Members of the afternoon session of the first Construction Technology class stand in the basement of the house they and fellow students are building at the corner of Hudson and Roosevelt in Marion. Pictured are: back row Hector Cardenas (junior), Jake Bredemeier (senior); front, Andy Kelsey (junior), Lanna Carroll (senior), Dillon Wildin (sophomore) and instructor Lucas King. Don Ratzlaff
Whether you do it for a living or as a weekend do-it-yourselfer, house construction is always a learning experience.
Marion High School has formalized the learning process somewhat with the start of its Construction Technology program this fall.
James and Gayle Voth recently completed renovating the Ratzlaff Building on East Main Street in Goessel with hope for a better economic future for their hometown in mind. “We like to hope it helps Goessel in general,” James said. The downtown office building has opened with full occupancy. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press<p>
Not every real-estate development is motivated primarily by prospect of short-term financial gain.
James and Gayle Voth say family history and a better economic future for their hometown were the two key factors that prompted them to transform an old family-owned structure into Goessel’s first downtown office building.
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