Education, workforce development head agenda for Saturday's legislative briefing

The Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance Government Affairs Committee invites the public to a forum with area lawmakers Saturday, Feb. 28, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the International Room of Chadwick Library at Iowa Wesleyan College.

The forum topic is ?Education and Workforce Development.?

Rep. Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant, and Sen. Thomas Courtney, D-Burlington, are both scheduled to attend. Joining them in discussion will be John Henriksen, superintendent of Central Lee Community School District and Dr. Mike Wells, superintendent of Mt. Pleasant Community School District, who both have broad knowledge of education systems.

J.D. Schimmelpfennig, founder of Lomont Molding, Inc., will be sitting on the panel as a representative of workforce needs, bringing over 30 years of experience in the plastics business. Teri Bockting, director of human resources of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., will moderate.

Chamber Alliance Legislative Forums are the fourth Saturday of the month during the legislative session in the International Room of Chadwick Library on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus.