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Today is Thursday, April 27, the 117th day of the year. There are 248 days left in 2023. Below are news items found in the Creston News Advertiser for this week in history.
10 years ago (2013)
Plans for the Adams County Freedom Rock project are moving forward. “The rock has been found,” said Beth Waddle, executive director of Adams Community Economic Development Corporation. “The dates are set for painting. They are moving closer to the goal.”
Hostess Bakery returned to production Friday and the new owners said stores will have Twinkies by July.
A shorthanded Creston girls track team finished fifth at the Atlantic Coed Track Meet Monday, scoring 44 points, just four points out of third place. The highlight of the meet for the Panthers came in the long jump competition as senior Brianna Maitlen continued her string of solid jumps by launching a 17-0 jump on her first attempt, hanging on to win the competition.
The Creston/Orient-Macksburg boys golfers took on both Red Oak and Clarke at Crestmoor Golf Club on Monday, but the greatest competition for the Panthers came from within their own team. The Creston/O-M varsity team easily defeated Red Oak and Clarke but the Creston/O-M junior varsity team finished right on the varsity teams heels.
20 years ago (2003)
The time is nearing for 20 people to enjoy their new home in Creston. Completion of Crest Ridge Estates, a senior citizen living facility, a branch of Greater Community Hospital, is still on target for July 1. Construction of the project is also meeting the budget. As of Monday, 20 of the 34 apartments were reserved.
Take two clothing stores, a telemarketing company and business offering body piercings, and you’ll have four new retail businesses in Creston. The Magic Mirror, 114 N. Maple Street, has two tanning beds, women’s clothing sizes 2 to 14 and accessories and is owned by Bard Krauth of Massena; Joley Plus, owned by Joley Stanley of Creston, is located at 609 W. Taylor St. features plus-sized clothing and accessories for men and women; Creative Innovations, a telemarketing firm which sells courtesy cards to help keep residents shopping locally, opened March 3 at 210 W. Montgomery Street and Amy Jo’s House of Pain at 110 W. Montgomery, owned and operated by Amy Trenkle of Creston, opened April 21.
A series of severe thunderstorms rolled through southwest Iowa overnight, resulting in three reported lightening strikes and, consequently, one house fire.
30 years ago (1993)
Creston School Board is considering $138,000 in cuts to help offset the rising cost of education, especially in light of the school district receiving no “new” money for the 1993-94 school year. The biggest proposed hit will be the reduction of one fourth- and fifth-grade section. The school would save $59,000 by reducing an instructor in each section.
A new class schedule was adopted for the Creston High School beginning in the 1994-95 school year. The system should give students easier access to instructors and will mean students will have three to four 90-minute classes per day for four days a week and classes will meet every other day.
Bob Myers and Bill Stuart were introduced as new Hall of Fame inductees by committee chairman Andy Allen Wednesday night at the Creston Men’s Bowling Association annual banquet and meeting at the Eagles Lodge. Myers has bowled in Creston leagues for more than 40 years and Stuart has more than 30 years experience in local competition.
The First National Bank and Earl May Garden Center in Creston participated in the Trees for Kids program by sponsoring a tree planting activity for Franklin School in Creston and the East Union Elementary School in Afton to celebrate Earth Week. East Union students planted a flowering crab tree in the Afton city square and Franklin students planted a maple tree on school grounds.
40 years ago (1983)
Creston seventh graders Mike Becker, Sherry Sammons, Debbie Henderson and Aaron Cottrell won a first place team trophy at an Area 14 math contest sponsored by the Green Valley Area Education Agency. They scored 223 points in the competition against 19 other schools.
A Creston landmark, the Camp and Harsh building at 101 East Montgomery Street, is going from two-story building to a one-story building according to James Harsh, who owns the building along with Marshall Camp.
“You’ve got to love it,” Ray Fogle said Thursday about his 25 years with the Creston Chorus, adding, “there sure isn’t any money in it.” He and two other charter-members of the home-spun singing group will help it mark its silver anniversary this weekend when it has its annual concert in the high school auditorium. The other 25-yearers are bass voice Bill Fastenow and and tenor Clarence Long. Fogle is a bass too. They helped to organize the chorus in 1957, though its first concert wasn’t until the next year.