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Today is July 12, the 193rd day of the year. So, there are 172 days left in 2018. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (July 9-15) in history:
10 years ago
Tanner Kuhl, a 1999 CHS graduate, earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Iowa. He was in Antarctica working on the West Antarctic Sheet Divide project through the University of Wisconsin, as part of a drilling team. He was mainly there in January and December, and said it was actually warmer there at times than it was in Iowa with the average temperature at 10 degrees Fahrenheit and 24 hours of sunlight.
Creston youths, Hannah Finehout, Emerald Gwinner and Kylea Lynam, spent 11 days touring Italy, Switzerland and France, along with CHS Spanish teacher Ann Simmons and friend Karen Kline. The tour was organized by EF Educational Tours and involved other schools across the U.S.
Connie Kinkade lost her ring while recycling plastics at a local bin. City Carton and Waste Management employees worked together to recover the ring, and with a lot of luck, found it laying between two plastic jugs.
20 years ago
Cement was poured for the new walkway along Lincoln Street on the east side of Creston’s Southern Prairie YMCA. Supervised by YMCA Director Dave Henle, volunteers set forms and smoothed the cement.
Adair County residents were asked to vote on a proposal to change their three-person board of supervisors to five members. Diane Weiland said there was almost unanimous support for the move, and would provide better representation with work spread out among more people. This was at a time when a movement was underway for Union County to reduce its board from five to three. According to the Iowa State Association of Counties, 66 counties had three-member boards, and only 33 had five.
Melinda Bergman, 17, daughter of Joseph and Marilyn Bergman of Corning was crowned 1998 Adams County Fair queen. Lindsay Comer, daughter of Sidney and Kathy Comer of Mount Ayr, was crowned 1998 Ringgold County Fair queen.
Union and Ringgold county authorities were baffled as someone was stealing vehicles and abandoning them in rural areas. Three cars and two pickups had been stolen since June 29. Howard Tull of Ringgold County had two pickups stolen from his locked garage. Joe Henry of Creston had his car stolen and it was believed to have been used in numerous hit and run accidents in town.
Alan and Kristi Ritchie of Bedford purchased Larkin Funeral Homes in Creston and Lenox from Jim Larkin. Alan, 38, was a Bedford native and licensed funeral director for more than 15 years.
Henry A. Wallace Day, formerly known as Pumpkin Days in Orient, was canceled due to construction of a city sewer system that was underway. The event had been scheduled for July 18, but the digging and trenching created hazards and muddy streets.
50 years ago
Creston Community Schools planned changes in location of the sixth grade classes from Crest Center to Cromwell, and the assignment of elementary pupils from Cromwell to one of four elementary schools in Creston.
Frank Boortz, 64, mayor of Creston since 1963, died at Greater Community Hospital. Boortz had undergone major surgery the previous November, shortly after his election to a third term as mayor. He had been ill since then, and had undergone several other operations.
Joseph G. Knock of Creston, alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention, flew with a number of Iowans into Chicago to discuss farm and urban housing matters with Richard Nixon, a leading Republican presidential hopeful.