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CHICAGO (MCT) — Though 30 below zero could never be described as warm, Peter Doran said a few weeks in Antarctica can make even the most frigid temperatures start to feel normal.

“I think you do get used to it when it’s perpetu-ally low,” said the University of Illinois at Chicago professor, who specializes in climate and environ-mental issues and works frequently in the Arctic and Antarctic. “You’re feeling it here now. People seem better attuned” to the cold than earlier in the winter.

There’s a scientific basis for that. As winter wears on, our bodies are able to offset some of the chill. That’s why a 30-degree day in early November can seem downright cruel but, after the 22 days and counting of temperatures at or below zero in Chicago this season, that same reading in Febru-ary might feel like a balmy reprieve.

“There are certain physi-ological responses to com-bat cold, and those respons-es become perfected and we call that cold weather acclimatization,” said G. Edgar Folk Jr., a professor emeritus of physiology at the University of Iowa. “You train the skin. There are blood vessels there that keep the heat in.”

But even for the hardiest Chicagoans, this winter has been a challenge. With nearly 60 inches of snow — the most in more than 30 years, according to WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling — and temperatures that had hovered below freezing for 182 straight hours, more than a week, as of midday Friday, many resi-dents said they’d had enough.

“This Chicago weather can get to the bones and it hurts if you let it,” said Tyrell Porter, 30, who had bundled up with two layers of clothes under his coat as he headed off from the South Loop to a job inter-view Friday. “I’ve been here all my life. But as used to it as I am, it’s still hard to deal with.”

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Joining the party: Alex Fargo (center) is congratulated by Creston/O-M wrestling coach Darrell Frain and teammate Trevor Frain after becoming the Panthers’ 12th district qualifier Saturday with a come-from-behind victory by fall over Nick Rounds of Missouri Valley. Fargo placed second at 126 pounds and advances with the other Panther qualifiers to Class 2A district competi-tion this weekend in Atlantic. By winning the sectional at Shenandoah, Creston/O-M also qualifies for Tuesday’s dual regional meet at Creston High School. For more coverage see page 5A.

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Colorful snacks: Cheri Davis, left, shows Monica Powers the pink cupcake she’s interested in buying at one of the fundraising booths for the “Wrap Up Cancer” event Friday at Creston High School during the basketball games against Red Oak. The school’s EAST and SADD programs combined efforts to raise more than $4,000 for a blanket warmer at the Greater Regional Medical Cancer Center. The Creston girls team wore pink uniforms and the boys team wore pink arm bands in support of the cause.

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GREENFIELD — One hundred and twenty five years after E.J. Sidey first started what is now the Adair County Free Press, Iowa Public Tele-vision (IPTV) will air “Sidey Report: Life and Times of an Iowa Icon” 8:30 p.m. March 5.

IPTV describes “The Sidey Report” as the story of one family and a jour-nalistic legacy that spans four genera-tions with a glimpse of rural Midwestern living through the eyes of a small town newspaper.

Laurel Burgmai-er, producer and di-rector at Iowa Pub-lic Television, said this documentary was created to show the impact a small town newspaper has on the community.

“We can get our national news any-where,” said Burgmaier. “Local news lets people know what is going on with their neighbors and friends. Lo-cal news keeps this tie in the commu-nity and people thinking about one another.”

Burgmaier said “The Sidey Re-port” is about the history of the Adair County Free Press, but will focus on

the story of two brothers, Ed and Hugh Sidey, who were fourth-gener-ation journalists.

A premiere of “The Sidey Report” is scheduled 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Grand Theatre, 238 Public Square, in Greenfield. For more information about this event, see sidebar on page 2A.

Meet the SideysE.J., born in Canada in 1862, moved

to the United States in 1876, where he worked in the printing business in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco before moving to Creston, where he

became editor and publisher of the weekly newspaper Creston Common-wealth, which is the present day Cres-ton News Advertiser.

After E.J. moved to Greenfield, he started Adair County Democrat with his father John S. Sidey in 1889, changing the name to Adair County Free Press in 1907.

E.J.’s children, Kenneth (K.H.) and John Sidey, who grew up in the print shop of the family’s paper, followed in their father’s footsteps. John became expert printer and K.H. specialized in news and advertising.

K.H. served in WWI and studied journalism at University of Missouri at Columbia, where he learned writ-ing and page layout. After his father’s death in 1938, K.H. took over as pub-lisher and editor of the newspaper and was later recognized by the Iowa Newspaper Association as master publisher-editor.

In the late 1930s, K.H. took up pho-tography, which replaced sketches previously used in the newspaper. He believed photographs were essential to the newspaper and built the Free Press engraving plant and darkroom in the family’s basement.

Fourth generationBurgmaier, producer and director

Photo contributed by The Sidey Collection LLCA painting of K.H. Sidey hangs on a wall behind Hugh and Ed Sidey in the Free Press office. (1990s)

Photo contributed by The Sidey Collection LLCThis is a glass plate of the Adair County Free Press Staff (1900-1910).

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of “The Sidey Report,” said K.H.’s sons, Ed and Hugh Sidey, are one focus of the documentary she has worked on since 2010.

Ed and Hugh grew up ob-serving their father’s work and worked at the fam-ily’s paper after school, on weekends and during sum-mer breaks.

Both Ed and Hugh joined the service after graduating from high school in Green-field. Upon returning home after WWII, the brothers studied journalism at Iowa State University, where they worked at Iowa State Daily.

After college, the broth-ers went to work for Omaha World-Herald. While in Omaha, Hugh was a free-lance photographer for Life magazine.

Ed SideyIn 1955, Ed returned to

Greenfield and became editor and publisher of the Free Press after his father’s death in 1976.

At home in Greenfield, Ed was active on the school board for approximately 20 years, chamber of com-merce and development corporation, with whom he was instrumental in bring-ing Seed Work Inc. and Cardinal Glass businesses to town.

His wife Linda Sidey re-members him as a creative person who wanted to bring the community together.

“Ed wasn’t into tabloid reporting,” said Linda. “He wasn’t into reporting any-one if they made a mistake. He was always on the posi-tive side.”

Linda said her husband didn’t just cover Green-field, but the entire county of Adair.

“He didn’t feel comfort-able covering agriculture because he didn’t under-stand all of it,” said Linda. “But, it didn’t stop him from starting an ag page.”

Ed has also served as president of the Iowa News Association and past presi-dent of the Iowa News Foundation.

Hugh SideyHugh, who wrote about

the American presidency for more than 30 years, be-gan covering Dwight Eisen-hower for Life magazine in 1957. He later became a political and White House correspondent for TIME Magazine and the writer of a column titled “The Presi-dency” for TIME Maga-zine, which he started in Life magazine in 1966.

During his tenure with TIME, Hugh interviewed the presidents from Dwight

D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush.

It has been reported Hugh was the only reporter Bush allowed on his plane when he left Washington in 1993. Hugh was also was traveling with Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas, was on board a jet with Richard Nixon to China in 1972 and reported on Nixon’s resignation two years later. Hugh, who grew up listening to Big Ten foot-ball game broadcasts by WHO Radio’s sportscaster “Dutch” Reagan, was also considered a close confidant of Ronald Reagan during his eight years as president.

According to Burgmaier, while Hugh interacted with some of the most power-ful people in the country, he never forgot about his home in Iowa and often vis-ited home and wrote about Adair County in his publi-cations.

The Sidey ProjectLinda Sidey, who became

publisher and editor of Adair County Free Press af-ter her husband Ed Sidey’s death in 2008, said she was in the process of moving the business from Iowa Street in Greenfield to its current location on Public Square when she found boxes of old photographs — many of which were taken by K.H. Sidey prior to 1950.

With the photographs, Linda compiled them into what is now known into The Sidey Collection LLC and published a calendar.

In 2010, Burgmaier was shopping for Christmas gifts at Country Hearts in Creston when she stum-bled upon the calendar.

“The Sidey family were really good at taking pho-tographs,” said Burgma-ier. “They were not only artistic, but represented small town America. I just knew they had to be in a

project.”Shortly after her find,

Burgmaier walked into Adair County Free Press and talked to Linda about a project.

“At first they approached me about a book,” said Linda.

The book, titled, “The Sidey Project,” written by June Bower, designed by Kiki Scarberry and ed-ited by Sarah Bingaman Schwartz was published this year.

Busy with the newspaper, Linda said she gave Bower, Scarberry and Schwartz quite a bit of freedom.

“Looking at the proofs, I just started crying,” said

Linda.When it comes time to

viewing the documentary, Linda said she is a little un-certain how she is going to react.

The story of the Sidey family and Adair County Free Press will be told through interviews and photographs in IPTV’s documentary “The Sidey Report: The Life and Times of an Iowa Icon.” The docu-mentary will air 8:30 p.m. March 5 during IPTV’s an-nual drive.

See sidebar, above, for information on the public premiere of “The Sidey Project: Life and Times of an Iowa Icon.”

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Janice Peterson Afton

Janice Peterson, 79, of A f t o n died Feb. 9, 2014, at Afton Care Cen-ter.

Funeral s e r v i c e s will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Sa-lem Lutheran Church in Creston. The Rev. Ben McIn-tire will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery near Afton. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Powers Fu-neral Home, 612 N. Dodge St., Afton. Memorials may be given to Salem Lutheran Church. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Janice Warrior Peterson, daughter of Clarice Vera (Cowles) and Fred Henry Warrior, was born May 24, 1934, in Afton.

Janice graduated from Af-ton High School in 1952.

On Nov. 23, 1952, Janice married Roland “Top” Peter-son at the Afton Methodist Church. They settled briefly in Afton and moved to Wich-

ita Falls, Texas, in 1953.While Top served in the

Air Force, Janice lived in Wichita Falls, Texas, before they moved to Columbus, Ind. She worked at the Cum-mins Diesel Production plant for the next three years while living in Columbus.

In 1957, they returned to a farm north of Afton, where Janice was an active farm wife.

In 1973, she began to work as the secretary to the prin-cipal until her retirement in May of 1996 after 23 years of service to the East Union School District.

Janice has been a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Creston since 1963 and a for-mer member of Afton Meth-odist Church and Sunshine Society.

Janice is survived by her husband Roland “Top” Pe-terson of Afton, son Ron (wife Jean) Peterson of Des Moines, brother Ken (wife Mary Jane) Warrior of Au-rora, Colo.; sisters, Marilyn (husband Bill) Kelly of Boi-se, Idaho, and Carol Smith of Saint Joseph, Mo.; grand-children, Mallory and Zach-ary Peterson, Jenny (husband Nick) Bass and Jason Hol-land; and great-granddaugh-ter Emma Bass.

Janice was preceded in death by her parents.

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SIDEY REPORT:

The public is invited to the IPTV’s premiere of “The Sidey Report: Life and Times of an Iowa Icon” 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Grand Theatre, 238 Public Square, in Greenfield.

Events during the afternoon in-clude:

• A display of Hugh Sidey’s work and talk with Gary Porter about his memories of growing up in Adair County at the Greenfield Public Li-brary, 202 S. First St., in Greenfield.

• Display of photographs from The Sidey Collection and Adair County

Free Press archives at the E.E. War-ren Cultural Center Gallery, 154 Pub-lic Square, in Greenfield.

• Post premiere party at Hotel Greenfield, 110 E. Iowa St. The party will include a sing-along with Rick Mo-rain on piano, showing of photographs from The Sidey Collection from 1920s to 1950s in the Mary Wise Room and a release of The Sidey Collection book.

This event is open to all ages. Ad-mission is free.

For more information, visit www.adaircountyfreepress.com.

Premiere party at Grand Theatre in Greenfield

Burgmaier profile Laurel Burgmaier, producer and director for

Iowa Public Television, is a 1991 East Union High School graduate.

Burgmaier started working for Iowa Public Tele-vision in 1995 and has produced documentaries in-cluding, The People in the Pictures: Stories from the Wettach Farm Photos; More than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa; The Farm Crisis and periodically works on IPTV’s weekly series Market to Market — the longest running agribusiness program in the na-tion.

In 2005, Burgmaier was one of 20 producers nation-wide selected to attend the prestigious Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcast-ing Service (PBS) producers’ workshop at television station WGBH in Boston, Mass.

Burgmaier, who grew up on a farm south of Thay-er, currently lives on a farm northeast of Creston with her husband Jeromy and 4-year-old daughter Halle. Together, they raise cattle, corn and soybeans.

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advantage in keeping warm. Bill Leonard, chair-man of the anthropology department at Northwest-ern University, is part of a team that has spent more than 20 years studying in-digenous groups in rural Russia.

Native Siberians expend on average 15 to 20 per-cent more calories while at rest than people from warmer climes, Leonard said, which means that they produce more heat. In a region where winter tem-peratures can hit 50 below zero, that’s a vital layer of protection.

Leonard said it appears the reason for that differ-ence is both genetic and a result of exposure to bru-tal cold over a person’s lifetime. Non-natives who move to Siberia see some uptick in their metabolism, Leonard said, but that rate on average remains lower than those whose ances-tors inhabited the region.

That could mean there’s hope for Chicagoans suf-fering through this ex-tremely cold and snowy winter. It also means that longtime residents of the city might fare better than people like Courtney Hutchins, 25, who moved to Chicago four months ago from sunny Las Vegas.

“Because you were not exposed to cold, you have to start from scratch,” Folk said. “If you live in a northern climate, you’ve been getting a little bit of cold acclimatization every year.”

Hutchins said she has to coach herself so that she doesn’t get angry about the brutal temperatures.

“Avoidance is how I’m coping,” the South Loop resident said. “It just sucks. It definitely sucks. I can’t believe people deal with this on a normal, year-to-year basis.”

Dr. Lawrence Zachary leads the Cold Hand Clinic at University of Chicago Medicine and treats pa-tients with medical con-ditions that make them especially susceptible to suffering in the chill. He said people tend to dress for the elements after a consistent cold spell, as opposed to how they may go about earlier in the sea-son.

“The change in temper-atures from fall to winter and winter to spring (are) a tough time for people,” Zachary said. “People take better precautions when it’s cold all the time than when it goes from one temperature to another.”

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Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

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Des Moines18/12

Cedar Rapids12/5

Sioux City26/17

Creston15/10

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 17 12 mst sunny Davenport 12 4 mst sunny Marshaltown 13 9 sunnyAtlantic 17 11 pt sunny Des Moines 18 12 sunny Mason City 12 6 mst sunnyAubudon 20 13 pt sunny Dubuque 12 3 mst sunny Onawa 25 16 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 12 5 mst sunny Farmington 16 8 pt sunny Oskaloosa 14 6 sunnyCenterville 17 9 pt sunny Fort Dodge 18 10 mst sunny Ottumwa 14 8 pt sunnyClarinda 19 10 pt sunny Ft Madison 14 6 mst sunny Red Oak 20 11 pt sunnyClarion 15 7 mst sunny Guttenberg 12 2 mst sunny Sioux Center 24 17 pt sunnyClinton 11 2 mst sunny Keokuk 15 6 mst sunny Sioux City 26 17 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 22 14 mst sunny Lansing 14 4 mst sunny Spencer 20 12 mst sunnyCreston 15 10 pt sunny LeMars 24 16 mst sunny Waterloo 10 4 mst sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 37 28 mixed Houston 39 34 rain Phoenix 74 48 mst sunnyBoston 26 7 mst sunny Los Angeles 71 50 pt sunny San Francisco 61 49 rainChicago 14 -1 mst sunny Miami 83 68 pt sunny Seattle 47 42 rainDallas 33 28 mixed Minneapolis 16 13 sn shower St. Louis 23 13 pt sunnyDenver 46 25 pt sunny New York 25 14 mst sunny Washington, DC 32 21 sunny

Moon Phases

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

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

Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

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

TuesdayCreston Lions Club Board of

Directors, 7 a.m., Hy-Vee Deli.Creston Kiwanis Club, noon,

The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.OLE Club, noon, congregate

meal site, restored Creston Depot.

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

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

VFW Post No. 1797, 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, 403 W. Montgomery St.

Eagles Aerie, 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

Eagles Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

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

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

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

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

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living room 114, 1709 W. Prairie St.

ThursdayNational Association of

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

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

Kent Dinner Club, 5:30 p.m., Creston Family Restaurant, 802 W. Taylor St.

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

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

Meetings Creston Airport Commis-

sion, 6 p.m. today, meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: review claims; public forum; other items.

— — — — — —Corning School Board, 7

p.m. today, meeting room.Agenda includes: stu-

dent council report; teacher education report, guidance counselor; superintendent, elementary principal and middle/high school princi-pal reports; resignation; new contracts; open enrollment applications; EduCare con-tract.

— — — — — —Creston City Water Works

Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, board room.

Agenda includes: 5:30 p.m. audit committee minutes; 5:35 p.m. review city of Cres-ton Water Works investment policy; review the fourth amended contract between Southern Iowa Rural Wa-ter Association and Creston City Water Works.

— — — — — —Afton City Council, 6:30

p.m. Tuesday, city hall.Agenda includes: 6:30

p.m. public hearing on fiscal year July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015, budget estimate; public forum; possible resolutions adopting annual budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; set public hearing on proposed sale of real estate, 409 W. Filmore lot, to Union County Development Asso-ciation; Ordinance No. 213, one-way traffic, second read-ing for alley by community center; monthly review of nuisance properties; Splash-pad updates, Mz. Gorgeous contest (Retta Ripperger); discuss chapters 63 speed regulations and 65 stop or yield required; IAMU elec-tric utility system operation short course March 25-28; ISU Extension intro to Plan-ning and Zoning workshop

in Creston April 22.

Police Lee Michael McTaggart,

38, of Kellerton was charged 12:04 p.m. Friday at Union County Law Enforcement Center with failure to ap-pear on an original charge of second-degree theft.

McTaggart was being held at Union County Jail on $5,000 bond.

— — — — — —Robin Runette Smith, 53,

104 S. Sumner Ave., was charged on a Union County warrant 2:10 p.m. Friday at 604 S. Division St., for viola-tion of a protective order.

According to a Creston Police report, Smith con-tacted Union County Law Enforcement Center Jan. 17 to set up a time to get her clothes from the residence of Louis Bender. Smith was told officers would contact Bender to set up the time with officers present. While on the phone, Bender told officers Smith violated a protective order against her and called Bender’s home phone that morning, but he didn’t answer. When officers arrived at the resi-dence for the exchange of Smith’s things they verified a call had been placed from Smith’s phone to Bender’s phone. Bender filled out a statement Jan. 18.

Smith was released on promise to appear.

— — — — — —Michael Dean Gourley, 58,

3141 150th St., was charged 2:06 a.m. Saturday at Union County Law Enforcement Center for operating while intoxicated.

According to a Creston Police report, officers re-ceived a call Saturday in regard to a suspicious ve-hicle parked and running at 1111 N. Sycamore St. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Gourley, who was sleeping in the vehicle. After waking Gourley up,

officers observed him to have bloodshot and watery eyes and an odor of an al-coholic beverage about his person. Gourley admitted to drinking that night, and was transported to Union County Law Enforcement Center. He consented to standardized field sobriety testing at the law center, which indicated he was impaired. He consented to a preliminary breath test, which indicated his blood alcohol content was over .08. A sample of breath was requested through the Data Master, which Gourley con-sented to. The Data Master indicated his blood alcohol content was .224.

Gourley was released on $1,000 bond.Miscellaneous

Welfare check, 11:09 a.m., Friday, West Irving Street.

Warrant, 11:28 a.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Accident, 1:55 p.m., Friday, North Elm Street.

Traffic stop, 6:19 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 7:14 p.m., Friday, West Irving Street.

Traffic stop, 7:39 p.m., Friday, Union Street.

Traffic stop, 8:28 p.m., Friday, New York Avenue.

Talk to officer, 9:26 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Accident, 6:22 a.m., Saturday, North Sumner Avenue.

Animal call, 10:08 a.m., Saturday, Livingston Avenue.

Drive off, 11:02 a.m., Saturday, North Sumner Avenue.

Escort, 11:12 a.m., Saturday, New York Avenue.

Accident, 2:46 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.

Animal call, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, McKinley Street.

Reckless driving, 7 p.m., Saturday, North Cherry Street.

Accident, 7:05 p.m., Saturday, West Townline Street.

Disturbing the peace, 2:17 a.m., Sunday, North Cherry Street.

Talk to officer, 4:33 a.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Suspicious person, 5:27 a.m., Sunday, North Cherry Street Road.

Assistance, 7:36 a.m., Sunday, West Townline Street.

Harassing communication, 10:41 a.m., Sunday, North Oak Street.

Talk to officer, 3:54 p.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Possible OWI, 4:12 p.m., Sunday, East Taylor Street.

Accident, 7:04 p.m., Sunday, West Townline Street.

Animal call, 7:46 p.m., Sunday, South Peterson Street.

Welfare check, 7:58 p.m., Sunday, North Jarvis Street.

Accident Breea Pearl Jackson, 19,

of Mount Ayr was cited for failure to obey a stop or yield sign 7 a.m. Friday at the in-tersection of North Cedar and East Summit streets.

According to a Cres-ton Police report, Jackson, driving a 2006 Pontiac east on East Summit, was at the intersection of East Sum-mit and North Cedar, with a stop sign present. Jack-son was unable to stop at the intersection, and struck the right rear side of a 2007 Chevrolet, driven south on North Cedar by Rosemary Elaine Stark, 68, of Grand River. The collision caused Stark’s vehicle to rotate sideways in the roadway, across the center line and into the path of a 1999 Maz-da driven north on North Cedar by Sandra Kay Tor-rens, 55, 605 N. Pine St. Torrens collided with the left side of Stark’s vehicle.

Jackson stated a black SUV was traveling behind her in the same direction on East Summit, and the vehicle pushed her into the roadway, causing her to fail to yield and cause the accidents. Of-ficers were unable to locate any evidence that supported

Jackson’s statements. The rear end of Jackson’s vehicle was examined. The bumper had significant amounts of dirt and road residue pres-ent, but none of the residue or grime had scuff or contact marks visible. There were no other track or skid marks present in the sand at the intersection, and Stark and Torrens said they did not see a black vehicle collide with the rear end of Jackson’s ve-hicle.

Damage estimates are

$1,500 to Jackson’s vehicle, $6,000 to Stark’s vehicle and $4,500 to Torrens’ vehicle.

Fire Miscellaneous

Fire alarm, 3:34 p.m., Friday, West Townline Street.

Medical, 8:02 p.m., Friday, West Townline Street.

Odor investigation, 10:34 a.m., Saturday, Highway 25.

Medical, 12:54 p.m., Saturday, North Cedar Street.

Motor vehicle crash, 8:49 p.m., Saturday, Cherry Street Road.

Medical, 6:05 a.m., Sunday, West Montgomery Street.

Medical, 6:46 a.m., today, North Walnut Street.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $4.34

Soybeans — $12.89• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $4.33Soybeans — $12.97

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Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Disputes about inheritances, taxes, debt and shared prop-erty will not go well today. This is a poor day to go up against authority figures. Wait for another day.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Difficulties with bosses, supervisors, partners and close friends might stymie you today. Is there no relief? Actually, there is. You have to run away to live and fight another day.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is not a good day to chal-lenge the political and religious ideas of others. If you try, the response will be, “Talk to the hand.”

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) It won’t be easy to get your way dealing with shared prop-erty, inheritances and anything you own jointly. Knowing this, don’t try to tackle these ques-tions today. Bide your time.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) No matter what you suggest to partners and close friends today, they will not go along with your ideas. Just accept that this is how it is. Don’t make a fuss.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You feel world-weary today. Not only does work seem hard, but your health seems to be at a low ebb today as well. Don’t worry; this is a temporary chal-lenge. Get your rest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) The responsibilities of children seem serious today. Let’s face it, this goes with the territory. Romantic relationships might feel restrictive, lonely or cut off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It’s tough to deal with author-ity figures today, because they will demand hard work and discipline from you. Perhaps it’s best to postpone important discussions for another day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might be in worry mode today. Remember: “Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) We all feel the money crunch. Today especially, you might feel broke or discour-aged about your finances. Things will look better within the year.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) It’s easy to feel cut off

and lonely today, as if you cannot connect with others. Naturally this will bother you, because you love to

network.PISCES (Feb. 19 to March

20) Today you feel held back by some kind of barrier, either directly connected to someone else or just yourself. It’s as if you are required to be some-body you don’t want to be.

YOU BORN TODAY You’re an independent thinker and a

bit of a maverick. You have an inventive mind; you love to explore new ideas. Because you want to make the world a better place, you will lend your efforts to meaningful causes whether you lead the charge or support others. This year you will focus on relationships and close friendships.

Birthdate of: Thomas Edison, inventor; Burt Reynolds, actor; Natalie Dormer, actress.

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Creston/O-M dominates Shenandoah sectionalTiebreaker criteria sends Atlantic to regional with Panthers

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

SHENANDOAH — Creston/O-M removed itself from the drama and intrigue of the battle for second place, with a dominating perfor-mance at the Class 2A sec-tional wrestling tournament here Saturday.

The Panthers advanced 12 of 14 wrestlers to district com-petition Saturday at Atlantic, including eight champions. The two wrestlers not advanc-ing each finished third as the Panthers amassed 283 points.

Clarinda and Atlantic tied for second with 214 points each, with Clarinda advanc-ing eight wrestlers and Atlan-tic six. Red Oak advanced the other two wrestlers.

The top two teams advance to Tuesday’s dual regional meets in a quest for qualifying for the dual state tournament Feb. 19. Atlantic was awarded the second spot in a criteria tiebreaker.Tiebreaker

Since there were no athlete or coach misconduct penalties against either team Saturday, it came down to most matches won.

“We had 11 first-round byes, and you don’t get a match victory for those, so that hurt us,” Clarinda coach Josh Porter said.

The Trojans finished the day with 20 total contested

match wins compared to Clar-inda’s 16.

All of the rated wrestlers in the Shenandoah sectional ad-vanced as champions, except at 120 pounds, where two were pitted in the finals. And, because of that competition, it’s a weight where a returning state qualifier, Panther soph-omore Wyatt Thompson, did not advance.

Fifth-rated Blake Luna of Clarinda beat No. 4 Dil-lion Cox of Atlantic 3-1 for the sectional title. Cox then beat Thompson 7-1 in the

wrestleback for true second after Thompson won by fall in the consolation round. Luna pinned Thompson in 1:17 in the semifinals.

“We knew we’d need a major upset,” Creston/O-M coach Darrell Frain said. “We thought maybe how the wrestlebacks were going that we might have a chance. That (Cox) is the kid who beat him at state. Him and Luna will be high placewinners at state.”

The other state-rated wres-tlers emerging as champions Saturday were No. 3 Dar-

rian Schwenke of Atlantic at 126, No. 6 Chase Shiltz of Creston/O-M at 145, No. 2 Trevor Frain of Creston/O-M at 170, No. 7 Seth Maitlen of Creston/O-M at 195, No. 9 Tyler Christensen of Atlantic at 220 and No. 10 Dakota Cal-fee of Clarinda at 285.

Other Panther champions were Kruz Adamson at 113, Spencer Wray at 132, Joey Huntington at 138, Gavin Leith at 152 and Adam Baker at 182.

Advancing in second place were Brody Frain at 106, Alex

Fargo at 126, Tayler Pettit at 160 and Kadon Hulett at 220.

Frain and Fargo won wres-tleback matches for true sec-ond after losing in the finals, without a previous match against consolation winners Nate Hoyt of Shenandoah and Nick Rounds of Missouri Valley, respectively.

Frain dominated his wres-tleback match, winning by fall in 3:11 after building a 7-0 lead.

“He was a two seed, but both the three and four seeds had him on his back during the year, so you never know in those situations,” coach Frain said.Sudden turnaround

Fargo had coach Frain leaping high in celebration, as well as his teammates, with a sudden change in momentum in his wrestleback match.

Roberts had secured his second takedown for a 4-0 lead on Fargo, who seized an opening to reverse into a pin-ning hold in the second period for a fall in 3:01. He said he thought of former teammate Dalton Hribal, who was killed in an auto accident last sea-son.

“I heard everyone scream-ing, ‘how bad do you want it?’ I thought about my buddy, who passed away last year,” Fargo said. “I hit my fire-man’s move, put him on his

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONGavin Leith of Creston/O-M turns Thomas Peasley of Missouri Valley for nearfall points before earning the pin in 1:23 of their semifinal match at 152 pounds Saturday at the Shenandoah Class 2A sectional. Leith went on to beat Luke Strong of Clarinda, 4-3, for the sectional title.

After serious Tiger injury, Panthers roll, 63-29By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

A few minutes after a heart-warming tribute to the cause of the night, raising more than $4,000 for a blanket warmer at Greater Regional Medical Cancer Center by two student groups, a hush came over the Creston High School gym Fri-day night.

Red Oak senior center Evan Mellott failed to get up from a fall under the Creston basket after a rebound scrum. Soon, it became apparent why.

Mellott’s right foot was an-gled to the right, the gruesome sight of a compound ankle

fracture that drew gasps from the crowd.

Fortunately, trainer Chris Leonard and orthopedic sur-geon Dr. William Ralston of Greater Regional Medical Center were quickly on the scene. Mellott’s ankle was placed in a splint as he was carried — hopping on one leg by his choice — to an awaiting ambulance for surgery that night at GRMC.

After a standing ovation for Mellott as he left the gym, the teams regrouped and the Panthers methodically pulled away to a 63-29 victory. Four-teen total players scored for

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONBrandon Phipps comes down with a rebound against Red Oak freshman Weston Rolenec during the Panthers’ 63-29 victory here Friday. Phipps finished with seven points and two rebounds.

Red Oak foils Creston’s upset bidPanthers lose 6-point lead in overtime

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston’s Jenna Taylor (right) battles Angela Mahoney of Red Oak for a loose ball during Friday’s Hawkeye 10 Conference game here. Taylor finished with 15 points and six rebounds in the 69-67 overtime loss.

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

A Red Oak team that had been rated earlier in the season was on the verge of defeat against the Cres-ton girls here Friday night.

It was all shaping up to be a terrific start to a spe-cial evening in the Creston High School gym, as the EAST and SADD student groups combined efforts to raise more than $4,000 for a blanket warmer at

Greater Regional Medi-cal Center Cancer Center in the school’s “Wrap Up Cancer” event.

Creston players were wearing pink uniforms for the cancer support cause, and the commons area was buzzing with fundraising activities.

A good crowd was on hand to see the Panthers stage an upset bid, leading Red Oak by six points in overtime after Jenna Tay-lor’s 3-pointer on a sideline out-of-bounds play tied it near the end of regulation,

57-57.Red Oak was sitting tied

for third in the Hawkeye 10 at 6-3, and 12-6 overall. The Panthers were 2-7 and 7-11, but hopeful based on a competitive 41-35 loss earlier at Red Oak.

And, the Tigers were missing Bailey Hankins from illness in the varsity lineup, after injuries had already felled two players earlier, including starters Blake Bergren and Sabrina

Panthers, Bedford/Lenox advance to dual regionalsAt Saturday’s sectional wrestling tournaments,

teams placing first and second in the Class 1A and 2A competitions qualified for Tuesday’s re-gional dual meets.

No. 6 ranked Creston/O-M, champion of the Shenandoah sectional, will host Winterset while Atlantic duals Saydel in the other half of that Class 2A regional. Action begins at 6 p.m.

Both Creston/O-M and Winterset were sec-

tional champs, while Saydel and Atlantic were second at their sites, which is a different dual re-gional format than in the past. This year, pairings were determined by dual team ratings. Votes for Saydel apparently exceeded Winterset’s.

In addition, Kuemper Catholic, which finished two points ahead of Harlan at the Perry sectional for second place, travels to meet No. 13 Sergeant Bluff-Luton and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley takes

on MOC-Floyd Valley.Bedford/Lenox will travel to Liberty Center

for their regional dual and will take on No. 2 Ed-dyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. No. 11 Southeast Warren will meet Sigourney-Keota in the other dual.

Winners of the first-round duals then meet to decide that regional’s representative at the state duals team tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

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Sam comes outCOLUMBIA, Mo.

— Michael Sam, an All-American defensive line-man from Missouri and the Associated Press’ SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay in an interview with ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” on Sunday.

Sam stated publicly what his teammates and coaches at Mizzou have known since August: “I am an openly, proud gay man.”

Sam is eligible for the NFL draft in May. As-suming that he is drafted, Sam could become the first openly gay player in the history of the NFL.

“I understand how big this is,” he said. “It’s a big deal. No one has done this before. And it’s kind of a nervous process, but I know what I want to be ... I want to be a football player in the NFL.”

Sam’s decision to speak out now — in interviews with ESPN and the New York Times — comes after his experience two weeks ago at the Senior Bowl, where, he said, many already seemed aware of his sexual orien-tation.

“I didn’t realize how many people actually knew, and I was afraid that someone would tell or leak something out about me,” he said. “I want to own my truth. ... No one else should tell my story but me.”Smart suspended

S T I L L W A T E R , Okla. — Oklahoma State star Marcus Smart has been suspend-ed for three games for shoving a Texas Tech fan in the final seconds of Sat-urday’s game, Cowboys coach Travis Ford an-nounced Sunday.

Smart tried to block Jaye Crockett’s dunk attempt from be-hind with 6.2 seconds to go but stumbled out of bounds behind the basket. As he was being helped up, he exchanged words with a fan in the front row before lunging for the fan and pushing him with two hands. The fan, wearing a black Texas Tech shirt, stumbled backward but did not fall.

Smart then walked away, pointing back in the fan’s direction. Officials assessed a technical foul but did not eject him, and he remained on the bench until the final buzzer.

Oklahoma State travels to play Texas on Tuesday, then faces Oklahoma at home on Saturday be-fore a road game at Bay-lor on Feb. 17. Following Smart’s suspension, the Cowboys’ next game is at home against Texas Tech.No medal

KRASNAYA POLY-ANA, Russia — Lower-ing his head, then crouch-ing in a corner, Bode Miller lingered in the fin-ish area after his slower-than-expected Olympic downhill run, contemplat-ing where things might have gone wrong.

Most everyone, Miller included, thought he was the man to beat entering Sunday’s race.

Didn’t even come close. Failing to produce the sort of near-perfect perfor-mance he came up with in practice, Miller finished eighth in the downhill.


Panther girls bounce back against AtlanticBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

ATLANTIC — After a tough loss to Red Oak on Friday, the Creston girls bas-ketball team bounced back Saturday with a 60-43 road win over Atlantic.

“It was a quick turn-around,” head coach Larry McNutt said. “I didn’t know how we’d play, but the girls did a good job of bounc-ing back and getting a good win.”

The win improved Creston to 8-12 for the season. The Panthers remain 2-8 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference, as the game did not count in the conference standings. Atlan-tic falls to 2-18 for the season.

The Panthers built a 31-17 lead at halftime, but Atlantic crawled back into the game, eventually cutting the defi-cit to 40-37 at the end of the third quarter.

“They came out in a box-and-one and triangle-and-two on both Jenna (Taylor) and Natalie (Mostek),” Mc-Nutt said. “They got back in the game, but we did a good job in the fourth quarter. We got some open shots and the girls did a good job of making shots down the stretch.”

Creston scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to cushion its lead and never looked back as the Panthers outscored Atlantic 20-6 in the final quarter.

A big part of Creston’s success, especially in the sec-

ond half, was Taylor Briley, who had a breakout game of-fensively.

Briley scored 19 points to lead all scorers, with 15 of those p o i n t s coming in the sec-ond half.

“Basi-cally they w e r e n ’ t guarding her and Camryn (Somers) on the wings,” McNutt said. “They did a good job of getting open and knocking down some shots. Taylor got some nice 10 to 12-foot looks at the basket.”

Taylor added 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while Mostek recorded a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Chelcee Downing scored seven points to go with seven assists and five rebounds.

“It was a good bounceback win, especially when they cut it to three,” McNutt said. “We stepped it up defensive-ly when we needed to.”

The Panthers return to ac-tion Thursday at home for the final home game of the season. Creston hosts Clar-inda for senior night.

The game will also be a “blackout” as McNutt en-courages everyone to wear black to the game.

ATLANTIC (43) — Catherine Leonard 5 1-2 11, Meghan Reilly 5 0-0 10, Tiffany Williams 5 0-1 10, Macey Schmitt 1 2-2 5, Ayssa Siggins 1 1-2 3. Totals

— 17 4-7 39. FG shooting — 17-45 (37 percent). 3-point goals — 1-4 (Schmitt 1). Steals — 7. Rebounds — 20. Turnovers — 21. Team fouls — 20. Fouled out — Mollee Welter.

CRESTON (60) — Taylor Briley 8 3-5 19, Jenna Taylor 7 3-3 17, Natalie Mostek 4 3-4 11, Chelcee Downing 2 2-2 7, Camryn Somers 1 2-5 4, Olivia Nielsen 1 0-0 2. Totals — 23 13-19 60. FG shooting — 23-51 (45 percent). 3-point goals — 1-7 (Downing 1). Rebounds — 31 (Mostek 12, Downing 5, Briley 5, Taylor 5, Somers 2). Assists — 11 (Downing 7, Briley 2). Steals — 7 (Downing 2, Briley 2, Mostek 2). Turnovers — 12. Team fouls — 11. Fouled out — none.

Atlantic — 7 17 37 43Creston — 11 31 40 60

JUNIOR VARSITYThe Creston JV team led

Atlantic 24-14 at halftime, but struggled against Atlan-tic’s press in the second half of 42-34 loss.

The loss drops the Panther JV team to 11-9 for the sea-son.

“We came out strong in the first and second quarters,” Creston JV coach Mendy McCreight said. “Then we fell apart and struggled against their press, and made bad passes on offense.”

Cammy Rutherford led Creston with 12 points and seven rebounds. Caitlin Mc-Ilravy added eight points with three assists.

Creston (34) — Cammy Rutherford 12, Caitlin McIlravy 8, Madison Callahan 6, Sadie Jones 4, Jessica Beatty 2, Becca Ross 2. 3-point goals — None. Free throws — 4-4. Rebounds — 20 (Rutherford 7, Maria Mostek 4, Callahan 3, Jones 2). Steals — 9 (Rutherford 3). Assists — 9 (McIlravy 3, Callahan 2, Mostek 2). Team fouls — 15. Halftime score — Creston 24, Atlantic 14.

Atlantic (42)

Poor shooting costs PanthersBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

The Creston boys basket-ball team couldn’t seem to buy a bucket here Saturday in a 56-45 loss to Atlantic.

The Panthers trailed 27-26 at halftime, but head coach Billy Hiatt said things could have been much dif-ferent if his team had been able to make a few shots.

“I bet in the first half, we probably left 10 points on missed layups,” Hiatt said. “We missed a lot of point blank, a lot of putbacks. Guys got frustrated a little bit. We didn’t get to the free throw line a whole lot. First half we only shot five free throws.”

While his team struggled offensively in the first half, Hiatt said he felt his team played well defensively. The biggest struggle was not being able to get its fullcourt press set up after made baskets.

Things took a turn for the worse in the third quar-ter, as Creston managed to score just six points in the quarter, as Atlantic built a 42-32 lead.

“They came out in the third quarter and they jumped on us,” Hiatt said.

“Couldn’t hit shots. No-body could hit. They kind of got hot there and the (Garrett) Franken kid hit a couple of big threes when we were scrambling on them.”

Creston eventually cut the lead down to four with about a minute to go in the game, but Atlantic made enough free throws down the stretch to hold off the Panther rally.

“It was a pretty physical game, especially in the first half,” Hiatt said. “I think in the first half, there was only three or four fouls called. There was a lid on the bas-ket. Couldn’t get anything to go in.”

Jay Wolfe led Creston with 14 points and seven rebounds. Cole Thomp-son added eight points and Brandon Phipps scored

seven. Franken, a fresh-man, led Atlantic with 22 points.

Creston dropped to 10-8 for the season with the loss, halting a four-game winning streak. Atlantic, meanwhile, improved to 5-12 for the season.

Creston returns to action tonight against Glenwood in a makeup game.

ATLANTIC (56) — Garrett Franken 22, Ryan Hawkins 11, Joey Walker 8, Tristen Benn 6, Nick Podhajsky 5, Adam Wieser 4. 3-point goals — 4 (Franken 4).

CRESTON (45) — Jay Wolfe 14, Cole Thompson 8, Brandon Phipps 7, Cole Crawford 6, Christian Groumoutis 5, Alex Nielsen 5.

JUNIOR VARSITYThe Creston JV team

picked up a 57-40 win over Atlantic on Saturday.

Raiderettes run away from PleasantvilleBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

MOUNT AYR — The Mount Ayr girls basketball team started its game here Friday against Pleasantville trailing the Trojans 12-0 be-fore the opening tip.

Or at least that’s what head coach Thad Streit told his players before the Raid-erettes ran away with a 64-26 win.

“I told the girls, we dig ourselves a hole,” Streit said. “We realize it, and then the last three minutes of the game, then we play our butts off. So we came out with the idea of starting at tip, we’re down 12 points. They came out with energy, they came out with fire, they came out with enthusiasm. Maybe I need to tell them that every

game.”Pleasantville jumped to a

6-5 lead in the opening min-utes of the game, but then the Trojans went scoreless for close to 10 minutes of game time, as the Raider-ettes went on a 32-0 run to put the game away early.

Senior Paige Daughton scored 12 of her game-high 19 points during the 32-0 run, as Mount Ayr got sev-eral easy buckets off of turn-overs. Kelcie Shields added 14 points for the Raider-ettes.

“I think that’s her career high,” Streit said. “She was doing a lot of right things. She had 17 at halftime. I can’t complain about that. We were trying to get Brook (Rychnovsky) some more touches, some threes, but they just wouldn’t fall.”

Daughton and Rych-

novsky were the lone seniors on the girls basketball team honored during a senior night celebration in between the girls game and the boys game. In total, 15 Mount Ayr seniors involved in win-ter activities were honored.

Streit said his team did a good job defensively, espe-cially on Kennedy Core.

“Kennedy Core is the best player in the confer-ence,” he said. “She’s av-eraging 20 and we held her to 11. She’s a special player. She is dang good. She didn’t hit any threes tonight. They didn’t hit any threes at all.”

Streit was also pleased with how his team worked the ball inside to get qual-ity looks at the basket.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMount Ayr senior Paige Daughton (center) flies in for a shot in a crowded lane during Mount Ayr’s 64-26 win over Pleasantville on Friday. Daughton scored 19 points to lead all scorers.

Victory slips away from RaidersBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

MOUNT AYR — Things looked good early for Mount Ayr against a tough Pleas-antville team here on Fri-day, as the Raiders scored the final seven points of the first half to take a 32-25 lead into halftime.

The lead was still seven midway through the third quarter, as the Raiders led 38-31 after a Kyle Dolech-eck free throw. Then, when Jack Jones hit Jed McCrea-ry for a basket underneath, Mount Ayr held a 42-37 lead with just over 3:00 to go.

But, back-to-back Trever Zoss 3-pointers gave Pleas-antville a 43-42 lead and spurred a 26-0 run as the Trojans escaped with a 63-53 win over the Raiders.

Mount Ayr went close to eight minutes without scor-ing, as Pleasantville’s lead reached as much as 63-42.

Pleasantville switched to a fullcourt press that gave Mount Ayr troubles, lead-ing to turnovers and plenty of missed shots.

“They got in that press and we’ve shown this year that if they press, we have a hard time with that,” head coach Bret Ruggles said. “We missed, I think, 17 or 18 shots in a row. Just can’t miss that many and try to hang on. I’m proud of our guys for fighting back and making it a 10-point game.”

Jones scored the final 11 points of the game, m a k i n g the final deficit 10 points be-fore being b r o u g h t out of the game late on senior night. Jones scored a game-high 28 points.

“We really talked to our guys that we’ve got to step up and hit shots,” Ruggles said. “We did that early to-night. Riley Weehler hit

a couple shots early, Ca-leb Schnoor hit a few. Jack Jones had a great night to-night. When he gets going, he can fill it up quick.”

Jones was one of seven seniors honored on senior night. Other Mount Ayr se-nior honored Friday night

were Kyle Young, Quency Vos, Casey Paxson, Zach Vanderflught, Jake Sobotka and Hagan Willis.

“It’s been a great senior class,” Ruggles said. “I

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMount Ayr sophomore Caleb Schnoor dribbles around a screen set by teammate Jed McCreary (55) during Mount Ayr’s 63-53 loss to Pleasantville on Friday.

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back, and squeezed as hard as I could! Luckily, I got him.”

It was Creston/O-M’s last victory of the day, and per-haps the most satisfying.

“He got him on a nice move to turn him on his back,” Frain said. “He was outwork-ing him there at the end.”

Besides the third-ranked Schwenke, the district will have No. 8 Dylan Forkner of Greene County at 126.

There were numerous oth-er highlights.Adamson rolls

Adamson spent little time on the mat, cruising by falls in 20 seconds and 1:21 at 113.

Wray beat Red Oak’s Tan-ner Mertz for the third time in three weeks, and all were wild matches. This time, Wray ended up on top in a 7-5 de-cision on the strength of a 5-0 lead in the opening period.

Likewise, Huntington had another close match with Clarinda’s Trey Stickler in the 138 finals, controlling a 3-0 decision.

Ninth-ranked Tommy Bradshaw of Greene County is matched up with Hun-tington in the district. Wray will have No. 9 Alexander Schmitz of Kuemper in his weight bracket.

Shiltz, a freshman on the rise in the state outlook at 145 pounds, had a 40-second fall in the semifinals before deck-ing Atlantic’s Reid Nichols in 1:26 in the finals. Coach Frain said the competition level will rise this week with Kuemper’s

10th-ranked Jared Eischeid and Harlan’s Brogan Kelly at the district meet.

Only two of the three can advance to state. Shiltz was the conference champion.

“He will have tough match-es next week,” Frain said, “but he’s been doing a good job of going out and doing what he needs to do.”

Leith, recovering from a shoulder injury, has now beat-en Clarinda’s Luke Strong three weeks in a row during his comeback. This time it was a 4-3 decision after getting a nearfall for a 4-2 lead in the second period. He held off Strong’s takedown attempts in the final seconds.

“He’s in a tough district and will have to continue to wres-tle well,” Frain said. “Strong is a solid wrestler. The Perry kid was ranked earlier in the season, and Chase beat the Greene County kid (10th-ranked Jeremy Scheuer-mann) at our tournament. But he can do it.”

At 160 pounds, Pettit was the second seed and won a crucial 3-2 decision over Ja-cob Johnson of Atlantic in the semifinals. J.J. Clark then beat him 10-4 in the finals, but with Johnson winning by fall in the consolation round, there was no wrestleback and Pettit was runner-up.

“We knew what that semi-final match meant,” Frain said. “It was like when we wrestled him at conference. It was a battle.”

Trevor Frain, rapidly de-veloping a reputation for

quick falls — including a five-second pin that’s believed to match a state record — kept it going Saturday with pins in 27 and 49 seconds. Coach Frain cautioned that his second-ranked son won’t have it so easy farther down the tourna-ment road.

“We just have to make sure we keep testing him in the (practice) room,” coach Frain said.On a roll

Baker had never won a tournament title, but now has two in a row after the confer-ence and sectional titles at 182. He outscored Clarinda’s Cain Johanns 11-6 in Satur-day’s title match.

“He had the cradle in to get a good lead,” Frain said. “He just needs to keep it going.”

Maitlen won by two falls at 195, pinning Clarinda’s Chris-tian Lauritsen in 3:49 in the fi-nals. Lauritsen came into the match with a 38-10 record.

“Lauritsen is a really tough wrestler and Seth just domi-nated him,” Frain said. “That was good to see.”

Cale Stork of Harlan is ranked just in front of Maitlen in what could be an interest-ing district matchup.

Hulett was pinned by the rated Christensen of Atlantic in the 220 finals after winning by fall in 5:40 against Clairn-da’s Brook Stephens in the semifinals. Stephens won the consolation match, removing any wrestleback worries for the Panther freshman.

“I’m not sure it was his best

wrestling, but nobody cares what it looks like if you’re still wrestling next week!” Frain said.

Third-ranked Dallon Ben-dorf of Harlan joins Atlantic’s Christensen and Hulett at the district meet.

The Panther coach also praised the efforts of fresh-man Cody Tanner scoring points as the replacement for heavyweight Jake Gutschen-ritter, who could be eligible for state duals if the team qualifies.

“Tanner has filled in just fine,” Frain said. “He’s definitely gotten better and helped us. Jake has not missed a practice. His hard work could pay off if we can get to state.”

Class 2A SectionalAt Shenandoah

Team standings (district quali-fiers) — 1. Creston/O-M (12) 283; *2. Atlantic (6) 214; 3. Clarinda (8) 214; 4. Red Oak (2) 97; 5. MIssouri Valley (0) 93; 6. Shenandoah (0) 83.

* — Second place on tiebreaker criteria, most matches won.

Final round106 — Champ: Carter Cox

(Atl) dec. Brody Frain (C/O-M), 2-1. Conso: Nate Hoyt (Shen) dec. Noah Donahue (Clar), 11-7. Wrestleback: Frain (C/O-M) pinned Hoyt (Shen), 3:11.

113 — Champ: Kruz Adamson (C/O-M) pinned Dakota Petty (RO), 1:21. Conso: Dakota Foster (Clar) major dec. Colby Sorensen (Atl), 10-2. No wrestleback.

120 — Champ: Blake Luna (Clar) dec. Dillion Cox (Atl), 3-1. Conso: Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) pinned Jake Kyle (MV), 1:46. Wrestleback: Cox (Atl) dec. Thompson (C/O-M), 7-1.

126 — Champ: Darrian Schwenke (Atl) pinned Alex Fargo (C/O-M), :33. Conso: Nick Rounds (MV) by forfeit. Wrestleback: Fargo (C/O-M) pinned Rounds (MV), 3:02.

132 — Champ: Spencer Wray (C/O-M) dec. Tanner Mertz (RO), 7-5. Conso: Jake Johnson (Shen) dec. Marshall McDermott (Atl), 12-7 OT. No wrestleback.

138 — Champ: Joey Huntington (C/O-M) dec. Trey Stickler (Clar), 3-0. Conso: Austin Williamson (Atl) dec. Logan Roberts (Shen), 4-3. No wrestleback.

145 — Champ: Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) pinned Reid Nichols (Atl), 1:26. Conso: Josh McIlnay (MV) pinned Kollyn Buch (Clar), 2:49. No wrestleback.

152 — Champ: Gavin Leith (C/O-M) dec. Luke Strong (Clar), 4-3. Conso: Zac Stork (Atl) major dec. Thomas Peasley (MV), 14-3. No wrestleback.

160 — Champ: J.J. Clark (Clar) dec. Tayler Pettit (C/O-M), 10-4. Conso: Jacob Johnson (Atl) pinned Scott Hastings (Shen), 5:38. No wrestleback.

170 — Champ: Trevor Frain (C/O-M) pinned Dusty Swindler

(Clar), :49. Conso: Drake Roller (Atl) pinned Winston Veatch (MV), 1:02. No wrestleback.

182 — Champ: Adam Baker (C/O-M) dec. Cain Johanns (Clar), 11-6. Conso: Jacob Brandt (MV) dec. J.D. Lewis (Shen), 4-2. No wrestleback.

195 — Champ: Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) pinned Christian Lauritsen (Clar), 3:49. Conso: Christian Terry (RO) dec. Keagan Hosfelt (Atl), 8-4. Wrestleback: Lauritsen (Clar) pinned Terry (RO), :47.

220 — Champ: Tyler Christensen (Atl) pinned Kadon Hulett (C/O-M), 1:37. Conso: Brook Stephens (Clar) pinned Felipe Ramirez (RO), 1:28. No wrestle-back.

285 — Champ: Dakota Calfee (Clar) pinned Jezidiah Phippen (Atl), 4:56. Conso: Cody Tanner (C/O-M) by injury default over Keaton Kephart (RO). Wrestleback: Phippen (Atl) pinned Tanner (C/O-M), :37.

WRESTLING:

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONKruz Adamson celebrates after winning by fall in 1:21 in his 113-pound championship match with Dakota Petty of Red Oak at the Shenandoah sectional Saturday. Adamson is one of 12 Panthers advancing to Saturday’s district tournament in Atlantic.


the Panthers as coach Billy Hiatt liberally used his bench throughout the second half. The team’s halftime lead was 35-14.

The teams then had much different outcomes one night later, as the Tigers upset Shenandoah to improve to 3-16 for the season, while the Panthers fell to 10-8 with a home loss to Atlantic. Both were nonconference games, leaving Creston at 6-3 in league play.

But on Friday, all cylinders were clicking for the Pan-thers, once everyone got set-tled back in after the severe injury.

“We were just trying to keep our guys focused,” Hi-att said. “For anybody to see something like that, you get kind of sidetracked and not thinking straight for a little bit. We ran a set that we’re comfortable running, to get back into the flow.”

Jay Wolfe had 17 points

and seven rebounds, with 15 in the first half. By the end of the third period, it was nearly a 30-point game at 46-19.

“We wanted to make sure we brought a lot of energy, and obviously having a big crowd helped,” Hiatt said. “When we went to our bench we wanted to keep the mo-mentum going, and I thought we did well with that. That’s important, because we have three games in four days.”

The Panthers play at Glen-wood tonight in a snowed out makeup game.

RED OAK (29) — Ryan Leininger 5 0-0 11, Jordan Nelson 1 6-7 9, Conner Jansky 1 1-2 3,

Ryan Lundgren 1 0-0 2, Connor Johnson 1 2-3 2, Brendon Birt 0 2-2 2. Totals — 8 11-18 29. 3-point goals — 2 (Nelson 1, Leininger 1). Team fouls — 19. Fouled out — None.

CRESTON (63) — Jay Wolfe 5 7-7 17, Brandon Phipps 3 0-0 7, Cole Thompson 2 2-2 6, McClain Haines 2 1-2 5, Christian Groumoutis 2 0-0 5, Jake Miller 2 1-1 5, Evan Nielsen 1 2-2 4, Alex Nielsen 0 3-4 3, Trey Benson 1 0-0 2, Cooper McDermott 1 0-0 2, Carson Whittington 0 2-2 2, Sam Hartsock 0 2-2 2, Jon Birchard 1 0-0 2, Cole Crawford 0 1-2 1. Totals — 20 21-24 63. 3-point goals — 2 (Phipps 1, Groumoutis 1). Rebounds — Wolfe 7, A. Nielsen 5, Benson 4, Groumoutis 4, Phipps 2, Miller 2. Assists — Thompson 2. Steals — Thompson 3, A. Nielsen 2. Team fouls — 19. Fouled out — None.

Red Oak — 8 14 19 29Creston — 16 35 46 63

JUNIOR VARSITYA 17-6 second quarter fu-

eled the Creston JV to a 47-37 victory over Red Oak Friday night.

Sam Hartsock scored 19 points for Creston (9-5) and Christian Groumoutis added 12.

“It was a good defensive game for us,” Creston coach Michael West said. “We got a lot of shots in the paint, but we missed too many free throws.”

Creston (47) — Sam Hartsock 19, Christian Groumoutis 12, McClain Haines 7, Cooper

McDermott 5, Jake Miller 4. 3-point goals — Groumoutis 1, Hartsock 1, McDermott 1. Free throws — 16-36. Halftime score — Creston 27, Red Oak 17.

Red Oak (27) — Conner Jansky 9, Gavin French 8, Dylan Graber 6, Jesse Taylor 5, Eli Guerra 4, Rob Vial 2, Oscar Vega 2, Tanner Gilliland 1. 3-point goals — Taylor 1. Free throws — 6-20.

FRESHMENCreston missed 18 free

throws, which proved costly in a 58-52 freshman boys de-feat Friday.

Red Oak was 16-of-17 at the line. Cody Crawford led Creston (4-9) with 21 points and Seth Thompson added

12.“We hadn’t really had a

chance to practice all week and we just didn’t come out hitting against their zone,” Creston coach Anthony Do-nahoo said. “And we missed a lot of free throws.”

Creston was 7-of-25 at the line.

Creston (52) — Cody Crawford 21, Seth Thompson 12, Deaven Reese 11, Gavin Woods 3, Quinton Scadden 3, Kyle Somers 2. 3-point goals — Crawford 4, Thompson 3. Free throws — 7-25. Halftime score — Red Oak 25, Creston 24.

Red Oak (52) — Jacob Schaefer 21, Ryan Lundgren 18, Von Kraus 13, Connor Johnson 4, Matthew Dentlinger 2. Free throws — 16-17.

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Guerra.67-61 lead

This was a prime oppor-tunity in front of the home crowd, as the Panthers bolt-ed to a 67-61 lead on two Taylor free throws with 34 seconds left in the overtime period.

Then the Tigers seized ev-ery opportunity given them, and they received a couple of crucial ones.

Taylor — the team’s lead-ing free throw shooter in a game where Red Oak was fouling to stop the clock — fouled out with 23 seconds left.

Then Red Oak center Grace Blomstedt made one free throw, but missed the second to close it to 67-62. Creston missed two ensu-ing free throws after being fouled upon rebounding the miss.

Coming downcourt, Red Oak all-conference guard Kate Walker was fouled on a 3-point shot, and casually dropped in all three charity shots to narrow it to 67-65 with 15 seconds left.

Creston again missed two free throws after a Red Oak foul. To make matters worse, Walker was fouled on the rebound scramble of the second miss, giving her a chance to swish two more shots through the net for a 67-67 tie at :12.

In a matter of 22 seconds, the six-point lead had evap-orated.Final possession

Creston’s next possession was momentarily stopped as the ball went out of bounds near the corner of the Ti-gers’ basket, leaving a side out-of-bounds entry with 10 seconds left.

The ball got knocked loose from Natalie Mostek in a double-team trap, and Blomstedt alertly picked

it up and dribbled toward the Tiger basket for a quick jump shot. It missed, but she quickly snared the re-bound and dropped in the second attempt just before the buzzer, letting Red Oak walk away with a stunning 69-67 victory.

“We had them. I don’t know how else to put it,” Creston coach Larry Mc-Nutt said. “Even at the end there, Blomstedt missed the first shot, but we didn’t block her out. We fouled on a three and fouled on a re-bound when they had to go the length of the court with 12 seconds left. It just wasn’t smart. It’s too bad, because we outplayed them for most of the game.”

Even with some extra at-tention from the Panther de-fense, Walker finished with 38 points, including 12-of-13 shooting at the line. Blomst-edt added 21, but no other Tiger managed more than seven.

Mostek led Creston with 16 points and 14 re-bounds. Chelcee Downing made three 3-pointers and matched Taylor with 15 points. The more balanced Creston team nearly put five players in double figures, as Camryn Somers tallied nine points and Taylor Briley added eight.

“I thought when Camryn hit that high post jumper to put us up four (63-59, 2:12 left), that we would get them,” McNutt said. “We fouled Walker too much. She isn’t going to miss there.”

RED OAK (69) — Kate Walker 12 12-13 38, Grace Blomstedt 7 7-8 21, Micayla Taylor 3 0-0 7, Maranada Gowdy 0 1-3 1. Totals — 23 20-24 69. FG shooting — 23-49 (46.9 percent). 3-point goals — 3-7 (Walker 2, Taylor 1). Steals — 4 (Walker 3). Rebounds — 21 (Walker 9, Blomstedt 8. Turnovers — 5. Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — Mahoney.

CRESTON (67) — Natalie Mostek 6 3-3 16, Jenna Taylor 5 4-4 15, Chelcee Downing 5 2-2 15, Camryn Somers 1 7-10

9, Taylor Briley 3 2-4 8, Olivia Nielsen 1 2-2 4. Totals — 21 20-25 67. FG shooting — 21-52 (40.4 percent). 3-point goals — 5-9 (Downing 3, Taylor 1, Mostek 1). Rebounds — 33 (N. Mostek 14, Somers 7, Taylor 6). Assists — 14 (Mostek 4, Briley 4). Steals — 4 (Somers 3). Turnovers — 13. Team fouls — 17. Fouled out — Taylor.

Red Oak — 20 35 48 57 69Creston — 17 34 43 57 67

JUNIOR VARSITYCreston broke away from

a 10-10 tie in the first quar-ter to defeat the Red Oak JV Friday night, 54-35.

Cammy Rutherford scored 22 points for Creston and Caitlin McIlravy added 17.

“First quarter was a bat-tle,” said Creston coach Mendy McCreight. “Then we came back out in the sec-ond quarter and outscored them 14-6. We outscored them in the fourth quarter 22-11. Caitlin and Cammy both had great offensive games for us.”

Creston (54) — Cammy Rutherford 22, Caitlin McIlravy 17, Maria Mostek 4, Sadie Jones 4, Madison Callahan 4, Lexie Little 3. 3-point goals — None. Free throws — 18-32. Rebounds — 29 (Rutherford 7, McIlravy 6, Callahan 5, Little 3, Ross 3). Steals — 6 (Little 3, M. Mostek 2). Assists — 6 (M. Mostek 2). Team fouls — 13. Halftime score — Creston 24, Red Oak 16.

Red Oak (35).

FRESHMENCreston freshmen bolted

to an 18-4 lead in the first quarter on the way to beat-ing Red Oak Friday night, 42-16.

Cammy Rutherford fin-ished with 20 points and eight rebounds for Creston (6-3).

Creston (42) — Cammy Rutherford 20, Madison Callahan 7, Logan Pettit 6, Lexie Little 4, Becca Ross 3, Rachel Shepherd 2. 3-point goals — None. Free throws — 2-10. Rebounds — Rutherford 8, Pettit 7, Little 6, Ross 3. Steals — Rutherford 3, Shepherd 3, Callahan 2, Little 2, Jessica Beatty 2. Assists — Shepherd 2 Team fouls — 11 Halftime score — Creston 26, Red Oak 10.

Red Oak (16) — Lauren Gilbert 12, Lauren Thurman 2, Sarah Behrens 2. 3-point goals — None. Free throws — 0-2.

GIRLS:Continued from page 6A

“This was one of our bet-ter games of the year,” JV coach Michael West said. “It was a physical game and the guys responded well.”

Cooper McDermott led the Panthers with 18 points.

Creston (57) — Cooper McDermott 18, Christian Groumoutis 9, Sam Hartsock 9, McClain Haines 8, Jake Miller 8, Brandon Jones 3, Chris Foster 2.

Atlantic (40)

FRESHMENThe Creston freshmen de-

feated Atlantic 85-54 on Sat-urday. Stats from that game will be published in Tues-day’s CNA sports section.

PANTHERS:


“We owned the paint to-night,” he said. “And we outrebounded them 38-20. You’ve got to win from the inside out.”

One area he did see room for improvement, however, was free throw shooting.

The Raiderettes shot just 8-of-21 from the charity stripe in the game.

“We were bad from the free throw line,” Streit said.

“We have got to make more free throws than that. When it gets to postseason, that’s going to be important.”

Mount Ayr improved to 10-10 for the season with the win. The Raiderettes close out the regular season at Lenox on Tuesday.

PLEASANTVILLE (26) — Kennedy Core 5 1-4 11, Trisha Kunze 4 0-3 8, Irie Robinson 1 1-2 3, Beth Kreykes 1 0-0 2, Bailey Oliva 0 2-2 2. Totals — 11 4-13 26.Team fouls — 17. Fouled out — none.

MOUNT AYR (39) — Paige Daughton 8 3-6 19, Kelcie Shields 6 2-6 14, Ashton Johnson 2 2-5 7, Tess Shields 3 1-2 7, Allie Shields 2 0-0 4, Brook Rychnovsky 1 0-0 3, Macy Larsen 1 0-0 3, Megan Warin 1 0-2 3, Hannah Glendenning 1 0-0 2, Sadie Frost 1 0-0 2. Totals — 26 8-21 64. 3-point goals — 4 (Rychnovsky 1, Johnson 1, Larsen 1, Warin 1). Rebounds — 38 (Tess Shields 10, K. Shields 6, A. Shields 4, Rychnovsky 4). Assists — T. Shields 5, Rychnovsky 4. Steals — Daughton 3, Rychnovsky 3. Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — none.

P’ville — 6 11 13 26MA — 25 44 51 64

RAIDERETTES:


really enjoyed them. We started with nine when they were freshmen and we fin-ished with seven. It’s been a big class and they’ve all stayed out. They’ve been at every single open gym and every single summer shootout. I was very proud of them. We gave them the start tonight and they did a

great job early.”Mount Ayr fell to 8-12

with the loss, while Pleas-antville improved to 15-4. The Raiders finish out the regular season Tuesday at Lenox.

PLEASANTVILLE (63) — Trever Zoss 7 5-6 22, Dylan Lauer 5 6-7 16, Chad Robbins 4 1-3 9, Josh Luna 3 1-1 8, Zeb Adreon 1 2-3 4, Patrick Sheehey 1 0-0 2. Totals — 22 15-21 63. 3-point goals — 4 (Zoss 3, Luna 1). Team fouls — 11. Fouled out

— None.MOUNT AYR (53) — Jack

Jones 8 8-8 28, Caleb Schnoor 3 2-2 8, Riley Weehler 3 0-0 7, Jake Sobotka 1 2-2 4, Jed McCreary 2 0-0 4, Kyle Dolecheck 0 1-2 1, Rhett Murphy 0 1-2 1. Totals — 17 14-19 53. 3-point goals — 5 (Jones 4, Weehler 1). Rebounds — 28 (Dolecheck 10, Weehler 3, Schnoor 3, Murphy 3). Assists — 5 (Weehler 2, Quency Vos 2). Steals — 9 (Jones 7). Blocked shots — 2 (Sobotka 1, McCreary 1). Team fouls — 14. Fouled out — None.

P’ville — 12 25 47 63MA — 20 32 42 53

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Gov. Branstad to ask Iowa Supreme court to overturn juvenile home decision

DES MOINES (MCT) — Although he agrees the closure of the Iowa Juvenile Home was in the best of the girls living there, a member of the task force that advised the governor thinks the girls deserve better “parenting” than they are receiving from the state.

“The state is acting like their parent and we have not been a very good parent to these kids and it’s time that we start being a good parent to them,” Drake University law Professor Jerry Foxhoven said Friday. A child advo-cate for 35 years, Foxhoven chaired an independent task force appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to investigate abuse allegations at the To-ledo home.

Foxhoven’s comment came before the latest round in the parenting dispute between Branstad and the Iowa Legis-lature over how to raise those girls.

As expected, Branstad said Friday he will ask the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a Polk County District Court ordering him to re-open the Iowa Juvenile Home.

The governor – repre-sented by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, said it is his duty to execute all laws of the state, including those applying to children adjudicated delin-quent or in need of assistance.

Since Branstad closed the home in mid-January, the girls have been placed in a variety of private, non-profit facilities, detention centers,

youth shelters and mental health. Also, approximately 93 employees were laid off.

“The children were subject-ed to over 47,000 hours of iso-lation, denied the education they deserve and mistreated by staff,” he said. “ T h e s e c h i l d r e n are now in l i c e n s e d and ac-c r e d i t e d fac i l i t ies w h e r e they are being better served, receiving the education they were denied at the Iowa Juve-nile Home and the treatment and care they need.”

Branstad emphasized his “utmost concern is protecting the health, safety and educa-tion of the children who re-sided at the Iowa Juvenile Home.”

The facts show otherwise, according to Sen. Jack Hatch of Des Moines, the presump-tive Democratic nominee for governor.

It’s unfortunate, he said, the governor “has decided to fight his responsibilities in court.”

Legislature and Depart-ment of Human Services, Jane Hudson of Disability Rights Iowa called current legislation to re-open the home a “jobs bill.”

That bill, Senate File 2084, would send any child who has failed three placements, “whatever failed means,” to the Iowa Juvenile Home, said

Hudson, who was part of the investigation of the home.

“Here is a failing facil-ity with insufficient staff and training assessing children and the courts are required to send them,” she said.

Former U.S. Rep. Dave Nagle, a Waterloo attorney who grew up in Toledo, said the Disability Rights of Iowa and task force investigations into mistreatment at the home has been greatly distorted and “didn’t focus on all the things they were doing right.”

He also said Branstad and administrations for the past 30 years should be held account-able for “allowing those kids to be in there if it’s so unsafe.”

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