Local grad Huss has role in new TV drama
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Local grad Huss has role in new TV drama
CENTRAL IOWA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA SUNDAY May 18, 2014 BOBCATS FALL IN REGIONALS Marshalltown girls tennis team knocked off by Waterloo West in first round • B1 timesrepublican.com Price $1.50 Former IVH employee wants Local grad Huss answers about ‘do not hire’ list has role in new TV drama CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY TINA ROWDEN/AMC Marshalltown native Toby Huss, center, is one of the stars in the new AMC drama “Halt and Catch Fire.” The show debuts on June 1. T-R PHOTO BY MIKE DONAHEY Carol Ray of Albion is shown in the kitchen of her home Thursday, while looking at evaluations she had received from superiors when she was employed at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. By MIKE DONAHEY TIMES-REPUBLICAN Shocked. That was how Carol Ray of Albion felt upon learning she was on Iowa’s “do not hire” list. The former Iowa Veterans Home employee said she was good at her job as a resident treatment technician. Ray proudly showed copies of evaluations, where supervisors ranked her “above average.” She worked as a resident treatment technician on two different occasions for a total of 25 years. She liked her co-workers and the residents she cared for. Her work was important. She gave medicines to residents, recorded the time and date when dosages were given, and checked on residents every two hours, among other tasks. The job also required her to turn residents in their beds so they did not develop bed sores. Frequently she assisted residents transfer from their bed to a wheelchair. The constant, lifting, turning and shifting motions coupled with being on her feet many hours per shift aggravated her rheumatoid arthritis. And over the years, she periodically had to miss work because of the pain, she said. Ray was able to manage the condition with medication and rest for years until it became unbearable. She frequently worked while suffering from pain. The pain and discomfort increased significantly. But she did not want to quit. She consulted with doctors, and they said it was in her best interest to resign, which she did in 1999. Photos produced by Ray show supervisors and coworkers at a reception in her honor. Ray had resigned from IVH twice before. Once was to move to Oregon with her husband. However, they were unhappy in Oregon and returned to Iowa. She re-applied at IVH and LIST | A3 ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ debuts June 1 on AMC The 1983 Marshalltown High School graduate plays the role of John Bosworth, a leader of a company called Cardiff Electric. The show is set in 1983 in Dallas as an upstart personal computer company (Cardiff Electric) tries to compete with IBM. Huss said it has a pretty unique storyline. “It’s the first show that delves into the Wild West mentality of that time,” Huss said. Huss said he landed the role through an audition and the show features two of the same producers of “Breaking Bad.” “AMC has had some great shows and they just have a really good track record,” Huss said. “They’ve been really good in letting us be creative By ANDREW POTTER TIMES-REPUBLICAN When it comes to a timeslot to launch a new show, it’s hard to get much better than Sunday nights on AMC. The spot on the channel which catapulted shows such as “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men” will have local flavor on a new series this summer. Marshalltown native Toby Huss, an acting veteran of dozens of television shows and movies, has a role in the new dramatic series “Halt and Catch Fire.” The series debuts at 9 p.m. June 1 on AMC. HUSS | A3 Branstad, lawmakers: Thousands flee, 25 die in record Balkan floods Broadband expansion important By JOVANA GEC THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By KOURTNEY LIEPELT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES — Despite the surprising defeat of a broadband expansion bill as the Legislature neared adjournment, Gov. Terry Branstad and lawmakers said the effort is important to rural Iowa and should be pursued next year. The GOP-majority House defeated the bill last month, with nine Republicans joining with Democrats in opposing a measure they argued included too many tax breaks to telecommunications companies and not enough requirements for the services they would provide. Supporters of the measure responded that without incentives, companies have little motivation to extend broadband into rural areas. Branstad spokesman Jimmy Centers said the governor is committed to broadband expansion and will try again. He called broadband expansion essential to creating more wellpaid jobs. Rep. Guy Vander Linden, a Republican from Oskaloosa, voted against the bill but said there “absolutely” is a need to increase broadband coverage in rural Iowa. First, though, lawmakers need to work with telecommunications experts in writing a more detailed bill, he said. About 24 percent of Iowa households don’t subscribe to home broadband service, either by choice or lack of availability, according to data released in October 2013 by the Connect Iowa initiative, a partnership that comprises both state and private entities. More than 113,000 school-age children don’t have access at home, and 143,000 Iowans are dial-up users. “A lot of residences aren’t using broadband even when access is there,” said Phillip Brown, Connect Iowa’s director of state and federal policy. “If it’s not used, there aren’t any benefits at all.” Telecommunications companies said offering broadband to everyone isn’t always financially feasible, given the expense of the necessary infrastructure. “We want all our customers to have the access that they demand, but we build out where EXPANSION | A3 MAGLAJ, Bosnia — Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century. Rapidly rising rivers surged into homes, sometimes reaching up to the second floors, sending people climbing to rooftops for rescue. Hundreds were also evacuated in Croatia. Authorities said 25 people have died but warned the death toll could rise. Tens of thousands of homes were left without electricity or drinking water. Landslides triggered by the floods also raised the risk of injury or death from land mines left over from Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. The landslides swept away many of the carefully placed warning signs around the minefields. Three months’ worth of rain has fallen on the region in three days this week, creating the worst floods since records began being kept 120 years ago. Observed from the air, almost a third of Bosnia, mostly its northeast corner, resembled a huge muddy lake, with houses, roads and rail lines submerged. Admir Malagic, a spokesman for AP PHOTO People help old women out of a military truck during evacuation from Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. Bosnia’s Security Ministry, said about a million people — over a quarter of the country’s population — live in the affected area. “Bosnia is facing a horrible catastrophe,” said Bakir Izetbegovic, the chairman of the Bosnian three-man presidency. “We are still not fully aware of actual dimensions of the catastrophe ... we will have to take care of hundreds, thousands of people ...” Izetbegovic was touring Maglaj, hard hit by floods. As the waters mostly withdrew on Saturday, Maglaj was covered in mud and debris, with residents checking damage and bringing furniture out in the streets to dry. “Everything is destroyed, but we are happy to be alive,” said Maglaj resident Zijad Omerovic. In the eastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina, some 10,000 people were being evacuated Saturday FLOOD | A3 Turkish miner who survived says company to blame Weary crews prepare for long wildfire season SAVASTEPE, Turkey — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey’s worst mining disaster: company negligence. | A7 ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Firefighters scoured charred hillsides north of San Diego on Saturday to guard against a resurgence of flames that ripped through the region, while the last of tens of thousands of evacuees prepared to return home. | A5 Today Sunny 69/53 Inside Today n Advice A4 n Business A7 n Central Iowa C1 n Classifieds F1 n Comics E1 n Daily Almanac A2 n Editorial Forum D1 n Iowa News A5 n Lotteries B2 n National & World News A8 n Obituaries A6 n People A6 n Public Records A6 n Puzzles E3 n Sports B1 n Weather A2 7 48445 00020 8 Printed with soy ink on recycled newsprint Thank You to Connie Hurkman of State Center for being part of the T-R family. 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