Carroll Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - March 12, 2003, Carroll, Iowa Daily Times Herald Weather I Message Center Kuemper High School Dessert Theatre Sunday Iowa March 2003 Partly Cloudy 28 Tomorrow Partly Sunny High 55 Single Copy 500 Glidden group City faces most important decision Supporters of industry park say Glidden will either move forward or suffer fate of towns that were complacent By DOUGLAS BURNS Times Herald Staff Writer leader of the recently formed Glidden Eco nomic Development Partner ship says the citys handling of an industrial park plan is the most important decision in the history of the Our whole group feels it is the most important issue that Glidden has probably ever taken Bluml said in an interview with the Daily Times Herald Tuesday Several local business and community leaders are mem bers of the Glidden Economic Development Partnership Rural utility officials and the Carroll Area Development are seeking cooperation from the city of Glidden in de a 54acre industrial park west of the current city Glidden Council mem bers have agreed to contribute in sewer and work to the estimated million But the city is seeking several caveats with a develop ment agreement that attorney Art Neu and the Glid den partnership say may kill the Some of the stipulations are too restrictive to ever ex a company that might want to locate in Glidden to do the says in a document authored by a native of rural Glidden who now lives in the city and manages The makes the case that the city has to be tive in developing Glidden is at a said the We are still viable but if we dont try to grow our town we will end up like those other towns that have lost their their grocery their Bluml said the is not down on the city Weve tried to be very positive about whats going on with this project from the get he said in the It just seemed like theres been Appleseed program is swirling success In celebration of Johnny Appleseed Nick Badding got in character to present a program for children Sat morning at the Carroll Public who is president of Badding Construction in Car began portraying Johnny Appleseed seven years ago at the urging of his who works in the Kuemper Catholic Grade School In his pro Badding tells the story of Johnny who was born Johnny Chapman and lived from 1774 to The frontiersman became famous for plant ing apple trees throughout the but Badding also uses Johnnys story to talk about the importance of family and good deeds for Baddings creation of an apple swirl delights kids at the Badding concluded his program by reading the book Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg and handing out apple treats to In a Johnny Appleseed Day program on Tuesday for the Carroll Public Library featured Mike from Earl May Nursery and Garden Center speaking on Think Daily Times Herald Photos by Larry Devine Sisters frugally but leave to charity Iowa AP Two elderly sisters who lived frugally on the family farm with no running water or electricity have left more than to local Buelah and Lulah Alert left each to the Hampton Public Library the Franklin County Historical Society and the Franklin Gen eral Hospital The groups received the money last What a wonderful gift they have given the library director Judy Harper Neighbors knew little about the Alert who lived quietly and alone after their parents lust because they lived that way doesnt mean that they didnt appreciate their com said Jim Jorgensen executor of the Few knew of the sisters considerable investments until after death in November 2001 at the age of Lulah died in She was Jorgensen had befriended the sisters when Lulah asked him to run their farm in the SM ESTATE on Patn 11 Military helicopter killing 11 FORT AP The military confirmed Wednesday that 11 of the 13 soldiers aboard a Black Hawk helicopter died when their helicopter crashed during training in a wooded area of a post in northern New One of the two survivors was in critical condition and the other was in serious a Fort Drum spokesman The soldiers had just completed a sling loading loading and unload ing equipment from a sling beneath the and were on their way back to Airfield when the helicopter crashed about three miles from the said Bryan Crews aboard two other helicopters flying in the same training formation did not see the Hilferty They came back here and thats when they noticed the trail helicopter was Hilferty All 13 soldiers aboard the helicopter were active mem bers of the 10th Mountain Di The four crew members were from the divisions Avia tion The infantrymen were from the Second Hilferty said officials would not release any of the victims names until all the families had been Our focus is the families Hilferty The accident will be investi gated by a team from the Army Safety Center at Fort and personnel from the Criminal Investigation Com Hilferty The mil criminal investigation reviews all accidents at military he Investigators stayed at the scene through the On heavy snow was making their work more Hilferty said there were no indication of problems before the The first call I got was that it was It just disap Hilferty The Black Hawk is a great It is the workhorse of the It has a great safe ty Hilferty Daniel Bohr at Fort Drum said the aircraft last made radio contact shortly before 2 Rescue crews located the crash site at about Hilferty said search crews were slowed getting to the scene by several feet of ice covered snow in the crash The crash occurred about 150 yards from a dirt he Hazel Seery said she was driving home from work about 2 when she saw two Army After living in the area for 33 she has become accustomed to the training but this one was There was one on the bot tom and another helicopter flying on top of The one on the bottoms nose was up and the one on the top was tipping Seery I didnt see the crash but I knew something was up with all the commotion she The National Weather Service reported winds of 22 mph with to 30 mph at field around 2 Steve a pilot with the air taxi service Adirondack Helicopters in 60 miles south of the said there was nothing troubling about Tuesdays Visibility is he Theres some wind but noth ing were not used to coping with this time of Fort Drum is home to the 10th Mountain Division and has been a major staging area for reserve units taking part in the buildup toward war with Iraq conflict between differ ent parties that have tried to talk about it and some person that have gotten kind of bent out of Bluml said the has stepped in as an intermedi ary to resolve some of those concerns and bring people I think the city officials may have resented that a little but we have nothing but the best interests of town in he Bluml said Glidden will change one way or There is no way to preserve the status quo as some would he You either move forward or you in my Blum In in personal in a theres no staying the Change is just a part of Bluml said a Glidden indus trial park would benefit the entire county and surrounding There have been people who have said that Glidden can ride on Carrolls coattails See GLIDDEN on Page 11 Britain seeking to break United Nations impasse UNITED NATIONS AP Britain set out a list of con ditions for disarmament hoping to break an impasse at the United Na tions that has left Prime Min ister Tony Blair vulnerable at home because of his support for the tough Winning a resolution that authorizes war with Iraq is politically vital for who faces a revolt from his own La bor party if he joins the United States in military action with out international Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested Tuesday that Washington was consid ering war without its closest The United States wants a vote this week on its resolution threatening Iraq with war if it doesnt immediately But a official said Were still working with the British to come up with final White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the United States still expects a vote this week on the The president has given diplomacy a certain amount of He will not give it Fleischer did not rule out the possibility of Bush is suing a deadline for military action after the diplomatic work comes to an But which is sponsor ing the resolution along with the United States and may be withdrawn because of a threatened French We are considering above all in view of the already absolute and emphatic mation by France of a Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio The United States and Brit ain have been trying to win approval ibr an ultima tum giving Saddam Hussein several days to disarm or lace But it has become clem that a March 17 deadline sug gested last week still does not have enough support on the Security Russia and China oppose the reso with Paris threaten ing to veto any measure that contains an ultimatum or the automatic use of Britain took the lead Wednesday in trying to break the Foreign Office Minister Mike OBrien out lined six disarmament that Baghdad would have to meet by a certain OBrien said the conditions would be part of a new draft The conditions would in clude A television appearance by Saddam renouncing weap ons of mass permission for 30 key weapons scientists to trav el to Cyprus to be interviewed by weapons The destruction forth with of liters of an thrax and other chemical and biological weapons Iraq is suspected of The surrender of and explanation about biological weapons commitment to destroy proscribed An accounting for un manned aerial Laying out specific condi tions for Iraq to meet could help swing wavering votes on the Security But much would depend on the length of time Saddam would be given to meet the Heart Start CPR class Saturday in Carroll By BUTCH HEMAN Times Herald Staff Writer The Carroll County Emer gency Medical System Asso will conduct its 16th annual Heart Start CPR class on March Volunteer and professional members of the EMS Associa tion will do CPR instruction at Carroll Middle with classes starting hourly from 9 to 1 No advance registration is Members of the public will be charged while those who require CPR certifi cation for their jobs as health care providers will be charged Proceeds are forwarded to the American Heart Asso which certifies Heart Start There will be only one train ing session for healthcare starting at 9 At Saturdays Heart participants will be divided into small groups to watch an instructional video and prac tice CPR on The EMS Association will also be accepting donations during Heart which cally draws 300 EMS Association members volunteer their time to do the CPR Several local res and grocers donate breakfast and lunch for the The American Heart Associ ation recommends participa tion in a CPR refresher course every two The Carroll County recom mends an annual The more you see it and do the less you heiden CPR is an important part of the Carroll County Emer gency Medical said Ambulance Service director EMS officials preach about the chain of survival for someone experiencing a heart Fish said knowledge is the first Its crucial to See 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