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State and county officials say they expect additional road work underway later this year, but its too soon to talk specifics. The 10-cent a gallon increase started at the pump Sunday and is projected to generate over $200 million annually for the states bridges and roads, many of which are considered deteri-orating or deficient.

I can think of a couple small bridg-es that I can move aggressively on, said Lyle Brehm, county engineer for Tama and Powesh-iek counties. Brehm, part of the Iowa County Engineers Association, said he has a very long list of repairs that need to be done.

The Legislature approved the tax in-crease last week and Gov. Terry Branstad quickly signed it into law. The tax previously 22 cents per gal-lon of gasoline, including fees had not been raised since 1989. But since winning a sixth non-consecutive term, Branstad had been vocal about the need for more infrastructure dollars in the state.

Iowa has about 114,000 miles of road and 25,000 bridges, and the system is aging. The new funding will start to come into the state coffers later in the spring and then it will be divided between counties, cities and the state for road projects, said Stuart Anderson, the director of the planning division in the Iowa Department of Transportation.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND More than 200 people attended Creston High Schools all-school play Alice in Wonderland held Friday and Saturday at the schools auditorium. The play directed by Rachel Foth included more than 20 cast and crew members. All photos from the play can be viewed online by visiting www.crestonnews.com and clicking on the photos tab.

CNA photos by KYLE WILSONAbove, Alice (Lidiya Gortman) consoles the Duchess (Mariah Harlan) during Creston High Schools all-school play Alice in Wonderland Friday evening at the schools auditorium. Left, Mad Hatter (Lorelei Herrod) stands on the table and sings Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat during the first act of the high schools play.

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Editors note: This is the first of a two-part series detailing the local impact of the mental health institute in Clarinda closing and how local services are changing to continue to provide proper care.

By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate editorjwaddingham@crestonnews.com

In an effort to control mental health costs and restructure Io-was mental health services, Gov. Terry Branstad is proposing the closure of two state mental health institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant.

Iowa Department of Human Services Director Charles Palmer has said the two closures would save the state up to $10 million per year.

The Clarinda and Mount Pleas-ant institutes are expected to close July 1, with employee lay-offs starting as early as March 30. Branstads plan would add 30 beds at the Independence mental insti-

tute, however, most other services would be farmed out to private agencies.

The other state mental health institute is in Cherokee.

Locally, the ripple effect of Clar-inda and Mount Pleasant closing is being felt, but officials are working to provide proper resources for pa-tients who need still inpatient care.

Psychiatric services are not go-

ing away, said Dr. Matthew Epp, director of emergen-cy medicine at Greater Region-al Medical Cen-ter. They are being rationed more effective-ly and appropriately for patients. The emphasis is to get more peo-ple treated as an outpatient. True availability of treatment for peo-ple who need it is still as much available now as it ever has but, I think it is going to be better allo-cated in the future.

GRMC is not an inpatient op-tion for psychiatric services. In an emergency situation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act there is a legal obligation to provide treatment for the patient.

If we feel as though there is a psychiatric problem such as de-pression, suicide or a life-threat-ening psychiatric problem, we are obligated to provide a psychiatric screening, Epp said. We dont have the capability in this institu-tion or this county. The challenge

Local officials work to provide efficient, prop-er mental health care following Gov. Terry Branstads announcement to close Clarinda and Mount Pleasant

ST. MALACHY GALAThe Spirit of St. Malachy award was given during the schools 22nd annual Gala dinner and fundraiser auction held Saturday at Supertel Inn and Conference Center. Who won the award? See a photo on page 8A of todays paper. >>

Iowas fuel tax is going up, how long beforeroad fixes?

Iowa has about 114,000 miles of road and 25,000 bridges in its aging sys-tem. Gov. Branstad calls for improve-ments to Highway 20.

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Eve Dougherty Prescott, Ariz.

Eve Ardell Dougherty of Prescott, Ariz., died Friday, February 20, 2015 after a long struggle with Parkin-sons Disease. Eve was a resident at Las Fuentes As-sisted Living.

She was born in Creston, Iowa on February 21, 1929 to Emmett and Ida Smith and was the youngest of 10 children. She lived in Iowa most of her life before mov-ing to Arizona in Septem-ber 1988. She loved living in the Prescott Country Club and the spectacular views of the mountains and golf course from her deck.

During her life, she held a variety of interesting jobs including writing for a local weekly newspaper in Iowa, serving as a grand jury clerk, and as a secretary for several attorneys. She also served as the Executive Secretary for the Creston United Way Fund, worked for REA Power Plant in Creston, Iowa, and as a of-fice manager for the first cable TV company there.

She loved growing up on a farm and appreciat-ed nature. She was an avid golfer, a huge Phoenix Suns fan, loved to garden, and do crossword puzzles. Her family and faith were the most important things in her life. Her pride and joy were her three grandchil-dren. She was married to Morgan F. Roberts of Rock Springs, Wyoming and had two children: Nickoles and Diane. After Morgans death, she later was. remar-

ried to Allan E. Dougherty of Creston, Iowa.

She was a member of the Faith United Church in Dewey while living at the Prescott Country Club. When she moved to Prescott, she transferred her membership to the Prescott United Method-ist Church as she had been raised as a Methodist. Eve was a charter member of P.E.O. Chapter EC in Dew-ey and was also active in P.E.O. in Iowa.

Survivors include her daughter, Diane Rob-erts-DeLong and son-in-law, Robert DeLong; grandchildren, Brynn De-Long, New York; Nickoles DeLong, Tucson; Haley DeLong, Flagstaff; a spe-cial sister Shirley Moore, St. Paul, Minnesota; broth-er-in-law Benjamin Howell Roberts, Twin Fall, Idaho; and many wonderful nieces and nephews from her 10 brothers and sisters whom she all loved so much. She was preceded in death by her parents, Morgan Rob-erts. Allan Dougherty, and son, Nickoles Roberts.

Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. March 6 at Las Fuentes, 1035 Scott Drive in Prescott, Arizo-na with the Reverend Stan Brown officiating. Me-morials may be made in her memory to the Gran-ite Mountain Home Care and Hospice and/or the National Parkinson Foun-dation. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa. Sunrise Funeral Home in Prescott Valley, AZ assisted the family with arrangements.

Dean Meyer Creston

Dean L. Meyer, 53 of Creston, Iowa for-merly of Red Oak,

D e a n L a v e r n e M e y e r , the son of Ken-neth and Nola (McFarland) Meyer was born on August 20, 1961 in Creston, Iowa. He passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Montgomery County Me-morial Hospital, Red Oak, Iowa at the age of 53 years, 6 months and 8 days.

Dean graduated from Red Oak High School in 1979. He furthered in ed-ucation at Southwestern Community College with a course in mechanics. Dean spent six months in Ama-rillo, Texas driving a truck for Borger Sand & Gravel. He later drove for Essex Elevator and owned and operated his own truck. Dean moved to Creston and worked 18 years for Bunn-O-Matic. During his first round of cancer, Dean built a pulling tractor from scratch, which it took him 30 years to accumulate the parts. Dean named the

tractor Rat Rod Farmall. Dean enjoyed attending tractor pulling events and he collected 60 full size an-tique plows.

Dean was preceded in death by a sister, Bonnie Jean; all his grandparents and an aunt.

Dean is survived by his parents, Kenneth and Nola Meyer of Red Oak, IA; brother, Glen Meyer of Red Oak, IA; aunts, uncles and cousins.

May God bless his mem-ory and give strength to those who mourn.

Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Red Oak, Iowa

Burial in the Grant Cem-etery, Grant, Iowa

Rev. Fred Pilecki, Offici-ating

Visitation with the fam-ily present Tuesday eve-ning from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Sellergren-Lindell-De-Marce Funeral Home

A memorial is being es-tablished in Deans name.

Remembrances and con-dolences may be shared with the family at www.sld-funeralhome.com

Sellergren-Lindell-De-Marce Funeral Home, 509 N 6th St., Red Oak, Iowa 51566, is in charge arrange-ments.

Norbert Richard Thelen Anita

Norbert R. Thelen, 79, of Ani-ta, Iowa, p a s s e d a w a y Wednes-day, Feb-ruary 25, 2015, at Method-ist Hospi-tal in Des Moines, Iowa.

Norbert was born April 3, 1935, in Carroll County, Iowa, to Sylvester J. and Mathilda E. (Neuerburg) Thelen. He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Carroll County. After 8th grade, he farmed with his family due to the death of his father. Norbert was married to Virginia Louise Hugeback on Au-gust 10, 1957, at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Carroll, Iowa. He joined the Army in 1958. After serving, he owned and op-erated a Standard Oil gas station in Carroll, Iowa, for many years.

He and Virginia were blessed with the births of six children while living in Carroll. In January of 1970, he moved with his family to the farm in Ani-ta, Iowa. He loved farming, the outdoors, fishing, old cars, playing cards, going to the casino and most of all spending time with his fam-ily and friends. Norbert at-tended hundreds of his chil-drens and grandchildrens activities. He was a loving and devoted husband, fa-ther and grandfather. He enjoyed many vacations to different parts of the Unit-ed States, including Alaska and Hawaii. During 2014, he and Virginia spent sev-eral weeks touring both the east and west coasts of the United States.

Norbert was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Anita, IA, a former 4-H leader and former board member of the Anita Co-op and ASC.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his father and mother-in-law, Louis and Marie Hugeback; sis-ters, Linda Hoffmann and

Marcile Hoffman; broth-er, Gerald Thelen; siblings Victor, Melvin and Dorothy Thelen all in infancy; sis-ters-in-law, Marleen Thel-en, Donna Thelen, Mavis Thelen, Laura Schirck, Jan Hugeback, Mary Ann Hin-ners and Shirley Hugeback; brothers-in-law, Alfred Hoffman, John Hoffmann, Virgil Hugeback, Al Hin-ners, Clifford Hugeback and Earl Schirck; and other relatives.

Norbert is survived by his wife, Virginia of Anita, IA; daughters, Jean (Jeff) Gre-gersen of Anita, IA, Mary (Mark) Miller of Altoona, IA, Jacquie (Terry) Aup-perle of Wiota, IA; sons, Richard (Jennifer Parker) Thelen of Lenox, IA, Ran-dy (Dee Montchal) Thelen of Creston, IA, and Mark (Christy) Thelen of Kel-logg, IA; grandchildren, Lindsay (Aaron) Schwarte, Brandon (Mallory) Gre-gersen, Matt Thelen, Curt Thelen, Alan Miller, Amanda Miller, Kyle Thel-en, Maggie Thelen, Brooke Thelen, Nate Thelen, Nick Thelen, Ryan Aupperle, Katie Aupperle and Sidney Aupperle; great-grandchil-dren, Anna Schwarte, Wil-liam Schwarte and Brody Gregersen; brothers, Nor-man Thelen, Eugene (Kay) Thelen, Sylvester (Kay) Thelen, Ralph Thelen and Lawrence (Cecelia) Thel-en; sisters, Mary Ann (Al-lan) Ludwig and Lynette (Mike) Schaffer; broth-er-in-law Merlin (Butch) Hugeback; sisters-in-law, Florence Thelen and Nancy Hugeback; numerous niec-es, nephews, cousins and friends.

Visitation with family will be from 5 to 7 p.m., with a Rosary at 5:30 p.m. Friday, February 27, 2015, at Hock-enberry Family Care in Anita, Iowa.

A Mass of Christian Buri-al was held at 1:00 p.m., Sat-urday, February 28, 2015, at St. Marys Catholic Church in Anita, IA, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery in Anita, IA.

Hockenberry Family Care in Anita, Iowa, was in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamily-care.com.

Herbert Lockard Afton

Herbert Lockard, 65, of

Afton died March 1, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

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

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Byrlee Ramsbottom Creston

Byrlee Ramsbottom, 92, of Cres-ton, died Thursday, F e b r u -ary 26, 2015 at Crest Ha-ven Care C e n t r e in Cres-ton. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Jim Morris will offi-ciate. Burial will be at the Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa. Open visita-tion will be from 1:00 5:00 p.m. Sunday with family re-ceiving friends from 3:00 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Memorials are to be estab-lished. Online condolenc-es can be given at www.powersfh.com.

Byrlee Ramsbottom was born March 12, 1922 in ru-ral Union County, north of Afton to Leslie L. Dixon and Iva (Kleinbeck) Dix-on. She attended Dodge #7 Platte Country School and graduated from Cres-ton High School with the class of 1939. On November 21, 1939, Byrlee was unit-ed in marriage to Kenneth Charles Ramsbottom in Creston. They lived east of Creston, farming there until 1956 when they moved to Ringgold County to farm. In 1965 they moved back to Creston. In 1973 Byrlee re-turned to her home east of Creston residing there until 1997 when she and Kenneth moved into Creston.

Byrlee worked with the clothing and retail indus-try starting in 1959 at Rec-knors Ready to Wear. She then worked at Singer Sewing Machine Company in 1961; becoming a Singer

dealer in 1975. In 1975 Byr-lee opened her first shop at her home in a spare bed-room then when it became too small, Byrlee opened her second shop on New York Avenue in 1976. In 1977 she built and opened her third and final store Byrlees One Stop Sew-ing Center on Highway 34 and was the owner/oper-ator until retiring in 1981. She was very proud of her store. Byrlee also enjoyed traveling, flowers, birds and all things of Mother Nature. She always loved being a farm wife, mother, grand-mother and loved her time spent on the farm.

Byrlee was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Creston, Eagles Lady Auxiliary and An-tique Rustic Relics Model A & Antique Car Club. She was the director of High-land #2 Country School, 4-H leader and secretary of Valley Chapel Ladies Aid.

Survivors include two daughters, Dixie (husband Joe) Scherff of Manly, Ia. and Rhonda Sue (husband Dwight) Giles of Greely, Colo.; and two granddaugh-ters, Angela (husband Tracy) Taylor of Newton and Tricia (husband John) Otten of Lingle, Wyo; one great granddaughter Kelsey Mae Otten; sister-in-law Margaret Venable of Bor-ing, Ore; special children: Donna and Ken Smith of Creston and Connie and Guy Carlson of Creston; along with many nieces, nephews, other family, spe-cial neighbors and friends and the Rustic Relics Mod-el A & Antique Car Club. She was preceded in death by her parents, beloved husband Kenneth in 2005, son, Charles LeRoy Rams-bottom in 1961, her brother Leo (wife Gleah) Dixon, sister Rowena Dixon and brother-in-law Paul Ven-able.

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Days RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (35), low past 24 hours (20) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Tue3/3

37/9Rain showers early,then remaining over-cast and windy laterin the day.

Sunrise Sunset6:48 AM 6:10 PM

Wed3/4

26/2Mix of sun andclouds.

Sunrise Sunset6:47 AM 6:11 PM

Thu3/5

32/22Mainly sunny. Highsin the low 30s andlows in the low 20s.

Sunrise Sunset6:45 AM 6:12 PM

Fri3/6

49/26Sunshine. Highs inthe upper 40s andlows in the mid 20s.

Sunrise Sunset6:44 AM 6:13 PM

Sat3/7

49/25Abundant sunshine.Highs in the upper40s and lows in themid 20s.

Sunrise Sunset6:42 AM 6:14 PM

Des Moines38/10

Cedar Rapids38/4

Sioux City30/6

Creston37/9

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 30 -1 snow Davenport 39 7 frz rain Marshaltown 35 3 mixedAtlantic 35 8 mixed Des Moines 38 10 rain Mason City 32 -1 snowAubudon 34 5 mixed Dubuque 36 2 mixed Onawa 32 8 sn showerCedar Rapids 38 4 mixed Farmington 41 10 rain Oskaloosa 38 7 frz rainCenterville 39 11 rain Fort Dodge 33 2 sn shower Ottumwa 38 8 rainClarinda 38 11 rain Ft Madison 41 9 mixed Red Oak 36 10 rainClarion 32 0 snow Guttenberg 35 2 mixed Sioux Center 26 0 snowClinton 37 7 mixed Keokuk 43 11 rain Sioux City 30 6 sn showerCouncil Bluffs 36 12 mixed Lansing 34 1 snow Spencer 29 -1 snowCreston 37 9 rain LeMars 28 3 sn shower Waterloo 36 2 mixed

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 50 47 rain Houston 75 65 rain Phoenix 61 43 sunnyBoston 31 27 pt sunny Los Angeles 59 47 rain San Francisco 61 49 pt sunnyChicago 38 13 frz rain Miami 80 71 mst sunny Seattle 52 32 sunnyDallas 67 49 cloudy Minneapolis 28 -3 snow St. Louis 53 22 rainDenver 24 6 sn shower New York 34 31 snow Washington, DC 36 34 mixed

Moon Phases

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FullMar 5

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

United Methodist Church.Crest Area Theatre, 7 p.m.

general membership meet-ing, Southwestern Community College Performing Arts Center Green Room.

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

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.

TuesdayRetired Greater Community

Hospital employees coffee, 9:30 a.m., Hy-Vee.

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

Achievers Club, noon potluck, First Christian Church.

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

Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of

Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.

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

Creston Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave.

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

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

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

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

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

Alzheimers Disease Family Caregiver Support Group, 2 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living, 1709 W. Prairie St.

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

YMCA Clover Kids, 4 to 5 p.m. meeting, First Christian Church.

Meetings Gibson Memorial Library

Board of Trustees, 5:15 p.m. today, library.

Agenda includes: public forum; finance and directors/Friends of the Library reports; architect; library ICN policy; new vision building document; foun-dations; motion to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code 21.5(i); motion to come out of closed session; possible action on matters discussed in closed session.

Mount Ayr City Council, 6 p.m.

today, meeting room.Agenda includes: 6 p.m. pub-

lic hearing on proposed city budget for fiscal year begin-ning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016; possible reso-lution to adopt budget; con-sider action to approve Live Healthy Iowa 5k route, April 11 event date; consider fiscal sponsorship agreement for Rose Hill Cemeterys grant application to South Central Iowa Community Foundation; consider approval of seasonal employee Cassie Still as recre-ation director; mayor appoint-ments: council members to serve on Old Hospital Coalition; street improvements project: consider resolution approving plans and specifications, award-ing contract and change order; Councilman Mathany: discuss storm water utility ordinance; Superintendent Brent Wise report; claims.

Creston City Council, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, council chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: public forum; public hearing for the adoption of final budget for fis-cal year 2016; consider resolu-tion to adopt final budget for fiscal year 2016; public hearing for the application of a USDA grant for a fire grass truck; con-sider resolutions to approve application for USDA grant for a fire grass truck; joint applica-tion form for Iowa for the Hurley Creek watershed improvement project and authorize mayor to sign an IDNR floodplain devel-

opment permit application; authorize mayor to sign a grant agreement with RPR 14/ATURA transportation planning affilia-tion for the Adams Street bridge project; authorize mayor to sign a letter to IDOT in reference to the Adams Street bridge proj-ect; reappoint Connie Kinkade to Historic Preservation with term expiring March 3, 2018; updated drawings and speci-fications for Creston City Hall, masonry repair project; set pub-lic hearing 6 p.m. April 7 to hear objections to the proposed plans, specifications and form of contract for said Creston City Council, masonry repairs project; motions to authorize mayor to sign IDOT forms certi-fying completion in accordance with agreement and pavement markings in place for railroad crossing projects at Elm Street and New York Avenue; autho-rize advertising the city will taking bids for rental of farm-land for hay production at the waste water treatment plant, Creston Municipal Airport and Cottonwood Subdivision.

Hospital Lana Hansen (Fort),

daughter of Lettie Hansen Hethcote, is in the nursing home in Red Oak. Cards and letters may be sent to her at Lana Fort, Red Oak Rehab Care Center, 1600 Summit, Red Oak, IA 51566.

Police Mario Pantoja, 20, of Le-

nox was charged with posses-sion of marijuana 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, during the investigation of a domestic disturbance at 411 W. Lucas St. concerning a man with a knife assaulting a female, a

bag containing a green leafy substance was discovered in plain view on a small table where Pantoja was stand-ing. Pantoja and the female homeowner admitted the marijuana was Pantejos. Pantejo has a prior convic-tion of possession of mari-juana.

Pantoja was released on $1,000 bond.

Pamela Collette Oshel,

48, of Lorimor was charged on a Union County warrant for failure to appear 1 p.m. Friday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

Oshel was released on $300 bond.

Chad Everette Lee, 40,

511 W. Montgomery St. Apt., was charged with fail-ure to affix a drug tax stamp, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, delivery of

marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia 8 p.m. Friday at his residence.

According to a Creston Police report, a search war-rant was executed at Lees Residence Friday. During the execution of the warrant, approximately 90 grams of marijuana was discovered. Lee failed to affix a drug tax stamp as so required. There were also items indicating the intent to deliver this product. These items con-sisted of, but are not limited to, scales, baggies, parapher-nalia and other drug-relat-ed items. Also, on or about Jan. 10, Lee delivered a con-trolled substance, marijuana, to a confidential informant.

Lee was released on $5,000 bond.Miscellaneous

Domestic dispute, 12:26 a.m., Friday, North Oak Street.

Suspicious vehicle, 10:07 a.m., Friday, West Taylor Street.

Drug offense, 10:51 a.m., Friday, West Townline Street.

Talk to officer, 12:08 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Warrant, 12:56 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Talk to officer, 3:48 p.m., Friday, Wyoming Avenue.

Disorderly conduct, 4:09 p.m., Friday, North Sycamore Street.

Information, 4:34 p.m., Friday, Russell Street.

Information, 5:28 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Animal call, 7:11 p.m., Friday, New York Avenue.

Traffic stop, 8:12 p.m., Friday, West Montgomery Street.

Talk to officer, 4:01 a.m., Saturday, Manor Drive.

Harassing communication, 2:12 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.

Talk to officer, 2:13 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.

Talk to officer, 3:29 p.m., Saturday, South Pine Street.

Animal call, 5:03 p.m., Saturday, West Summit Street.

Harassing communication, 9:43 p.m., Saturday, West Mills Street.

Incomplete 911 call, 10:36 a.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Talk to officer, 12:21 p.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Family offense, 2:51 p.m., Sunday, West Townline Street.

Accident, 5:07 p.m., Sunday,

North Maple Street.Talk to officer, 5:38 p.m.,

Sunday, Wyoming Avenue.Welfare check, 5:42 p.m.,

Sunday, Lakeshore Drive.Family offense, 7:04 p.m.,

Sunday, North Pine Street.Burglary, 9:44 p.m., Sunday,

North Vine Street.Animal call, 10:03 p.m.,

Sunday, West Adair Street.

Fire Miscellaneous

Medical, 10:42 a.m., Friday, Luther Circle.

Medical, 3:25 p.m., Friday, South Sumner Avenue.

Medical, 5:38 p.m., Saturday, West Summit Street.

Medical, 11:08 p.m., Saturday, West Summit Street.

Medical, 1:39 a.m., Sunday, Hillcrest Drive.

Medical, noon, Sunday, North Sycamore Street.

Medical, 5:51 p.m., Sunday, Summit Lake Avenue.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn $3.69

Soybeans $9.74 Gavilon Grain:Corn $3.69Soybeans $9.82

LotteryIowas Pick 3: 8-5-5Iowas Pick 4: 9-5-0-8Hot Lotto Sizzler: 6-24-27-34-39 (9)Powerball: 11-17-25-28-46 (12)

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My Sound Off is when hosts in restaurants seat an obviously handicapped per-son, and walk by umpteen empty tables to a seat clear in the back of the place! My hus-band uses oxygen and a cane, and they are constantly mak-ing us walk through the place to the back.

I know that they try to keep the numbers of custom-ers for waitstaff even, but there should be exceptions. I have begun asking for a table closest to the entrance, but many hosts seem oblivious to this request. L.L., Bran-son, Mo.

I find it hard to comprehend that keeping customer tables even for waitstaff is the rea-son.

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Spartan men come up clutch in finaleBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor svick-er@crestonnews.com

The Southwestern mens basketball team got a clutch performance from Jaylon Smith down the stretch here Saturday on sophomore night.

Smith scored 31 points and shot 14-of-18 from the free throw line, includ-ing several free throws in the final minute of a one-posses-sion game,

as the Spartans held off Iowa Lakes in a 76-69 victory.

Jaylon was pretty spec-tacular the entire night, of-fensively, head coach Todd Lorensen said. A lot there at the free throw line late in the game. He was a big key in us surviving the first half. We didnt play very well, but he made some big shots. TJ Bower did some nice things. Mataika (Koyamainavure) didnt have his best game, but he still finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Smith sank five 3-point-ers and dished out six assists. Bower added 12 points.

Sophomores honored were

Tanner Kellogg, Koyamaina-vure, Smith, Nikola Drobnjak and Josh Kirk.

The win came on the heels of Thursdays 81-73 win over NIACC, in which the Spar-tans let a 60-43 lead with 12 minutes to go slip away down to two points with 30 seconds left.

Thursdays game, if we lose that game, we still could have ended up seventh in the league, Lorensen said. That was a big game for us. Had to make a big play to calm the storm. Proud of the guys to

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Wolverines rally for state berthBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor svick-er@crestonnews.com

ATLANTIC After last years heartbreaking 66-65 loss to East Mills in the substate finals, few gave Nodaway Valley a chance to make it to the state tourna-ment this year.

And yet, when the final horn sounded here Saturday night at the conclusion of the Class 1A Substate 7 final, it was Nodaway Valley that stood victorious with a 50-45 win over Fremont-Mills, earning its sixth trip to state in 11 years.

Fremont-Mills, which led 35-31 entering the fourth quarter, sought its first trip to the state tournament.

This summer, we didnt think we had any chance, Nodaway Valley junior Jackson Lamb said. We t h o u g h t wed come in and not be near as close as last year. I thought last year, that heart-b r e a k i n g experience in this very gym, that I would never get that chance again. To come back here and ac-tually do it, its breathtak-ing. Its a new experience and I love it. It was one of

my dreams and it came true tonight.

The win didnt come easy for the Wolverines, playing in their 10th substate final since 2000 and eighth in the past 10 years.

Fremont-Mills slowed the pace of the game early, taking a 12-9 lead after one quarter. And after falling behind by as much as eight in the second quarter and at the start of the third quarter, the Knights came storming back.

The Knights hammered Nodaway Valley on the of-fensive boards in the third quarter, outscoring the Wol-verines 14-4 in the quarter to take a 35-31 lead entering the fourth quarter.

Fremont-Mills grabbed five offensive rebounds on one possession in the quarter and finished with 16 offensive boards for the game. Spencer Phillips scored six of his eight points in the third quarter for the Knights.

We felt really confident coming in. Its just that we werent playing our style of ball until that fourth quar-ter, Nodaway Valley head coach Darrell Burmeister said.

I told them I didnt care if we won or lost, at the end of that third quarter, just play one quarter of Nodaway Valley basketball. They got after it. We rebounded.

I thought our offense was better.

Lamb, who scored a game-high 28 points, net-ted the first four points of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 35-35 with 7:12 to go.

Two minutes passed with neither team scoring, un-til junior Nate Venteicher

sp la she d a 3-point-er from the wing with 5:08 left in the game that sent the Nodaway V a l l e y crowd into a frenzy.

Venteicher finished with just three points, but those three points proved to be a momentum changer.

Thank God it went in, he said. I think it really turned the tides when I hit that three.

I saw him shoot it and I was like go in, go in, go in, Lamb said. Swoosh. Noth-ing but net. I was like thatta boy Nate! We knew we had to finish it off and we did.

I kind of got on him a little bit about his focus and everything, Burmeister said about Venteich-er. I have no idea if that had any th ing to do with it. But you could see when he caught the ball, I thought the con-fidence was there and he wanted to take it.

Fremont-Mills answered with a basket to cut the lead to 38-37, but senior Nathan Andrews scored in the paint and then Tanner Armstrong putback a missed Lamb 3-pointer to build a 42-37 lead.

The closest the Knights could get over the final 1:44 of the game was three points, as Nodaway Valley made enough free throws down the stretch and Fre-

mont-Mills rushed 3-point attempts on its possessions.

It really helped when the crowd stood up and got into it, Venteicher said. That really motivated our team, settled us down. We got into our defense. They were try-ing to rush their shot. They were speeding it up. Thats what we wanted to do.

Lamb recorded a dou-ble-double for the Wolver-ines with 28 points and 11 rebounds. David Schweitzer added seven points, while Tanner Armstrong record-ed five points. Sam Marnin scored four points, provid-ing quality minutes off the bench.

Andrews and Venteich-er were each limited to just three points, but Andrews grabbed nine rebounds.

Youve got to do what youve got to do, Andrews said. You have to be able to play the game you want to play. You have to make sure you make your free throws when you get fouled and you have to keep your cool out there. They gym is loud. Its nothing like we havent seen before, but you have to keep your cool and stay focused.

Burmeister said his group of hard-working players, which he calls his blue col-lar boys kept believing all

Marlins charge stopped in national finalsFormer Panther runner-up at 141 in juco tourney

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer lpeter-son@crestonnews.com

DES MOINES Af-ter winning four state high school titles, Jake Marlin of Creston nearly captured a national championship in his first season of collegiate competition.

North Iowa Area Com-munity Colleges Mar-lin (25-6) dominated four matches on his way to the 141-pound title match last weekend at the NJCAA na-tional championships held at the Jacobson Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

In the finals, regional rival Jason Alfau of Iowa Cen-tral, who had split two pre-vious matches with Marlin during the season, had the only offensive points of the match in a 5-2 victory.

During a strong late-sea-son run, Marlin had beaten Alfau 10-5 in the finals of the North Central District tournament. That avenged an 11-9 loss to Alfau in the Jan. 30 dual meet.

Alfau used a well-craft-ed strategy in the finals to nullify the explosive scoring shown throughout the tour-nament by Marlin, who red-shirted at the University of Iowa last year before trans-ferring to NIACC.

Marlin got to the finals on the strength of a one-minute

fall and two technial falls of 17-1 and 22-3, then a solid 4-0 decision in the semifi-nals Saturday morning over sixth-ranked Clay Archer of Northeast Oklahoma.Defensive match

Alfau, a one-time state champ in Georgia and a state runner-up in both Georgia and Florida as a prep, repeatedly fought off Marlins attacks in Saturday nights finals. After a 0-0 first period, he had a quick counter off a Marlin shot to take a 2-1 lead in the second period after Marlin scored first on an escape.

Marlin escaped again to make it 2-2 entering the third period. But unlike the semifinals, Marlin was un-able to apply a tight ride in the third period and Alfau escaped to go ahead by one, 3-2, with 1:50 left.

As the match clock wound down, Marlin made a desperation throw attempt to gain the lead. Alfau was ready with the counter for his second takedown and the clinching 5-2 margin.

It was a well-deserved win. He wrestled a smart match, said the unranked Marlin of the ninth-ranked Alfau. He didnt wrestle me the same as he has be-fore. There were a couple of times when I should have finished on my feet. I was close a lot of times.

Iowa Central coach Luke Moffitt said his wrestler had learned from the 10-5 district loss and was more active and ready to seize op-portunities.

The keys were hand po-sition and hustle in not giv-ing up the takedown when Jake was bringing the heat, Moffitt said. Theyre both really good wrestlers. J.J.s really good at fighting off takedowns. The first take-down was kind of a flurry, both guys were getting af-ter it and he (Alfau) got to the legs. The last one came when Jake had to try to throw.

NIACC finished third in the team standings for the programs best finish under coach Steve Kelly and the highest in the programs his-tory since the 1973 champi-onship team. Nosomy Pozo (149) and Yoanse Mejkias (157) captured their second national titles in the two matches after Marlins bout at 141.

Kelly said Marlin made a good bid to make it three national crowns in a row, but Alfau was up to the task.

Jake kept attacking, Kelly said. He left it all on the mat. Its not like he can say he should have pushed a little harder. He was getting to the leg, but he just couldnt get the cor-ner turned. The other guy

stayed squared up and was good enough to slow us down. I know it was frustrat-ing for Jake that he couldnt get things going.Unranked run

Besides three defeats in tournaments that included four-year schools, includ-ing NAIA power Grand View, Marlin suffered dual losses against Ellsworths Saidyoku Kakhramanov and Iowa Centrals Alfau. He was seeded fourth in the North Central District Tournament, but rolled to

the title with wins over No. 1 Andres Gonzalez of Iowa Lakes and Alfau.

He likewise looked unstoppable in the ear-ly rounds of the national tournament, much like his last competitive season as a champion for Creston/O-M when he set a state record for career pins. (That record was surpassed this year by Unions four-time champ, Max Thomsen.)

Jake is wrestling really solid now. Hes focused, Kelly said after Marlins

semifinal victory. Hes having fun, thats the main thing. Hes very driven.

Marlins wins and bo-nus points helped NIACC hold off North Idaho for third place with 113 points. North Idaho finished with 109. With 158.5 points, Iowa Cenral finished well ahead of runner-up Clackamas (Ore.) with 131.5.

It was the Tritons sixth national championship and

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONNIACC redshirt freshman Jake Marlin of Creston (right) squares off with Iowa Central freshman Jason Alfau in the 141-pound finals match at the NJCAA Wrestling Championships Saturday. Alfau won a 5-2 decision. The two-day event was held at the Jacobson Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

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CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERNodaway Valley junior Sam Marnin shoots over the top of Fremont-Mills Spencer Phillips (41) during the second half of Nodaway Valleys 50-45 substate win over the Knights Saturday in Atlantic. Marnin scored four points as the Wolverines earned their sixth trip to state in the past 11 years.

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season.They kept on believing,

he said. And so I think that was critical, that they came to practice every day and kept on believing. This is a hard-working group. Not a lot of natural scoring, until they developed their skills, which they did.

Sophomore Sam Phil-lips led the Knights with 11 points, while Nathen Hard-isty scored 10.

The Knights ended their season with a record of 20-6, while Nodaway Valley improved to 19-6. The Wol-verines take on top-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck (25-0), making its first state tournament appearance, at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 9 at Wells Fargo Arena in the

Class 1A Boys State Basket-ball Tournament.

FREMONT-MILLS (45) Sam Phillips 4 2-4 11, Nathen Hardisty 4 0-0 10, Spencer Phillips 4 0-1 8, Brandon Meston 3 0-0 7, Mackenzie Lang 2 0-0 6, Tristan Melgoza 1 0-0 3. Totals 18 2-5 45. 3-point goals 7 (Lang 2, Hardisty 2, Meston 1, Melgoza 1, Sam Phillips 1). FG shoot-ing 18-68 (26.5 percent). Rebounds 36. Turnovers 11. Team fouls 23. Fouled out Spencer Phillips.

NODAWAY VALLEY (50) Jackson Lamb 9 7-7 28, David Schweitzer 1 4-5 7, Tanner Armstrong 2 1-2 5, Sam Marnin 1 2-8 4, Nathan Andrews 1 1-4 3, Nate Venteicher 1 0-0 3. Totals 15 15-26 50. 3-point goals 5 (Lamb 3, Schweitzer 1, Venteicher 1). FG shooting 15-47 (31.9 percent). Rebounds 35 (Lamb 11, Andrews 9, Armstrong 7, Schweitzer 4, Marnin 3). Assists 9 (Andrews 4, Armstrong 3). Steals 3 (Schweitzer 1, Venteicher 1, Andrews 1). Blocked shots 5 (Lamb 3, Venteicher 1, Andrews 1). Turnovers 16. Team fouls 12. Fouled out None.

F-M 12 21 35 45NV 9 27 31 50

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first since 2010. Iowa Cen-tral won five in a row from 2006 to 2010.

For Kelly and his NIACC team, the 2015 tourney was a big step in regaining a lofty position on the nation-al stage. The best previous finish for Kelly, in his sixth season, was 10th place.

I still want a national ti-tle, Kelly said.

Marlin would be eligible for a second season at NI-ACC, or could transfer to a four-year school. He said Saturday night he has not decided any future plans yet.

Team scoring leaders 1. Iowa Central CC 158.5; 2. Clackamas CC 131.5; 3. North Iowa Area CC 113; 4. North Idaho College 109; 5. Northeast Oklahoma 95.5; 6. Muskegon College 75.5; 7. Ellsworth CC 71; 8. (tie) Iowa Western CC 63.5 and Neosho County CC 63.5; 10. Nassau CC 62.

Jake Marlins matches141 pounds

First round Jake Marlin (NIACC) tech fall Kerin Rameriz (Harper College), 17-1 (4:05).

Second round Jake Marlin (NIACC) pinned Michael Malles (Triton College), 1:00.

Quarterfinals Jake Marlin (NIACC) tech fall Andrew Beck (Pratt CC), 22-3 (6:36).

Semifinals Jake Marlin (NIACC) dec. Clay Archer (NE Oklahoma), 4-0.

Championship Jason Alfau (Iowa Central) dec. Jake Marlin (NIACC), 5-2.

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find a way to get the win on the road.

The Spartans finished the regular season 22-9 overall and 6-6 in ICCAC Division II play to earn the 3-seed in the Region XI Tournament. Southwestern hosts 6-seed Iowa Central (16-14, 4-8) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Red Out, where fans are asked to wear red.

Southwestern and Iowa Central split during the regu-lar season, with the Spartans scoring a 91-63 home win just 11 days ago.

ThursdayNIACC (73) Mike Udume 8

6-8 24, Al Davis 3 6-7 14, Braxton Williams 4 2-4 12, Conor Lang 2 1-5 6, Mark Lowe 2 0-0 5, Juafonyay Lyte 2 0-0 4, Jason Kay 1 1-4 4, Boy Van Vliet 1 0-0 2, Trei Mitchell 0 2-2 2. Totals 23 18-30 73. FG shooting 23-63 (36.5 percent). 3-point goals 9-27 (Davis 2, Williams 2, Udume 2, Lang 1, Kay 1, Lowe 1). Rebounds 28. Assists 12. Steals 7. Blocked shots 0. Turnovers 9. Team fouls 19. Fouled out none.

SOUTHWESTERN (81) Jaylon Smith 7 5-5 24, Mataika Koyamainavure 8 1-4 17, Josh Kirk 4 2-6 10, Simon Joseph 4 0-1 8, Ahmad Newsome 2 3-4 8, Jok Kut 2 3-3 7, Josh Tolbert 1 2-2 5, TJ Bower 0 2-2 2. Totals 28 18-27 81. FG shooting 28-51 (54.9 percent). 3-point goals 7-18

(Smith 5, Newsome 1, Tolbert 1). Rebounds 44 (Tolbert 6, Koyamainavure 5, Newsome 5, Kut 4, Smith 4, Bower 4). Assists 15 (Smith 5, Bower 5). Steals 4 (Kut 1, Koyamainavure 1, Smith 1, Bower 1). Blocked shots 5 (Koyamainavure 2, Smith 2). Turnovers 16. Team fouls 21. Fouled out none.

NIACC 30 73SWCC 38 81

SaturdayIOWA LAKES (69) Rachard

Moody 5 5-8 16, Lucas Smith 7 0-1 15, Brendan Tucek 5 1-3 11, Kyle Bauer 3 2-2 9, Blake Wilder 2 2-3 6, Trey Burkhall 2 1-2 6, Justin Sloter 2 0-0 5, Brandon Boggs 0 1-2 1. Totals 26 12-21 69. FG shooting 26-66 (39.4 percent). 3-point goals 5-22 (Smith 1, Moody 1, Burkhall 1, Bauer 1, Sloter 1). Rebounds 33. Assists 10. Steals 9. Blocked shots 1. Turnovers 10. Team fouls 29. Fouled out Burkhall, Harmon.

SOUTHWESTERN (76) Jaylon Smith 6 14-18 31, TJ Bower 4 2-2 12, Mataika Koyamainavure 4 2-2 10, Jok Kut 3 1-2 8, Ahmad Newsome 1 4-4 6, Tanner Kellogg 1 0-0 3, Josh Tolbert 1 0-0 3, Simon Joseph 1 1-3 3. Totals 21 24-31 76. FG shooting 21-53 (39.6 percent). 3-point goals 10-26 (Smith 5, Bower 2, Kellogg 1, Tolbert 1, Kut 1). Rebounds 36 (Koyamainavure 12, Newsome 4, Smith 4, Kut 4, Joseph 4). Assists 15 (Smith 6, Newsome 4, Dylan Mason 3). Steals 4 (Koyamainavure 1, Newsome 1, Smith 1, Joseph 1). Blocked shots 3 (Smith 2). Turnovers 16. Team fouls 14. Fouled out Newsome.

ILCC 27 69SWCC 28 76

SPARTANS:

Spartan women win home finale, 56-53

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer lpeter-son@crestonnews.com

Southwestern women end-ed their home season Satur-day by honoring their four sophomores and gaining their third league victory.

The Spartans won 56-53, ending in a sixth-place tie with Iowa Lakes at 3-11 in the conference, and 4-25 overall. Iowa Lakes, 10-20 overall, won the tiebreaker for sixth place in regional seeding, however, by beating a high-er-seeded team (DMACC) during league play.

That means the Lakers avoid having to travel to one of the conferences two na-tionally-ranked teams Tues-day to open regional tourna-ment play, while the Spartans travel to Mason City Tuesday to take on No. 6 NIACC (12-2, 23-5).

Iowa Lakes travels to third-place Southeastern, unranked at 9-5 and 20-10.

If we could have taken care of business up at Iowa Lakes when we played them the first time, we would have had sixth place to ourselves, said SWCC coach Addae Houston.

Still, he was pleased with Saturdays effort at home after sophomores Jordan Williamson, Jill Vanderhoof, Peyton Russell and Brinee Stewart were honored.

Williamson had a team-high 13 points. Freshman LaStella Slack had 10 points and eight rebounds, and Olivia Reifert hauled in 15 rebounds while scoring five points. Fresh-man guard Sabrina Fountain scored 11 points.

We made some big buck-

ets every time Iowa Lakes got close, and we really came out and played strong on the de-fensive end, Houston said.

Tuesdays regional game is a rematch from a trip to NI-ACC on Thursday, when the ranked Lady Trojans rolled 68-42.

We have to limit our turn-overs to somewhere around 12, Houston said. They are a high-pressure trapping team and we had 24 turnovers the other night. Our goal is to hold them to 58 points, below their average in the 70s.

ThursdayNIACC (68) Alexis Boyd-

Lockett 1 2-5 4, Sierra Ford-Washington 6 0-0 12, Ashleigh Onaca 2 2-2 7, Diamond Miller 4 1-2 9, AChieyah Sanders 1 0-0 2, Logan Anderson 7 2-3 19, Sam Adamich 1 0-0 2, Anna Eckert 1 2-2 5, Trudy Peterson 3 0-2 8. Totals 26 9-16 68. FG shooting 26-70 (37.1 percent). 3-point goals 7-28 (Onaca 1, Anderson 3, Eckert 1, Peterson 2). Team fouls 19. Fouled out None.

SOUTHWESTERN (42) Jordan Williamson 3 4-4 11, SaLisa Bruce 1 0-0 2, Jill Vanderhoof 7 0-0 15, Olivia Reifert 1 0-3 2, LaStella Slack 1 1-2 3, Sabrina Fountain 2 0-2 4, Peyton Russell 0 1-6 1, Brinee Stewart 2 0-2 4. Totals 17 6-19 42. FG shooting 17-54 (31.5 percent). 3-point goals 2-12 (Williamson 1, Vanderhoof 1). Team fouls 13. Fouled out None.

NIACC 33 68SWCC 20 42

SaturdayIOWA LAKES (53)SOUTHWESTERN (56)

Jordan Williamson 4 4-6 13, Sabrina Fountain 5 0-0 11, LaStella Slack 5 0-0 10, Peyton Russell 3 1-2 8, Ashley McClary 1 3-3 5, Olivia Reifert 2 1-2 5, Brinee Stewart 1 0-0 2, SaLisa Bruce 1 0-0 2, Jill Vanderhoof 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 9-13 56. FG shooting 23-57 (40.4 percent). 3-point goals 3-15 (Williamson 1, Fountain 1, Russell 1). Rebounds 37 (Reifert 15, Slack 8). Assists 11 (Bruce 5, Russell 3). Steals 8 (Stewart 2, Williamson 2, Bruce 2). Blocked shots 2 (Reifert 1, Stewart 1). Turnovers 16. Team fouls 18. Fouled out Slack.

ILCC 24 53SWCC 35 56

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