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07/06/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(LE MARS)--A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN WHO IS A KINGSLEY NATIVE SEES STRONG SIGNS OF PATRIOTISM TODAY.
IOWA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SERGEANT MAJOR HARRISON MCNAUGHTON SPOKE AT THE FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM AT PLYMOUTH COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK IN LE MARS SATURDAY. .
MCNAUGHTON IS BASED IN BOONE WITH THE SECOND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM.
"WELL AS AN OPERATIONS SERGEANT MAJOR WHAT YOU DO IS YOU'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING WITH DAY-TO- DAY OPERATIONAL LEVEL THINGS SUCH AS MOVEMENT OF TROOPS, TRAINING, OPERATIONAL PLANS AND GUIDANCE--THINGS OF THAT NATURE," MCNAUGHTON SAYS.
MCNAUGHTON IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE MILITARY AS A CIVILIAN.
"WELL, I AM A FULLTIME SOLDIER. BUT ACTUALLY I'M A CIVILIAN FEDERAL TECHNICIAN, BUT I DO WORK FULL TIME FOR THE MILITARY AND I WEAR THE UNIFORM EVERY DAY," MCNAUGHTON EXPLAINS. "MY FULLTIME JOB IS I ACTUALLY WORK AT THE STATE HEADQUARTERS IN JOHNSTON, NEXT TO DES MOINES. IN MY JOB THERE I WORK IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AND A LOT OF OPERATIONS THINGS THAT PARALLEL A LOT OF WHAT I'D DO FOR THE BRIGADE."
DURING HIS ADDRESS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY IN LE MARS, MC NAUGHTON EMPHASIZED APPRECIATION FOR VETERANS' SACRIFICE IN THE COUNTRY'S MORE THAN 200 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. KLEM NEWS ASKED MC NAUGHTON ABOUT PATRIOTISM.
"I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS YOU KNOW THINGS GO INFLUX. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, I THINK PATRIOTISM WAS AT ITS PEAK AND MAYBE IT HAS EBBED A LITTLE BIT IN SOME OF THE YEARS PAST," MCNAUGHTON EXPLAINS. "YOU KNOW WE WENT THROUGH SOME TUMULTUOUS TIMES DURING THE '60S AND THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY SAID THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T PATRIOTIC. THEY JUST DIFFERED IN VIEWS AS FAR AS OUR POLITICAL AGENDAS. BUT THAT'S FINE AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES AMERICA SO GREAT. BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT I THINK IS PATRIOTISM IS AT ITS FULL SWING TODAY AND I SEE THAT IN THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE IN UNIFORM AND THE DYNAMIC SUPPORT THAT THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND EMPLOYERS GIVE THEM FROM BACK HERE WHEN WE ARE OVERSEAS SERVING."
MC NAUGHTON CREDITED HIS PARENTS, JANET MCNAUGHTON AND THE LATE RAY MCNAUGHTON AS HIS GREATEST ROLE MODELS AS WELL AS HIS EARLY GUARD LEADERS.
MCNAUGHTON'S TIME IN IRAQ AND KOSOVO GAVE HIM WITH A STRONG APPRECIATION FOR QUALITY OF LIFE ENJOYED IN THE UNITED STATES.
"YOU KNOW WE ENJOY FREEDOMS THAT MANY COUNTRIES JUST LONG TO HAVE," MCNAUGHTON SAYS. I'M TELLING YOU WE TAKE A LOT OF THINGS FOR GRANTED HERE. THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE I HOPE PEOPLE REMEMBER IN WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TODAY IS THAT FREEDOM ISN'T FREE AND FREEDOM COMES AT A GREAT SACRIFICE AND A GREAT PRICE AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET HOW VITAL THAT IS AND HOW PRECIOUS FREEDOM IS."
MCNAUGHTON HAS BEEN IN THE GUARD SINCE 1975 WHEN HE JOINED WHAT WAS THEN "COMPANY A" IN LE MARS.
(LE MARS)--WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH PROGRESS IS MADE TOWARD COMPLETING THE LE MARS RECREATION TRAIL.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL SAYS GOOD PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO FINISH THE TRAIL PAVING AND BUILD AN ENCLOSURE RAILROAD OFFICIALS REQUIRED FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT AN UNDERPASS. .
"WALKER'S EXCAVATING IS FORMING AND GETTING READY TO POUR THE LINK THAT TIES IT IN TO FOURTH AVENUE EAST WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE OF MUNICIPAL PARK," LANGEL SAYS. "WE HAVE A SMALL COMPONENT UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD YET. CITY CREWS ARE WORKING DIRECTLY UNDER THE RAILROAD."
THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS IT'S POSSIBLE AT MID-WEEK WALKER EXCAVATING CAN MAKE A LINK TO THE RAILROAD UNDERPASS FROM THE WEST AND EAST SIDE OF THE TRAIL.
REC TRAIL PAVING MAY BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO WEEKS. THEN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS THE CANOPY AND ENCLOSURE "TO KEEP PEDESTRIANS ON THE TRAIL AND NOT MEANDERING AROUND THE RAILROAD BRIDGE CAN BE COMPLETED." MATERIALS HAVE BEEN ORDERED THROUGH SCREENBUILDERS.
(SIOUX CITY)--WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL INTRODUCE A ONE-YEAR GLOBAL STUDIES HONORS PROGRAM THIS FALL FOR HIGH-ACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OR RECENT GRADUATES WHO INTEND TO PURSUE A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE. .
THE PROGRAM CONTENT FOCUSES ON GLOBAL ISSUES SUCH AS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, GREEN ENTERPRISES, CULTURAL AWARENESS, GLOBAL CONFLICT AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS. IN ADDITION TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, THERE WILL BE FIELD TRIPS, GUEST SPEAKERS, RESEARCH PROJECTS, INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE PROGRAM ENTRY REQUIREMENT IS A MINIMUM SCORE OF 22 ON THE ADVANCED COLLEGE PLACEMENT TEST. THE DEADLINE FOR ADMISSION IS AUGUST 1ST. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ OF KLEM NEWS.)
(SIBLEY)--A HARRIS, IOWA MAN WAS ARRESTED BY OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S AUTHORITIES FRIDAY FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT. .
AUTHORITIES SAY 65-YEAR OLD RAYMOND WILLARD TRYON ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED AN 82-YEAR OLD WOMAN. THE WOMAN, WHO WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, WAS TREATED AT LAKES REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN SPIRIT LAKE AND LATER RELEASED.
TRYON WAS TAKEN TO THE OSCEOLA COUNTY JAIL. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ OF KLEM NEWS)
(IDA GROVE)--IDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S AUTHORTIES ARRESTED AN IDA GROVE WOMAN FRIDAY ON A FORGERY CHARGE. 26-YEAR OLD ANN LE VAN SKOYK WAS HELD IN THE COUNTY JAIL OVER NIGHT AND RELEASED SATURDAY AFTER APPEARING BEFORE A MAGISTRATE.
A HOLSTEIN WOMAN WAS ARRESTED BY IDA COUNTY AUTHORITIES SUNDAY AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN HOLSTEIN. 44-YEAR OLD DIANA LYNN MARTIN IS BEING HELD IN THE IDA COUNTY JAIL. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ OF KLEM NEWS)
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