecounties but the State has the rest onhold while it is doing its upgrade. Thehost facility failure upgrade has beencompleted. He is working on trying toget the CLIPS issues resolved. Numer-ous other minor items were addressed.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:52p.m.

Stephen PattersonSecretary

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HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

Tony Stewart has not been happy during much of his stay at Daytona International Speed-way for the Speedweeks’ racing program.

It started Friday when NAS-CAR black-flagged his No. 14 Chevrolet in the first practice session in preparation for the Sprint Unlimited on Friday afternoon.

Stewart had not been weighed on the NASCAR scale, which is a mandatory rule for competitors before any Sprint Cup Series event. The three-time cham-pion ignored the black flag and stayed on the track.

When he brought his car to the garage, he was immediately summoned to the NASCAR haul-er for a chat with race officials.

After a 10-minute, closed-door meeting, Stewart headed straight to the NASCAR scale to have his body weight recorded.

Stewart wasn’t happy about the whole ordeal.

On Sunday, after he failed

to advance through first-round group qualifying for the Daytona 500, he took NASCAR to task for doing away with traditional single-car time trials at Daytona.

“Today used to be about show-casing the hard work from the teams over the winter. Now it (is) a complete embarrassment for our series,” Stewart fumed on social media Sunday.

A win in Sunday’s Daytona 500, the only blank spot on Stewart’s remarkable racing career, would probably cheer him up.

Edwards relievedWhen Carl Edwards changed

race teams in the offseason, he knew there would be one, immediate daunting obstacle — get his No. 19 Toyota qualified for the Daytona 500. He did not have the safety net of 2014 owner points.

The 35-year-old driver spent all of his career at Roush Fenway Racing. He decided to leave the

No. 99 Ford and drive the No. 19 car owned by Joe Gibbs Racing.

Since the No. 19 is a new team with no history, Edwards was in a must-qualify situation.

His fears were put to rest on Daytona 500 pole qualifying day when he turned the seventh-fastest lap in the final group qualifying session and earned a spot in the 500 grid.

“I’m very happy with the result,” Edwards said. “The process and everything was extremely stressful.”

Knockout qualifyingJeff Gordon was happy about

Daytona 500 knock-out qualify-ing after winning pole honors, but he was in the minority. Many other drivers complained about the format, introduced to Speed-weeks for the first time this year. Clint Bowyer’s No. 15 Toyota was destroyed in a multicar crash in the first session. “It’s idiotic to be out here doing this,” Bowyer groused.

STEW-INGTony Stewart upset with weigh scale, group qualifying

News-Journal/DAVID TUCKER

Tony Stewart, waiting in his No. 14 Chevrolet during Saturday’s practice, took NASCAR to task Sunday for doing away with traditional single-car time trials at Daytona International Speedway.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for more than 30 years. Reach him at [email protected]

QUESTIONS & ATTITUDECompelling questions ...

and maybe a few actual answers

SPRINT UNLIMITED REWIND

Martin Truex Jr. went through a bad first season with Furniture Row Racing in 2014, but finished second in Saturday’s Sprint Un-limited at Daytona International Speedway.Q. The car ran so well (Saturday). Any concerns about your 500 car after what happened in prac-tice?TRUEX: Not at all. You know, it was minor issues (Saturday). We found the oil pan leaking a little bit. No issues internally with the engine. Apparently, they say our 500 car is better than this one. That’s something to be happy

about. Q. You obviously caught back up with (race win-ner) Matt (Kenseth) coming into (Turn 4). What were your options at that point? Did you have a plan or were you just hoping?TRUEX: I was hoping that I would be catch-ing him with a little bit more speed. I kind of got the setup that I wanted coming off of (Turn 2) on the last lap. The problem was (Carl Edwards) behind me. He wasn’t going to give me the push down the back I needed to get the momentum to get around.Q. The end of 2013 was a disappointment for you.

You led only one lap in 2014. What did it feel like to have a fast car and be in front?TRUEX: It’s what every race-car driver dreams of. It’s been miserable for a while. Last year was a tough year for us, on and off the race track. It’s just been fun to come to the race track. If we can come to the race track and know we’re going to have cars like that every week, that’s a dream come true for me. This is the most fun I’ve had in a race car since 2013. Q. Were you surprised by the level of mayhem out there tonight? Thirteen cars getting torn up. How

close did you come to any of that?TRUEX: You know, honestly, I wasn’t sur-prised. I was just glad that it was in my mirror for once. I’ve been caught up in a lot of wrecks here over the years. The key to staying out of them is trying to stay up front. When you have a car that fast, honestly, I don’t think we were out of the top three or four all night after the first couple laps. That’s what it takes to win the 500 and be consistent down here, you’ve got to have fast racecars. I’m just ex-cited to drive the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevy and hopefully our 500 car will be better.

Truex Jr. hopes finish is jump-start to better things ahead

SPEED FREAKSA couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

ONLINE EXTRAS

Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at [email protected] or Ken Willis at [email protected]

CUP POINTSFinal 2014 Standings

1. Kevin Harvick 5,0432. Ryan Newman 5,0423. Denny Hamlin 5,0374. Joey Logano 5,0285. Brad Keselowski 2,3616. Jeff Gordon 2,3487. Matt Kenseth 2,3348. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,3019. Carl Edwards 2,28810. Kyle Busch 2,28511. Jimmie Johnson 2,27412. Kurt Busch 2,26313. AJ Allmendinger 2,26014. Greg Biffle 2,24715. Kasey Kahne 2,23416. Aric Almirola 2,19517. Kyle Larson 1,08018. Jamie McMurray 1,01419. Clint Bowyer 97920. Austin Dillon 95821. Paul Menard 94422. Brian Vickers 92123. Marcos Ambrose 87024. Martin Truex Jr. 85725. Tony Stewart 79926. Casey Mears 78227. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 75728. Danica Patrick 73529. Justin Allgaier 63630. David Gilliland 554

GODWIN’S DAYTONA 500 PICKSWinner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Rest of the top five: Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski, Kevin HarvickDark horse: Martin Truex Jr.

Disappointment: Jeff GordonFirst one out: Michael WaltripDon’t be surprised if: Junior makes a late-race charge to defend his Daytona 500 crown.

News-Journal/JIM TILLER

Joey Logano got into Kevin Harvick’s car with two laps left.

Your favorite part of the first week-end?GODSPEAK: When the cars bunched up on pit road at the start of each qualifying session Sunday. The clock was ticking, and nobody was moving.KEN’S CALL: I kinda liked how Joey Lo-gano didn’t appear intimidated by Kevin Harvick.

Surprised Gordon won the pole?GODSPEAK: Group qualifying swept all the conspiracy theories off the table. Good for Jeff.KEN’S CALL: Danica, Austin, now Jeff. Let’s just say I’m a little less than floored to see Jeff post the fastest speed.

WHAT’S ON TAP? SPRINT CUP: Daytona 500SITE: Daytona International SpeedwaySCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (FS1, noon), Budweiser Duel qualifying races (FS1, 7 p.m.). Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.). Saturday, practice (FS1, 10:30 a.m.). Sunday, race (Fox, noon, green flag 1:20 p.m.)XFINITY: Alert Today Florida 300SITE: Daytona International SpeedwaySCHEDULE: Friday, practice (FS1, 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (FS1, noon), race (FS1, 3:30 p.m.)CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: NextEra Energy Resources 250SITE: Daytona International SpeedwaySCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (FS1, 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.). Friday, qualifying (FS1, 4:30 p.m.), race (FS1, 7:30 p.m.)

News-Journal/DAVID TUCKER

Cars stack up at the end of pit road for qualifying’s first round. No one wanted to be first out.

Have we learned anything yet after the first weekend of racing?Come on, you know better than that. If there’s one certainty in NASCAR, it’s how nothing we learn at Daytona has anything to do with what will happen in the coming hours, much less weeks. We know this: Tony Stewart’s irrita-tion is back in midseason form, “group qualifying” doesn’t work at plate tracks and, of course, Jeff Gordon is up front unless he wads it up on Thursday.

Qualifying race? Sounds outdatedGood point. But can you imagine setting the Daytona 500 field based solely on what we saw (and didn’t see) during Sunday’s qualifying? Or, I should say, “qualifying.” That debacle deserves quote marks. The overall point, however, is this: The Daytona 500, in a way, is bigger than the sport itself. Thursday’s qualifying races already set it apart, so find a unique way to determine the pole. Such as single-car qualifying.

Can you believe you said that?Not really. But compared to Sunday, single-car qualifying looks like the State Fair and Mardi Gras combined.

KEVINHARVICK

Can defending champ hold No. 1 spot?

JEFFGORDON

On the pole?Raise your hand if you are surprised

JIMMIEJOHNSON

Will make sure Jeff leads first lap of 500

MATTKENSETH

“Mild Matt” needs a “regular sea-son” win

KYLELARSON

Will produce his “red card” on demand

JUNIOREARNHARDTNobody is buying talk of jewelry phobia, btw

CARLEDWARDS

Banking on an end to the 2014 slump of Toyota.

KYLEBUSCH

Population of hometown (Las Vegas): 583,736

TONY STEWART

Blood pressure fully pegged, ready for the year

DENNYHAMLIN

Will finish fourth in Daytona 500

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FEUD OF THE WEEK

KEVIN HARVICK

JOEY LOGANO

Logano’s No. 22 pushed Harvick’s No. 4 into the wall in the Sprint Unlimited. There was some contact on the cool-down lap, words exchanged on pit road.GODWIN KELLY GIVES HIS TAKE: “No fist fight. Good sign!”

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for more than 30 years. Reach him at [email protected]


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swing right there.”Another key victory was

at 182 p o u n d s when Mik-k e l s e n scored a takedown with three s e c o n d s left for a 3-1 deci-sion.

“I was thinking at the time we have to find a way to win this to win the dual, and we found a way,” Frain said. “He got the one shot he needed.”

There was definitely a state tournament feel to the 160-pound match, where Creston/O-M’s Shiltz (No. 1) and f o u r t h -r a n k e d Jake Juhl of Inde-pendence b a t t l e d . Shiltz es-caped in the third period for the only scoring in a 1-0 match.

Maitlen then performed some of his familiar win-ning ways in overtime with a takedown 30 seconds into the first overtime sudden victory period for a 3-1 vic-tory over fifth-ranked Matt McMillan.

“That was a rematch of last year’s first round at state when he beat us,” Frain said, “so that was a great match for Seth.”

Likewise, Gutschenritter scored an escape and take-down in the second 30-sec-ond ultimate tiebreaker pe-riod after riding out Brett Bowers in the first one, for a 4-1 victory.

Luther then dominat-ed Jarrett Orr 13-0 at 106 pounds to put the Panthers in a commanding lead at 34-18. Jacob Goodson then came from behind to win 9-5

at 113.Semifinals

Creston/O-M got victories by Wyatt Thompson (132), Wray (138), Cam Leith (152), Shiltz (160), Mait-len (195) and Hulett (220) against top-ranked Union , but it wasn’t enough. The Knights finished the dual with three pins and a ma-jor decision in the final four matches.

“We lost some of the close ones that we won when we wrestled Independence. But, as you can see, Union is pretty good,” Frain said, pointing to the champion-ship mat where Union was beating Davenport Assump-tion.

Union’s three-time cham-pion Max Thomsen, who recently surpassed Jake Marlin’s all-time Iowa pin record of 147, pinned Joey Huntington in 1:04 at 145 pounds.

Using only non-state qualifiers and junior varsity wrestlers, the Panthers got wins in the consolation fi-nals from Alex Fargo (145), Darrian Fischer (170), Zach Hoffman (220), Cade Vick-

er (106) and Jacob Goodson (113).

“I know they were using some JV kids too, but not in every weight,” Frain said. “Our JV kids did a great job. And at the end there, you had Mitchel Swank nearly beating the number three kid at the end, and Carson Wheat wrestled that kid’s brother tough. I was proud of how they came out and responded.”

Class 2A quarterfinalCreston/O-M 37,

Independence 18120 — Mitch Evens (Ind)

pinned Trevor Marlin (C/O-M), 1:10.

126 — Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) dec. Seth House (Ind), 7-3.

132 — Drew Davis (Ind) dec. Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M), 7-5 SV-1.

138 — Spencer Wray (C/O-M) pinned Tanner Erickson-Dale (Ind), 5:33.

145 — Joey Huntington (C/O-M) dec. Elliott Ryan (Ind), 8-4.

152 — Chase Straw (Ind) pined Cameron Leith (C/O-M), 6:00.

160 — Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) dec. Jake Juhl (Ind), 1-0.

170 — Nick Holt (Ind) dec. Tayler Pettit (C/O-M), 6-3.

182 — Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M) dec. Logan Williams (Ind), 3-1.

195 — Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) dec. Matt McMillan (Ind), 3-1 SV-1.

220 — Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Jason Grover (Ind), 4:48.

285 — Jake Gutschenritter (C/O-M) dec. Brett Bowers (Ind), 4-1 TB-1.

106 — Kelby Luther (C/O-M) major dec. Jarrett Orr (Ind), 13-0.

113 — Jacob Goodson (C/O-M) dec. Taylor Wulfekuhle (Ind), 9-5.

Class 2A semifinalUnion 46, Creston/O-M 23

126 — Ryder Albertsen (Union) pinned Mitchel Swank (C/O-M), 2:43.

132 — Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) major dec. Brock Barnhart (Union), 11-3.

138 — Spencer Wray (C/O-M) pinned Tyler Hanson (Union), 3:01.

145 — Max Thomsen (Union) pinned Joey Huntington (C/O-M), 1:04.

152 — Cameron Leith (C/O-M) major dec. Teal Lademann (Union), 10-2.

160 — Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) dec. Trevor McLaughlin (Union), 10-6.

170 — Jacob Holschlag (Union) pinned Darrian Fischer (C/O-M), :46.

182 — Tanner Shirk (Union) pinned Tayler Pettit (C/O-M), 3:16.

195 — Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) dec. Isaiah Vaughan (Union), 3-2.

220 — Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) dec. Jace Hadachek (Union), 5-2.

285 — Michael Ahrendsen (Union) pinned Jake Gutschenritter (C/O-M), 2:43.

106 — Payton Hellman (Union) major dec. Kelby Luther (C/O-M), 12-0.

113 — Derek Holschlag (Union) pinned Jacob Goodson (C/O-M), 1:19.

120 — Josh Lawrinenko (Union) pinned Trevor Marlin (C/O-M), 1:16.

Class 2A third placeMediapolis 46,

Creston/O-M 28132 — Cody McNeil (Med)

pinned Brody Frain (C/O-M), 3:18.

138 — Mason Buster (Med) pinned Mason Kinsella (C/O-M), :31.

145 — Alex Fargo (C/O-M) pinned Remmington Benz (Med), :59.

152 — Bradley Conley (Med) pinned Cameron Leith (C/O-M), 2:20.

160 — Cole Erickson (Med) pinned Kolby Tomas (C/O-M), :49.

170 — Darrian Fischer (C/O-M) pinned Levi Eberhardt (Med), 1:38.

182 — Ethan Timmerman (Med) dec. Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M), 2-1 TB-1.

195 — Steven Holloway (Med) pinned Chad Lamb (C/O-M), :41.

220 — Zach Hoffman (C/O-M) pinned Jonathan Massner (Med), 1:02.

285 — Dillon Wagner (Med) pinned Trevor Downing (C/O-M), 1:45.

106 — Cade Vicker (C/O-M) pinned Isaac Bybee (Med), 3:01.

113 — Jacob Goodson (C/O-M) major dec. Reese Thornburg (Med), 12-0.

120 — Brennen Swafford (Med) major dec. Carson Wheat (C/O-M), 14-2.

126 — Shea Swafford (Med) dec. Mitchel Swank (C/O-M), 7-6.

PANTHERS:

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M junior Seth Maitlen scrambles during a 3-2 decision over Isaiah Vaughan of Union LaPorte City in the semifinal round of the Class 2A State Dual Team Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M sophomore Kadon Hulett controls Jason Grover of Independence during their match in the opening round of the Class 2A State Dual Team Tournament. Hulett pinned Grover in 4:48.

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5 easy kitchen and bath upgrades that take only hours to complete

(BPT) - Do your kitchen and bathrooms look a bit drab? If you don’t have the time or budget for a full re-model, there are still many simple updates you can do to refresh these spaces and invigorate each with impres-sive style. From affordable faucet updates to pretty paints, each takes one day or less to complete, instantly providing a dramatic effect.

Freshen the faucetAlmost anyone who en-

ters the bathroom or kitch-en will use the faucet, which means it’s a functional focal point of the space. Installing a new faucet is a simple way to redefine interior design and reflect your own per-sonal style. The new line of Kohler faucets available at Home Depot offers excep-tional quality at an afford-able price. For example, set the ambience in your bath-room with the Georgeson line of faucets, inspired by the Gatsby era with chic detailing and unique shapes

to provide a decorative, eclectic touch. For those who prefer traditional sil-houettes, the Mistos kitchen faucet’s soft lines and classic aesthetic provide a timeless, upscale look.

Update hardware and ac-cessories

Cabinet hardware and other accessories do for a room what jewelry does for an outfit - they provide the finishing touches that really elevate the space. Fortu-nately, it’s simple and eco-nomical to swap out dated hardware for new handles, knobs and pulls. Popu-lar metal finishes include brushed nickel, oil-rubbed bronze and chrome. For bathrooms, update acces-sories to match your new Kohler faucet - each line includes coordinating acces-sories like towel bars, show-erheads and tub fillers.

Experiment with paint Paint is one of the most

affordable ways to dramat-ically change the look and

energy of a space. If you have dated tile, research if tile paint is an option for your kitchen or bath. Don’t be afraid to experiment with color - a rich or vivid color on a focal wall can add in-stant style, like on the wall behind the tub or stove. Don’t forget the fifth wall: a fresh white ceiling instantly brightens the area and vi-sually heightens the room, which can make the space feel larger and more mod-ern.

Frame the mirror Every bathroom has a

mirror, and some kitchens and adjacent dining spac-

es feature mirrors as well. A mirror provides a focal point while reflecting light to make it appear bright-er. But if you have a build-er-grade mirror, you’re probably longing for more style. Instead of investing in a costly new mirror, sim-ply add a new frame around your current one. You can buy a prefabricated frame or create one yourself fairly easily from supplies at your local craft store. Your bor-ing old mirror will be trans-formed immediately into an upscale alternative.

Swap light fixtures and bulbs

If your current bathroom and kitchen light fixtures evoke nostalgia from a lost era, it’s time for a swap. Pick out a new overhead fixture to instantly dress up the room - modern chandeliers, track lighting and recessed lighting are popular options. For bathrooms, installing task lighting by the mirror can help streamline dai-ly routines. Keep in mind, cool, bright white bulbs with a high color-rendering index (CRI) closely reflect natu-ral light and therefore are a good option for bathrooms as well as cooking spaces.

(Family Features) When considering a home renova-tion, think outside the box for design inspiration and setting the overall tone.

With homeowners stay-ing in their homes longer due to the economy, reno-vations should focus on us-ability and personal style. For those homeowners looking to sell, the market is still very much a buyer’s space, so quality additions that increase value are cer-tainly top of mind. Luckily, there’s no need knock down walls or move plumbing to make an impact - simply start with small, quality updates to pack a dramat-ic punch for less money. Here are some ways to add quality and comfort within the different spaces of your home:

EntrywayAs the first thing visi-

tors see, your front door should always provide a good impression, reflecting the beauty that emanates throughout your home. With doors, matching the exterior and interior creates a flow into outdoor living spaces. Using doors as a part of the overall aesthetic can also allow for some cre-ativity with glass accents or bold color choices. Choose a reliable door manufactur-er, such as Masonite, that offers a wide breadth of fin-ishes and styles using wood, steel and fiberglass.

Living RoomAdd decorative touches

to your living room with repurposed items found around the house. Fill a decorative pitcher or an old tin watering can with fresh flowers from the garden to add elegance to your cof-fee table. Wrap assorted globe lighting fixtures or mason jars with wire and hang them in a grouping to display votive candles. For an eclectic and shabby chic feel, turn a vintage drawer on end to use as a bookshelf or bring in an old wooden crate to use as a side table.

KitchenRefreshing your kitch-

en doesn’t require a major

update. Add a new color to existing cabinetry by re-finishing or addinga new coat of paint. Would you like to add a glossy shine to the kitchen? Simply apply mesh-back glass tile to fit the dimensions of cabinet door panels. Finish the up-date with a modern touch by replacing outdated hard-ware with the many new, stylish options available.

BathroomFrom tiles and counter-

tops to faucets and shower-heads, the options are end-less for bathroom updates. With wall-hung, stand-alone or pedestal styles, your choices for a new vanity are no exception. During a ren-

ovation, some homeowners begin their project by focus-ing on other bathroom ele-ments like those mentioned above. But starting with the addition of a new vanity, like one of the many beau-tiful options from Ronbow, will set the stage for your bathroom and provide a focal point for the other de-sign elements.

Rooms throughoutFrom the master bed-

room to the hall entryway, hardwood floors provide the ultimate in beauty and ambiance. Refinishing gives your existing tired, worn out floors an instant upgrade that shines from room to room.

(Family Features) Some home maintenance jobs require a significant invest-ment of time and special-ized equipment, but there are many projects you can accomplish efficiently with basic tools and the right ap-proach. Follow these tips to get started:

• Update your toolbox. Take inventory to ensure your collection is complete, and replace damaged or rusted tools. Your toolbox is also a good place to store common repair items such as adhesive. For quick, fuss-free fixes with no dry time, ditch traditional glue for Glue Dots. The double-sid-ed adhesives bond instantly to virtually any surface with no mess and let you skip us-ing clamps.

• Get ahead of potential problems. For example, have a plunger on hand to prevent clogged sinks and toilets from causing water damage, and keep gutters and filters clean to prevent structural damage or fire. You can also protect your home and valuables from damage by using adhesive to secure precious items from getting knocked over, and protect floors from traf-fic damage by securing rugs and felt pads to furniture.

Take a helping hand. Most phones have levels and flashlights that can help with minor jobs, and your phone’s calendar can be set

with recurring reminders so that you’ll never miss a maintenance date. In ad-dition, find creative ways to make tasks easier. It can be tough to keep items in place while nailing or screw-ing into walls or ceilings, or installing features such as under-cabinet lighting. Glue Dots are a handy solu-tion that won’t damage the surface, don’t expand and won’t make a mess.

• Get organized. Daily home maintenance tasks like cleaning are easier when they are done along the way rather than letting them pile up, creating a bigger job. Store everyday needs in each room, or on each floor. For maximum efficiency, keep cleaning supplies in both the bath and the kitch-en, and a broom and vacu-um on each floor.

Making sure you have the right tools on hand and tak-ing preventive steps to get ahead of potential problems will make minor home re-pair jobs quick and easy so you can get back to enjoying the comforts of your home.

For additional DIY home repair tips, visit www.GlueDots.com.

Room-to-Room Home AdditionsAdd quality and comfort to your favorite rooms

4 Tips to make home maintenance easier

The relationship between paint and moodPainting is one of the easi-

est and least expensive ways to transform the look of a space. The colors homeown-ers choose for their walls can give rooms their own unique feel and even affect the moods of the people within them.

Finding the right shade for a bedroom or kitchen involves more than just se-lecting the first color that catches your eye. Design ex-perts and psychologists alike say it may be worthwhile to choose a color that helps you feel good rather than just following design trends. The paint color you pick may add energy to a space or create a tranquil retreat where you

can unwind at the end of the day.

BlueTo create a spa-like envi-

ronment and a more serene space, look to shades of blue in soft variations. Cool blues are soothing colors that can help lower stress levels and promote sleep. That’s why blue is a frequent fixture in bedrooms and bathrooms. Just be advised that too much blue can make a room appear cold and stark, so balance out blue with some warmer accents.

OrangeMany people do not im-

mediately consider bright orange for their homes, but when used as an accent

shade, orange can really brighten up a home. Orange is considered a shade that expands creativity and im-parts a youthful appeal to a space. Consider an orange accent wall or a burst of color with orange throw pil-lows. If pumpkin orange is a little too bold for you, tone it down by choosing a more pastel, peachy hue, which is equally warm and energiz-ing.

RedRed stimulates energy and

appetite, which is why the shade is so popular in restau-rants and home dining spac-es. Red is a good choice for social gathering rooms but may not be the wisest choice

for a bedroom, as the color may prove overstimulating.

GreenGreen can evoke com-

posure and tranquility and works in any room of the house. Since green is the pri-mary color of nature, it also works well for those people who want to bring some of the outdoors inside and work with the fresh starts and new growth that green can inspire. To make green feel less subdued and sleepy, work with its complemen-tary opposite, red, by using a few bold red accents here and there to balance out the tranquility of green.

PurplePeople have long relat-

ed purple to royalty, and this dramatic color can add a formal, regal aspect to a home depending on the hue. Purple also may help stimu-late the creative side of the brain. In paler shades of lavender, purple can seem almost ethereal and spiritu-al. Some designers suggest avoiding purple in a bed-room because that is a place you want your brain to rest rather than be stimulated.

YellowFew colors are more vi-

brant than yellow, which can help stimulate conversation and make thoughts more focused. A luminous shade of yellow is an ideal way to make any space more wel-

coming and bright. Just use it sparingly, as too much yellow may not be a good thing. Yellow accents mixed with touches of purple can offer the balance needed to prevent yellow rooms from overwhelming residents and guests.

Home decorators should keep in mind that colors can be blended to create the desired environment. A color scheme based on com-plementary colors, or those opposite on the color wheel, may fit. Otherwise, analo-gous color schemes, or those colors that are next to one another on the color wheel, can create a variation that suits your design needs.


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