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Today is Thursday, Aug. 29, the 242nd day of the year. There are 124 days remaining in 2024. Below is a collection of news items found in the Creston News Advertiser for this week in history.
21 years ago (2003)
When the Creston City Council cut department budgets earlier this month, Gibson Memorial Library was hit hard. With a budget already $17,000 less than last year, the library board was handed an additional $14,200 reduction. At that time, the council recommended eliminating the library’s director. “We, as a board, chose not to eliminate the director position and lose our accreditation,” said Ann Coulter, library board chairwoman. “We eliminated all of the book budget.”
Becoming a police officer is something he’s always wanted to do, said David Parker. Parker, 29, is the newest police officer for the Creston Police Department. “I’m looking forward to working very much,” said Parker. “I seem to fit in very well up there.”
The Union County Blood Mobile was held Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church with 102 possible donors. Fourteen people were deferred with 88 units collected.
A proposal to increase sewer rates made by Creston Council member Mike Tamerius would have all sewer customers pay in one way or another. Tamerius explained his proposal Tuesday during the city council meeting. Tamerius made a motion to increase the minimum monthly sewer rate from the current $4.30 to $4.80 and to increase the usage rate from $2.37 per 100 cubic feet of water to $2.44 per 100 cubic feet of water.
It was Nov. 9, 2000, when Barry K. Chubick Jr., then 36, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for second-degree murder. The day he was sentenced, the Rev. Terry Amann, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Creston, decided to write a book about Chubick and the jail ministry that led Amann and the Rev. Jim McCutchan to Chubick. The book, “Wednesday’s with Barry,” was published Sept. 1.
41 years ago (1983)
A Christian church is planning to start its own school in Creston this year and expects 12 students from preadmissions taken at an informational meeting Thursday evening. The Victory Christian School will start Sept. 6 under the instruction of Cheryl Hoyt, a certified teacher from Corning. Kindergarten though seventh grade will be taught at the church, 705 S. Cherry.
Creston Production Credit Association held their 50th annual stockholders meeting Friday evening in the concourse of East Union High School in Afton. In addition to the regular business meeting, the evening was highlighted by the music of Myron Floren and his orchestra. Floren was the lead man for the Lawrence Welk orchestra for many years before forming his own orchestra following Welk’s retirement.
Keith Moore won the first annual Creston Radio - PBR golf tournament held at D.J’s Golf Club here Saturday and Sunday. Both Moore and Rod Chase finished the 36 holes with totals of 138, two over par. But Moore was declared the winner by having the best scores on the handicap holes. Winner in the women’s division was Donna Kingery with a 162.
The fans of the Creston football team will get their first chance to view the Panthers in action Friday night at Townline Field in the annual “pop game” scrimmage. All proceeds from the free will entry fee goes toward purchase of pop for all the Panthers’ games as well as for the visitors at Creston home games.
61 years ago (1963)
The Greater Community hospital fund moved over $111,000 this afternoon - within striking distance of the $120,000 quota set for the special fund.
The historic civil rights march on Washington - massive and orderly and moving. Speaker after speaker told 200,000 Negro and white sympathizers massed in front of the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday that their demonstration was no more than a beginning.
The 1963 enrollment for local schools: 1,285 at Mount Ayr Schools; 630 enrolled in Lenox Schools and 267 enrolled in Diagonal.
The 1963 Union County Fair missed the “break even” point by only a small margin, a report to the fair board at its meeting last night showed. Expenses of the fair totaled $10,691.96 while receipts amounted to $10,516.50, a deficit of $175.46. State aid payments are still to be received after final reports are filed and will put the fair “in the black.”
Four Creston area youths were among the 204 students awarded degrees at Iowa State University commencement exercises this morning at the Armory on the campus in Ames. Howard Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Williard C. Long of Olin, formerly of Creston; Michael Williamson, son of Mrs. Ruth Williamson of Creston; Keith F. Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Jensen of Fontanelle and David M. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle R. Wilson of Shannon City, all received degrees.