Today is Feb. 15, the 46th day of the year. So, there are 319 days left in 2018. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (Feb. 12-18) in history:
10 years ago
Barb Crittenden was honored at an all-staff inservice for 25 years of service at SWCC – measured from her first full-time position as an instructor in the nursing program. When she started working there in 1981, she never expected to be sitting at the President’s desk, saying “I did not foresee that I would be here for this long of a time, or what I would be doing, but I’m certainly glad to be here.” She said the years had gone by pretty quickly because of the variety of things she had the opportunity to be part of and also that the work was so meaningful.
A unanimous vote by O-M school board initiated a tuition sharing agreement with Creston School District which would begin with the 2008-09 school year and last for three years. The two districts had already 20 years of shared sports programs. Creston Superintendent Tim Hood said it would give O-M students opportunities that they hadn’t been able to be involved with, like the community college.
Four Scouts from Troop 120 were awarded Eagle Scout badges and included Adam Riley, Matthew Lanning, Jeremy Saxton and Tyler Harris. The four had been together since joining Tiger Cubs at age 6.
20 years ago
After 32 years of service to the Iowa State Patrol, retired State Trooper Clel Baudler announced he was a Republican candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives for the seat vacated by Dwight Dinkla (R-Guthrie Center).
Any hopes of Fareway being willing to allow Pine Street to be reopened were dashed. Fareway president said the store remained committed to keeping the street closed and expected the city to live up to its part of the contract saying it was a vital part for the store remaining in the downtown area. Former mayor, Terry Donahue, and now director of Union County Development Association, had been a part of the negotiations in the late 1980s when the decision to build downtown and closing Pine Street was a “joint development project.”
Creston community was stunned over the shocking death of a 13-year-old boy from complications of a rare bacterial infection. Bryce Bergstrom, son of Dick and Sue Bergstrom, both teachers in Creston School district, was a seventh grader at Burton R. Jones Middle School.
50 years ago
Boys Scouts were elected to serve as mayor and city councilmen for Scouts’ youth government day. Kirk Augustine was mayor, and the councilmen were Gerald Sychra, David Boden, Jerry James, Randy Evens, Bill Coffey, Andy Gentle and Tim Lines. They were going to serve with their adult counterpart throughout the day Feb. 24 to become acquainted with operations of the city.
Donald G. Loy was appointed as Union County deputy sheriff by Sheriff Richard Gross to succeed Robert Kessler who had resigned to return to the Creston police department.
“The Sound of Music” was playing at the Strand. Tickets were $1.50 for adults, $1.25 with discount cards and 50 cents for children. The movie was the winner of five Academy Awards including best picture.
Union County had purchased 25 new voting machines and one had been put on display at the county auditor’s office in the courthouse. Gladys K. Breese, county auditor, explained how voting was done with it when voters stopped by to inspect the machine. The new machines were to used for the first time in the primary election in September.