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Today is Thursday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of the year. There are 136 days left in 2023. Below are items found in the Creston News Advertiser for this week in history.
3 years ago (2020)
The Southern Iowa Trolley has updated its Facebook page to announce routes in Creston are suspended through Thursday. Service is expected to resume Friday. During this time, routes in Mount Ayr, Leon, Osceola, Greenfield and Corning are still running. The cancellation of Creston routes was due to COVID-19 testing, which Transit Director Leesa Lester said was a proactive measure and the agency’s drivers have not been knowingly or directly exposed to the virus.
The Creston’s youth padded football teams cancelled it season in the Pride of Iowa youth football league Wednesday night. ”After receiving the Iowa High School Athletic Association guidelines and the guidelines set forth in USA football, it looks like Creston won’t be able to ensure the safety of our kids,” said John Shiltz on facebook. “We are going to have to cancel our season this year. I am terribly sorry and feel horrible for making this decision but I think it is the best for our program at this time.”
The U.S. Department of Education announced Southwestern Community College will receive a federal TRIO Student Support Services grant of $312,549 to help more students succeed in and graduate from college. Southwestern’s SSS program services 180 students each year and has helped hundreds of students graduate and transfer to four-year universities. The college has had a successful TRIO-SSS grant since 1997.
23 years ago (2000)
Fire departments and city recreational facilities will benefit from the latest round of grants from the South Central Iowa Community Foundation. The foundation’s board of directors authorized grants to Murray Volunteer Fire Department - $1,500 for an air pack; Creston volunteer firefighters - $1,000 for storm watch radios and the city of Lorimor - $500 to build a sand volleyball court in the city park.
Heather and Heidi Connor, both 16, of Creston have advanced to the semi-finals of Bill Riley’s 41st annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search Saturday with a jazz dance routine. The championship will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the Riley Stage.
If its first week of unpublicized operation is any indication, Creston’s new Goodwill Industries Inc. drop-off site for clothing should be successful. The local drop-off site, located in the Wal-Mart parking lot at 612 New York Avenue, is the result of nearly two years of planning and determining local area interest.
43 years ago (1980)
In the finals of the City Tennis Tournament held here Sunday, Andy BeDell and Sue Nesbit won both singles and doubles championships. BeDell defeated Jeff Provost in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4 in the finals. He later teamed up with Pat Kelly to capture the men’s double title. Nesbit topped Terri Sash 6-2, 6-2 in the women’s finals, then combined with Tom Darnold for a tightly contested victory in the co-ed doubles division.
The staff of the Green Valley AEA voted overwhelmingly, 51 to 11, to unionize Monday, which was the first day of work for this school year for many of them. The vote approved organizing for collective bargaining. Another vote approved having classified and certificated staff represented by the same group.
The Green Valley Lake camp grounds, now closed due to problems within an asphalt plant at the site, will not be opened by Labor Day weekend, a Conservation Department spokesperson told the News Advertiser. They will be closed indefinitely, until the situation can be adjusted.
63 years ago (1960)
Three big tents which were to house exhibits at the Ringgold County Fair, opening today, were blown down by winds in last night’s storm. The tents were to house dairy cattle, open house women’s exhibits and commercial exhibits. The tent company is flying men to Mount Ayr from Memphis, Tennessee, today to repair the damage and put the tents back up.
A large number of Union County people are driving automobiles with expired driver’s licenses, Sheriff George Stroman and Deputy Sheriff Guy Sanson said today. In a routine check of license files, the pair removed about 1,300 which have expired. Some of those people have moved away and received licenses elsewhere, some have died, but many have failed to have their license renewed.
There will be only four one-room schools in operation in Union County when the 1960-61 school term opens, Thomas J. Moore, county superintendent of schools, said today. All four will be in Lincoln township. Last year there were six rural schools – the four in Lincoln township, one in Union township and the Talmage School.