A Creston resident reported an incident of theft, Thursday morning. Creston Police said a resident in the 100 block of S. Jarvis Street, reported a red, three-person canoe with a live well, was stolen from her property sometime between April 5th and 6th. The loss was estimated at $500.

And, a City of Creston employee reported Thursday, that sometime during the overnight hours of April 5th, someone drove into the northeast corner of fencing at the Bill Sears Baseball Fields (in the area of Clark and Chestnut Streets). The incident caused an estimated $2,500 damage.

The Griswold School District’s Board of Education met Thursday evening to discuss and move forward on, filling the Superintendent’s position. The Board discussed three options. The one that gained the most favor, was sharing a Superintendent with two other districts in a 40-40-20 time split, with Griswold and the other, larger district having the Superintendent 40-percent (or two days) per week, and a smaller district sharing that person one-day per week. It would also involve a one-third cost-sharing contract. The arrangement would be for one-year, to start, with an evaluation taking place between late this fall and March 1^st, 2017.

Griswold School Board meeting 4-7-16 (Ric Hanson/photo)

Board member Steve Baier said since December, he’s been contacted by, or made contact with, over dozen different school districts to discuss options, but some of the ones he thought were “pretty obvious,” didn’t work out. One of the districts wanted a 50-50 split. Baier said he and Board member Rob Peterson said two, unidentified districts, wanted to talk about an arrangement.

Baier said he met and Peterson met with representatives of the two boards and the potential Superintendent candidate, Tuesday night. Those two boards will hold separate meetings this Sunday night and next Monday. Baier said the other districts seemed to be on-board with the proposal. He said also, “The candidate in question, I would characterize, as being enthusiastic about taking on this challenge.” Peterson spoke about the candidate via conference call during Thursday evening’s meeting, and said that candidate (who was not identified), demonstrated Tuesday that he’s very well prepared for change, if it’s approved.

One of the districts the candidate currently oversees, has 130 students. The other is a little better off, and not facing a financial squeeze. Baier acknowledged, the Griswold Board’s original line of thinking was having a traditional, 50-50 sharing arrangement with another school district, but the financials just don’t work out for the better with that option.

The arrangement would save the Griswold District $127,000 per year, in a time when they’re looking at cutting $500,000 from the budget. More information on the possible three-way Superintendent sharing will be released after the other boards have met.

Police in Creston cited two teens, following an accident in Creston Thursday afternoon. 16-year old Sydney Martin, of Creston, was cited after she stopped at the intersection of W. Howard and N. Elm Streets in Creston at around 4:40-p.m., but then pulled into the intersection. The 2003 Chevy she was driving hit a 2003 Saturn broadside, causing $4,600 damage. Neither Martin, nor the driver of the Saturn, 17-year old Aly Hudgens, of Creston, were injured. Hudgens was cited for Failure to have a valid driver’s license.

Sheriff’s deputies in Adams County, Thursday night, arrested a man wanted on a warrant for Failure to Appear in court. 26-year old Adam John Cross, of Corning, was arrested at around 8:10-p.m.  Cross was brought to the Adams County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.

Red Oak Police report one person was arrested this (Friday) morning, on a drug charge. 18-year old Hallam Peter Russell, of Corpus Christi, TX, was arrested at around 12:50-a.m. at the Red Oak Rehabilitation and Care Center, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine. Russell was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.

And, three people, including a teen from Atlantic, were arrested Thursday night on charges of Trespassing. Taken into custody at around 9:50-p.m. at the Hardware Hank Store (300 block of E. Reed Street), was 17-year old Tanner Dennis-Joseph Jones, of Red Oak, 17-year old Drew Henry Miller, of Atlantic, and 18-year old Skylar Lee Bingham, of Red Oak.  All three were transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center. Jones and Miller were issued a Juvenile Referral citation, and released to their parents. Bingham was being held in the jail on a $300 cash bond.

(Sheriff’s Officials corrected Miller’s residence as Atlantic, instead of Red Oak)