Afton Debris Clean Up

AFTON RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR LIMBS

AND STORM DEBRIS PICKED UP. AFTON RESIDENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO

GET THEIR DEBRIS AND LIMBS CURBSIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS THE
PERSON IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN AFTON TODAY TO PICK UP ALL THE

DEBRIS. ONCE THERE HAS BEEN ONE PASS THROUGH THE CITY THE
RESIDENTS WILL THEN BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THEIR DEBRIS TO THE TREE
DUMP ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF AFTON.
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Special Olympics Volunteers Needed
THE LOCAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPRING EVENT IS COMING UP NEXT

SATURDAY AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP. DENNIS HOPKINS SAYS THE
EVENT IS GOING TO START EARLIER THIS SPRING. THIS YEARS OPENING
CEREMONIES WILL BEGIN AT 10 WITH VOLUNTEERS TO BE IN
ATTENDANCE BY 9-30. TO VOLUNTEER CALL COLLEEN GANGSTEAD AT
641-782-6060. HOPKINS SAYS SEVERAL ATHLETES WILL BE PARTICIPATING.

MORE THEN TWO HUNDRED ATHLETES WILL TAKE PART AND ALL TOP
FINISHERS WILL ADVANCE ONTO THE STATE SUMMER GAMES TO BE HELD
IN AMES ON MAY 22ND THRU 24TH. HOPKINS SAYS THE EVENTS NEXT
WEEKEND WILL INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. IT WILL BE
SIMILAR TO A TRACK MEET WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING A TENNIS BALL THROW; SOFTBALL THROW AS WELL AS
PENTATHALON. HOPKINS SAYS IT’S A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE
BOTH THOSE WHO WORK THE EVENT OR WITNESS IT. HOPKINS SAYS
AQUATIC EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SOUTHERN PRAIRIE Y-M-C-A.

VOLUNTEERS NEED TO BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ABOUT 930 ON
SATURDAY APRIL 12TH. AGAIN TO VOLUNTEER CALL COLLEEN AT
782-6060.
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New High School Drop Out Age Proposed

GOVERNOR CHET CULVER IS URGING LAW MAKERS TO RAISE THE LEGAL

DROP OUT AGE TO 17 FROM THE CURRENT 16. CRESTON SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT TIM HOOD SAYS RAISING THE AGE IS A POSITIVE MOVE
HE SAYS THE GOAL IS TO GET KIDS TO GRADUATE AND BE PRODUCTIVE
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND ADDING YEAR GIVES THE SCHOOL ANOTHER
YEAR TO WORK WITH THE STUDENT. NODAWAY VALLEY
SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DAYTON AGREES WITH HOOD BUT SAYS WE NEED
MORE. HE SAYS PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED TO
ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS OF
EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. SOME LAW MAKERS HAVE OBJECTED
TO RAISING THE DROP OUT AGE UNLESS THERE’S MORE MONEY TO GO
WITH IT FOR DROP OUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS. CULVER SAYS RAISING

THE DROP OUT AGE IS A NATURAL FOLLOW UP TO LEGISLATION
APPROVED LAST YEAR THAT INCREASED GRADUATION STANDARDS FOR
HIGH SCHOOLS.
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Creston Police Report

THE CRESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE UNION COUNTY

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CITED SEVERAL PEOPLE EARLY THIS (FRIDAY)
MORNING FOR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDER AGE IN THE ONE
HUNDRED BLOCK OF MANOR DRIVE. CITED INCLUDED 18 YEAR OLDS
BRADLEY LYNAM OF CRESTON AND DESIREE RIVERA VELEZ OF PERRY; 19
YEAR OLDS KATINA DAY OF CHARITON; MEGAN BRANT OF EARLHAM;
AND MICHAEL HARLEY OF LENOX.
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ROD LOOMIS REPORTED TO CRESTON POLICE HIS LIGHT GREEN DUSTER
COAT WAS TAKEN FROM HIS APARTMENT IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK

OF NORTH MAPLE BETWEEN 10PM AND 11PM THURSDAY EVENING.
ESTIMATED VALUE LISTED AT 3-HUNDRED DOLLARS.
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THE UNION COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ARRESTED SAMANTHA
HAYS OF CRESTON THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN CRESTON. HAYS WAS
CHARGED ON A UNION COUNTY WARRANT FOR OPERATING WHILE

INTOXICATED FIRST OFFENSE AND WAS RELEASED FROM THE UNION
COUNTY JAIL ON 1-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.