Le Mars Daily Sentinel (Newspaper) - March 22, 2002, Le Mars, Iowa Partly cloudy and Highs near Please see page 2 for a complete weather Mat awards Page 7 Family Trees Page 16 carrier delivered to your home Sentinel INDEX Today Local Opinion 4 For the Record Obituaries People Places TV Listings Arts Leisure Step to it Line dancing at the Le Mars Senior Center is a fun Pictured front row from left Irene Florence Utech and Marjorie Back row are Helen Schuette and Ted Not pictured are Peggy and Mary The group danced during the Spring Fling held March sponsored by the Plymouth County Senior Helpmate The group learns line dance routines Mondays and Thursdays at 9 and Saturdays at 10 for an hour and a Anyone wishing to learn line dancing is welcome to said who teaches the Sentinel photo by Beverly Van Buskirk Skateboard park still on track By Kathy Faber Staff writer Gremlins bugged ethanol plant By Marsha Melnichak News editor The Sioux Center ethanol plant is up and in pretty steady general manager Bernie Punt of the Energy and Livestock Cooperative told those at the Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce agribusiness event It he an exciting challenge but admitted there have been problems SEE PLANT ON PAGE 3 Punt Farmers cant do it alone A skateboard park is still a possibility for Le Tim Sitzmann of Le representing a group of skateboard enthusiasts who would like to see devel of a spoke to the Le Mars Park and Recreation Board on He the park board the group has been looking for a good potential park location that would not interfere with other recreational interests in the One of the potential locations that had been discussed is the rink at Cleveland Sitzmann said the location is good but he nor other members of the group want to take that space away from those who enjoy using it as it The group is seeking a space on city property that is very flat and offers room to expand from an initial concrete pad size of 100 by 100 feet or 100 by 60 Other suggested locations are the municipal an area near the municipal pool or Adler The group began i fundraising efforts two years ago have an account with the Board member Roberta Kass told Sitzmann there have been problems with skateboarders using areas of Le Mars parks resulting in She asked if the Le Mars group could meet SEE PARK ON PAGE 3 By Marsha Melnichak News editor Midsized family farmers and business people need to It was such a combi nation that made the Sioux Center ethanol plant a real Its through combining But its hard for the midsized family farmer work together for the good of the Northwest Iowa econ omy Bernie Punt told those at the AgriBusiness lunch eon as general manager of Energy and Livestock brings experience his Bernie Punt our our thoughts and ideas and working with local businessmen that that better economy can become a he He told the businessmen present that farmers right now face rising tight margins and increasing reg Its a real chal he Punt also said he wanted businessmen to know that farmers arent bad people out to pollute the environ he they are about the best preservers of the environment and urged both farmers and business men to stay in touch with SEE PUNT ON PAGE 3 Thermal imaging will help firefighters and fire victims By Kathy Faber Staff writer Memorial gifts and last years state firefighters con vention hosted by the Le Mars department have made it possible for another piece of equipment to be added to the Fire Chief Wayne Schipper showed a taped tion of a new thermal imag ing camera to members of the Le Mars City Council on The handheld camera allows firefighters to find people in filled spaces by sensing body Wireless transmission allows monitoring in location as J Three families made memo rial gifts to the Le Mars Fire Those along with funds from last years were used to purchase the Pioneer stories inspire Collmann book High tech martins One can only assume that the martins in the high rise apart ment behind the Robert Russel home at 215 Plymouth Street Northwest are fans of the Animal Sentinel photo by Marsha Melnichak By Beverly Van Buskirk Lifestyles editor Phyllis Collmann of rural Ireton has always enjoyed reading and listening to the accounts of life in the pio neer days from patients she cared for as a registered Her interest in those pio neer stories led her to writ ing and after nearly three years of work and her first Roses Betrayal and Survival is off the press and on It took me about a year and a half to write the said a retired nurse who lives on a farm with her After finishing the it took over a year at the Publishing of before it was ready for The 45page book follows five years in the life of Rose who at age 17 was sent by her father to a stranger in Oklahoma for after he felt unable to care for her There she lives with an older man who teaches her the art of surviving extreme animal trespassers and changing the city girl from Louis into a skilled sur Along the she also learns about friend content ment and Rose was a busy young lady who had to grow up in a hurry to take over an adult said Collmann of the character in her One thing Rose enjoyed was and Joseph kept her supplied with new I love the education that she self by said The characters SEE BOOK ON PAGE 3 Colin and Phyllis Collmann hold copies of Roses Betrayal and Survival which was recently Sentinel photo by Beverly Van Buskirk