Marion Times (Newspaper) - January 13, 2000, Marion, Iowa Volume 10 Number 2 75 Cents Mcy INSIDE SCHOOL RUSSIA PAGES MARION CITY ENGINEER ERV MUSSMAN ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION PAGE 13 anon mes Briefly Marion man rescues baby BY CAROLYN VOEGELE TIMES STAFF WRITER a Citizen of Marion announces candidacy for Linn County Supervisor BY CAROLYN VOEGELE TIMES STAFF WRITER On December Dan 895 56th became a A retired gold miner from who now works out of his Dan considers himself a pretty ordi nary What happened to Dan on a routine trip to the local was anything but or He witnessed a scream ing woman enter the building with her The had stopped Using the emergency instincts Dan gained working in a fire department in California years he immedi ately stepped After telling the employee to call Dan grabbed the baby and began his According to the rest is almost a I didnt know what was going on around he I remember un zipping his little Next he began patting the baby on the When he heard a he turned the child Although he has been trained in adult Dan has never been trained in baby he still managed to restore the childs The who had just re turned from the doctors office for respiratory was then rushed to the treated and That close to Dan Im thankful that the boy was able to be Dans was so im pressed with his fathers heroic act that he wrote a letter to the editor of the Marion is very modest about his My main concern was that little baby he said Anybody done How to Really Start Your Own Business Seminar January 13th 20th start ing at at Main Campus and over the KTS cable system to their Marion Cen ter on 10th Avenue and their Ce dar Rapids 5th Avenue Call 3985412 or toll free 1 8003328833 to John 1000 Lindale has announced his candidacy for the position of Linn County Supervisor in the November 2000 A native of Nieland graduated from Marion High School in After earning a degree in Political Science from the University of Nebraska in Nieland began a 22year career with the While on active he was awarded the Silver Star for two Bronze a purple heart for wounds received under the Combat Infantry Badge and the Mas ter Parachute Nieland was assigned as a high school ROTC teacher in He transformed the strug gling program into one of the more highly rated ROTC programs in the Southwest Re After retiring from the Nieland returned to Iowa with his also a Marion He began as a semi driver for a Cedar Rapids trucking company called After more than a year of Nieland transferred to the safety department and eventually worked his way up to senior driving instructor for the companys truck driving Upon retiring from the trucking indus Nieland ran for the Marion City Council and was elected in I feel very good about having the opportunity to be a member of the Marion City Nieland As a council he has facilitated many programs benefiting the Marion including a recent Teen Night at the Nieland made a passed by the coun that a letter be written to area businesses selling tobacco and alcohol products to warn them to minors can result in the loss of Nieland is a volunteer at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids and participates in the annual Swamp Fox For merly the Unit Historian for the Marion American Legion Post Nieland was re sponsible for a major citywide event that replaced 26 Civil War and War of 1812 head stones in the Marion He currently serves as the Post Sergeant of Arms where he conducts all military rites for veterans in the area by Himself a Nieland I feel very sincere about making sure veterans get the recognition they In Nieland serves as a director on the Bluestem Solid Waste This he has especially prepared him as a candidate for Linn County Nieland sees a need for leadership and communication with other levels of govern Having worked closely with the Linn County I feel I have a num ber of things I can bring to the he Nieland says his purpose in serving on the Marion City Council and running for Linn County Supervisor is to give some thing back to this community in exchange for the values it gave to He envisions a county government that invests its citizens tax money Ill pursue sensible growth opportunities that will reduce the future tax burden on todays said Nieland says his years of experience in the army have taught him to confront the tough instead of avoiding If I dont know he I listen and In he he has gained an understanding of leadership from his army and City Council experi In his Nieland has made a commitment to Linn County he promises to listen to the citizens he SUBMITTED PHOTO John Nieland Ill seek out every bit of informa tion I can to make the right From his experience in Nieland knows that it is impossible to please every he once all the facts have been he will not hesitate to make a Nieland I wont duck the tough r Legislators hear concerns at Marion breakfast ii ths of it on aLL notion cU A panel of area legislators discussed issues with Marion business and government leaders during a special breakfast forum at the Chamber of Commerce The Iowa General Assembly convened its session on BY BRUCE TIEMANN FREELANCE WHITER Difficulty in finding and retaining teachers and laborers topped the list of concerns raised to area legislators at a breakfast forum Saturday attended by more than two dozen leaders from busi schools and city The forum at the Marion Chamber of Com merce preceded the start of the Iowa leg session this week and gave indi the opportunity to talk with state Mary state Andy state Rosemary and state Jerry According to issues likely to dominate the legislative session this year are possible state budget tax a potential property tax land use criminal long term de regulation of utilities and potential uses for Iowas share of tobacco settlement pay Torfi Barnes of Barnes Manu Services in Marion expressed a con cern common to many Eastern Iowa busi nesses the chronic lack of quality employ We still need a manufacturing base in this Barnes told the We run an economy by selling each other tele phone We cant run an economy by selling each other Ive seen people getting a raise every week for tour weeks straight just to keep them from going some where Barnes said the labor shortage makes things tough for small businesses struggling to compete in the I do realize manufacturing and other businesses have been put in a real said who characterized the bid ding for employees as very she countered that the legislature cannot afford to stop recruiting new business and industry to the Businesses have the opportunity and right to go anywhere they get the best and that goes for em said I think the Accelerated Career Education can help train people who want to move and the manufacturing facilities involved with the community colleges in developing that leg feel very confident they can draw the people they 1 very much sympathize with the com ments youve made and Im concerned at some of the danger signals I see for the long McKean told It really frustrates me to see communities and states bidding against each other to the overall detriment of those communities and states in many We need to be able to get our kids out of high school ready to go to work for said We have a lot of kids that need remedial classes before they can even begin to take business classes that will be useful to Thomson said the state already has taken some steps toward that goal by Approving extra money for reading programs in schools and reducing overall class Don president of the Marion Independent School raised a num ber of including the shortage of qualified which he said is becoming an issue for his He said schools in other states are hiring away Iowa teachers at an alarming Joseph superintendent of the echoed senti noting the teacher shortage is espe acute in subject areas like math and industrial elementary counseling and special We have a large bubble of who will be very difficult to replace when they begin said Pacha On the topic of Marion City Council member Kay Lammers asked if the legislature would consider the grow ing impact of internet sales on Iowa sales tax Lundby agreed that there is a fairness issue at stake because local busi nesses must collect sales taxes while internet sellers do But I do not want to start a new because they never go Lundby By the same we have to recog nize that there are some very dramatic changes taking place in our economy due to the said These changes can have a very significant im pact on small businesses and sales tax Its a tough and I think we will have to do some very hard thinking about The question of relief from land use restrictions also came up at the Land use policies are getting so tive that you cant do anything with your commented John Messerli oi The legislators agreed that land use restrictions and urban sprawl will be a difficult issue in the coming given the different economic interests of rural and urban The biggest user of Grade A corn suitability land in the state is the Iowa Department of said But every one of us here would be a liar if we say we dont want to get somewhere three seconds faster on a four lane We want it for economic we want it for easy Contd on Page 10
