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Central School Preservation, 211 South Center Street, Lake City, IA (2026)

10/02/2026

Caring for a grand old building like Central School means taking care of the roof. Now that weeks of rain have moved on, the crew from Kinney Construction in Lohrville has a chance to work today on some important roof repairs. It's so exciting to see this work in progress!

09/28/2026

Spotting the Fakes in Lake City
By Darcy Dougherty Maulsby, Central School Preservation board president

Did Lake City ever have a streetcar running through the downtown business district? You might think so, if you looked at a postcard from 1910 that’s part of Central School’s collection.

We also have a fanciful photo of downtown Lake City that shows one hot-air balloon, two primitive airplanes and a large air ship (which looks like a mash-up of a hot-air balloon connected to a Viking ship), all soaring above Main Street south of the town square.

Images like this, which were produced circa 1910, never fail to capture people’s attention. But are they real?

There’s some accuracy with these images. The air ship picture, for example, was taken at the corner of Main Street and Center Street looking east. You can see buildings that are still standing today, including Lake City Hardware and Cornerstone Suites.

The streetcar image looks west from the corner of Main Street and Illinois Street. It shows the many businesses along the south side of Main Street in the early 1900s. You can clearly see the former bank building that was Harris Drug before becoming the home of the Opal Daisy Boutique.

In the front window of a building that’s now gone (it’s roughly where the hair salon west of Morrow’s Standard is now located on Main Street), you can see a hand-painted sign promoting “Love of Lady Irma.” It turns out that was a silent film—a melodrama—released in March 1910, so I’m guessing that building might have been Lake City’s first movie theater.

Films in those days usually ran about 10 or 12 minutes—similar to some YouTube videos today, but they covered a lot of ground. In the “Love of Lady Irma,” the vain Lady Irma fears she will lose her husband’s love. She impulsively hires two thugs to scar her husband’s handsome face, so he will become unattractive to other women and stay devoted to her.

The attack leaves him brutally disfigured, leading Lady Irma to suffer deep remorse. The hired thugs also use the secret to blackmail her for more money. When the husband catches the thugs extorting his wife, he throws them out. Lady Irma confesses the truth to him, and after understanding her twisted motive, he forgives her.

But let’s get back to the east-bound streetcar that appears to be rolling down the track alongside Main Street, outside the theatre. Did Lake City ever have a streetcar? No.

It’s an example of a photographer back in the day having a little fun in the darkroom. This is just early-1900s-style Photoshop.

What about the early 1900s image of downtown Lake City with the airplanes and airships flying above? That image says “Lake City IA in 1950.” Well, that’s certainly a fun way to predict the future.

On closer inspection, the airship image says, “Design ‘B,’ Copyright 1910 by Oscar Erickson.” I couldn’t find any information about Mr. Erickson, but there’s a good chance he was an itinerant photographer who went from town to town, peddling his products along the way.

I found other examples of his work on eBay, including a postcard showing downtown Sheldon, Iowa, in 1910. It looked remarkably like the Lake City airship image, only it was “Design A” with one airplane and two airships. The postcard said this was Sheldon in 1910.

The elusive Mr. Erickson also indulged in other photo trickery. You can find one of his picture postcards on eBay showing a duck hunter in a rowboat in a pond/slough that looks like it could have been in Calhoun County. The hunter is aiming his gun at a gigantic duck taking flight over the water. “My, but it was a big one,” said the card, copyrighted in 1909.

More than 100 years before today’s AI technology and deep fakes, photographers were manipulating images in all kinds of ways. But why?

Photographers in the early 1900s added streetcars, automobiles, and other elements to photos to make communities look more modern, prosperous, and bustling than they actually were. This practice was especially common in the production of postcards, which were enormously popular from 1905-1915. Sent by the hundreds of millions nationwide, these penny postcards were the social media of the day.

Back then, every small Iowa town was striving to promote itself as a center of commerce. Local boosterism was at an all-time high. Towns and growing cities wanted to appear modern, technologically advanced, and attractive to potential investors or residents. Adding an electric streetcar to a postcard image signaled that a community was a cutting-edge boom town.

These postcards were good for business in more ways than one. Postcard printing companies discovered that busy, action-packed street scenes sold significantly better than empty, quiet dirt roads. If a town like Lake City didn’t have streetcars, publishers simply pasted them in from photographs taken in larger cities like New York or Chicago.

Sometimes design appeal was also part of the equation. Photographers used streetcars and other additions to fill empty spaces in the foreground or background, creating a more balanced, aesthetically-pleasing composition.

Did anyone really mind? Apparently not, judging by the sheer number of fakes. There were countless photographic hoaxes in the early 20th century, including the “tall-tale” oversized food postcards. These ranged from little kids eating gigantic watermelons to an ear of Iowa-grown corn so large it took up the entire horse-drawn farm wagon.

These tongue-in-cheek images of agrarian abundance flourished primarily in the Midwest. They were good for business, and they generated positive public relations for small-town America. A few of those long-forgotten images still live on at Central School.

09/25/2026

Remember the former Benz Clothing store on Main Street in downtown Lake City? Well, it's got a new owner (Matt Skinner, who lives in Lake City), and the building is getting a new lease on life. Thanks to Joe Skinner, Matt's son, for sending these pictures. Joe says this building will eventually house Matt's company. Skinner Innovations provides specialized test equipment for fire alarm systems.

09/24/2026

We're loyal to you, Lake City High! Enjoy this flashback to the mid-1980s , thanks to Debbie (Smith) Dean. "Can you believe one year the squad of six included my two sisters, a cousin, and me?" she asks. How many of you remember those days?

09/22/2026

What’s New at Central
As I work through Central’s collection, I’m learning that an object’s value isn’t just its age. Often, what makes it special is the story it tells. (Look at this hand-painted plate showing the Presbyterian Church in Lake City.)

When cleaning out a family home, it’s natural to wonder if some of those treasures might belong in a museum. But not every old or treasured item is necessarily a good fit for Central. What we’re especially interested in are items that have a meaningful connection to our community.

Who owned it? How was it used? Was it connected to a local business, organization, school, or event? That history, what museums call provenance, may be what makes an ordinary object worth preserving. And sometimes, the memories and stories you share with us are every bit as valuable as the object itself.

Stay curious,
Debbie Savage

09/16/2026

From Debbie Savage, museum curator:

Central School’s lobby has been our first big project as we work to freshen up the building, while keeping its history front and center. Joyce Wiederin recently repainted the lobby floor and stairs, (check out the before--from 2021--and after pictures here) the Lake City Alumni Association donated a new rug, and we’ve done some sorting and rearranging. What a difference!

Our goal for the space is to feel welcoming, while also reminding you that we are a historic school and museum. We are still adding finishing touches and would love some donated houseplants. If you have a healthy plant to spare, please let us know.

We also will have a small area where we will be offering some items for sale that do not have a known connection to the school or our local area.

We’re open from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, and by appointment. Contact us at [email protected]

09/11/2026

Never Forget
by Darcy Maulsby, Central School Preservation board president

Would you believe about a third of Americans are too young to have any personal memories of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks? It’s also hard to fathom that 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of that horrendous day.

In 2001, I was working from my home near Grimes that Tuesday morning, writing articles for AgWeb.com. My landline phone rang shortly before 9 a.m. My colleague demanded that I turn on the TV.

I had no idea what she was talking about, but I went to the living room and grabbed the remote control. Like millions of other Americans, I watched in horror as a second airplane hit the World Trade Center. I couldn’t turn away as more updates came in. Something hit the Pentagon! A plane crashed in Pennsylvania! What next? Would one hit Chicago? Omaha?

In the days ahead, we learned that terrorist attacks had left nearly 3,000 people dead in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

I recently asked my friends and acquaintances about their memories of 9/11. A number of people from Calhoun County (current and former residents) shared their memories:

Marlene Glasnapp:
I was volunteering at the Stewart Memorial Community Hospital snack bar in Lake City. The small TV showed the tragic news. Still so hard to believe.

Rebekah Hungate:
I was a freshman in college at Northwest Missouri State University. It was so scary being away from home for the first real time in my life. Classes were canceled, and the news was on surround-sound on my dorm room floor that night. I remember talking on MSN Messenger to my mom back home, knowing she had to be so nervous having her kids far from home. My roommate and I went to get gasoline, because we heard we might need it.

Barb Shean Richardson:
I remember it all so clearly. We were chopping corn silage, and the weather was so perfect. Not too hot and the sky was a bright blue with the prettiest puffy clouds. When the first plane hit, I heard the news over KWMT (only had am radios in those straight trucks). I relayed the news to my husband, Eric, as he was pushing and building the silage pile and didn’t have any radio reception. It sounded like a tragic accident. And then the next plane hit the towers, and the third into the Pentagon. My mother-in-law had taped the news broadcasts, so we could watch them later.

We had good friends visiting family in New York City and were relieved to hear of their safe status later that night. They had toured the Twin Towers just the day before and witnessed the disaster from their family’s home in Brooklyn.
Scott Benz: My Alaskan buddy and I were floating the Stuyahok River in Alaska, hunting moose and caribou. We were on the river for close to 16 days. The Stuyahok empties into the Yukon River, and that’s where our float plane was to pick us up at our trip’s end. The whole area is very remote, of course. We hadn’t seen another human the entire float, but as we rounded the final bend in our raft, there were a half dozen hunters standing on the sandbar—our pick up location.
They all came running over and pulled us up on solid ground. That’s when we learned that they had all been stranded there for several days. Many were without food. A pair of the hunters had ventured downstream along the Yukon and came across a trading post that had a ham radio. They were told about the events that had happened several days earlier in New York City. The “rumor” the hunters returned with was that close 30,000 people were killed.

All air traffic in the U.S. had been halted. That’s why none of these hunters had been picked up at their scheduled times. Luckily, Alaska was the first state in the nation in which flights were resumed, as there were an estimated 700 hunters stranded in very remote areas across the state.

It was truly unbelievable. We actually missed the whole thing. By the time we got back to Wasilla, Alaska, the news stations had stopped broadcasting some of the most horrific scenes, but my friend’s wife had bought us each a copy of the Anchorage paper from September 12. On the front page was a picture capturing a man falling to his death from the towers. Could never have imagined.

Laura Holm:
My college roommate woke me up and told me something awful was going on. We were at home in our apartment, and we turned on the Today Show. We watched intently as the second plane hit and the other fateful events happened. I had to go in to work for Department of Public Safety at Iowa State University at 11 a.m. that day. We were told to stick together in pairs, and provide rides or comfort or whatever was needed. It was surreal.

JoAnn Ellerbrock of Lytton:
I was working in the Sac County courthouse. I heard the breaking news on the radio, when the first plane hit. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Our son was in college. I remember calling to check on him. It was kind of like when I was in grade school, and our superintendent told us President Kennedy had been shot.

Trish (Mohr) Wingett, Lake City High School Class of 1986:
“I spent September 10, 2001, at meetings in Pennsylvania then stayed in Atlantic City for the night. The company I worked for at the time had an office in Two World Trade. I was supposed to meet my coworkers the afternoon of September 11. I woke up late on the morning of September 11. (I stayed too long in the casino the night before.)
As I walked out to the boardwalk, it was eerily quiet on the casino floor. The boardwalk was empty. The sky was a beautiful blue, with no clouds to be found. I had no idea what had already happened just north of me.

I had about 45 missed calls on my cell phone, which I thought was so weird. I couldn’t get a signal to call anyone back. I was finally able to hear my voicemail, which didn’t make sense to me. My husband left a message saying that all flights were grounded. He talked to my aunt, and I was to go to their house. They lived in New Jersey, just outside of New York City. I was finally able to get a cell signal and called my husband, he then told me what happened.

My boss’s assistant called me. She said she tried so many times to reach me before a call finally went through. (Cell service was really bad, because the cell towers that were on top of the World Trade Center carried a huge percent of the cell phone traffic in the Northeast.) She was calling to make sure I was ok.

We had two people in the office that day at Two World Trade. She talked to Peter, and he was ok. She hadn’t been able to reach the admin (can’t remember her name). It wasn’t until 5:30 that afternoon that we found out she was ok.

I left Atlantic City on the Jersey Turnpike, which goes right by New York City. I was going 80 or 85 miles per hour, and cop cars were screaming past me like I was standing still. There were huge clouds of billowing smoke rising from the New York City skyline. Such an unreal site to see.

I made it to my aunt’s place. They used to work in the city and knew many people who still did. Throughout the day, they would hear stories of people they knew. One woke up with a toothache and stopped at the dentist before work. Their office was on the floor that got hit. A toothache saved their life. So many stories.
We wanted to donate blood, but the lines were so long they told people to wait. We sat on a hill, just looking at the skyline and praying.

The next day, my coworker sent us an email about what happened. I wish I still had the email. It was long, very detailed, and it made me cry. Here’s what I remember from it:

He was sitting at his desk in Two World Trade (the second tower to be hit, and the first to fall) that morning. The Port Authority made announcements that something happened at One World Trade, and they needed to evacuate the building. They assumed it was a fire. He said they were walking down the many flights of stairs. [Note: Each of the original Twin Towers in the World Trade Center complex had 110 floors.]

As they were walking down, firemen were trudging up the stairs, loaded down with their gear. (He made the comment that he couldn’t stop thinking about those firemen, and wondered if any of them made it out alive.)

When he was halfway down the tower, the Port Authority made another announcement, saying it was all clear, and they could go back to their desks. Many people turned around and went back up to go back to work. No telling how many of those who went back up survived.

Peter decided to continue down the stairs and headed outside. That decision likely saved his life. He was out of the building when it was hit. He described running away when the buildings collapsed. Heart breaking.

The following January (2002), we took our daughter, who was 5 at the time, to see Ground Zero. The night before we were there, they had found a body. It was still an active site. I have pictures. The image of mini blinds still dangling from trees sticks with me.”

Becky McChesney:
“When 9/11 happened, we lived across from the Lake City Union Church to the north. Josh and Brittany were in school. RJ was 4 and wasn’t in school yet, so he was home with me. I was a licensed daycare provider at the time. The weird thing was that every single family had called the night before or early that morning and cancelled, so I was going to have the day off.

After getting Josh and Brittany off to school, I fell asleep watching TV, and RJ wasn’t up yet. I was awakened to a breaking news report that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I was confused, but not alarmed. I thought it was maybe some kind of freak accident. After the second plane hit, I thought, “How crazy is that?”

When the news reporters said a plane hit the Pentagon, I immediately knew something bad was happening. I called my mom, and we went to grab the kids from school. The rest of the day we were pretty much glued to the TV, watching everything that was going on. It’s just amazing how we can remember so vividly the details from that day.

Jennifer Fahan Houk, Lake City High School Class of 1988:
I was in the office at work (a perinatal center in Des Moines) and heard my coworker say a plane hit the tower in New York. My first thought was that it was a single-engine small plane. Boy was I wrong.

Jane McCurdy:
We were in Ft. Dodge and heard that a small plane hit World Trade Center. At the Sears store, all TVs were showing what really happened. We went home, as we were in no mood to shop. Kasey came home from college and stayed a few days. It was a period of uncertainty no one our age had known. There was a sense of impending doom and feeling sad for all who lost their life.

Janene Vonnahme:
I called the high school right away and told the secretary to have classrooms turn on the tv. History in the making. So sad. My son had a JV football game at Glidden that day. When we left the game, the cars were lined up for blocks to get gas. The sky was a hush for a couple days. It was so eerie.

Mark Schleisman, Lake City-area farmer:
I was working for ConAgra and had just landed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the morning of 9/11. It was supposed to be a short trip down there and back.

We stopped at a gas station for coffee. On the TV they were reporting about the first flight hitting the towers, not knowing if it was an accident or what. Then while we were watching, the second plane hit, and we knew it wasn’t an accident.

I stayed up all night for two or three nights, watching the news. I couldn’t sleep. I had to stay extra days in Argentina, due to the US airspace being shut down. I ended up being on the first flight to land in Chicago once the air space was opened. There was all new security when we boarded the plane going back to the US. They certainly looked at all the passengers differently.

You certainly looked at the other passengers differently...suspiciously. Everyone and their baggage was physically searched prior to boarding. That process took what seemed like hours.

There was a big cheer when we landed in Chicago around September 15. All the patriotism back in the US was obvious. It felt good to be home. I received many messages of support from my friends and colleagues around the world.

My flying schedule changed forever, due to strict security protocols that are now just standard.

John Rosenboom, Pomeroy-area farmer; Heartland Bank president
I graduated from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids in the spring of 2001. I was working construction in the Omaha area, where my uncle’s neighbor had a construction business.

We were at a job site not too far from the airport on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. While airplanes typically went by all the time, suddenly there were no planes flying, which was really weird.

We took a break and went to a local gas station, where we saw the news on TV about the terrorist attacks. Soon there were fighter jets flying around the area. We didn’t know that President Bush had been taken to Offutt Air Force Base for awhile before he was flown back to Washington, D.C.

All I knew is that that I wanted to get the heck out of Omaha and get back to my family’s farm by Pomeroy. I decided to fill up my car with gas but had to wait an hour and a half to get fuel. Vehicles were lined up for blocks as people rushed to the gas stations to fill up their tanks.

Before all that happened, my plan was to live in the city. After 9/11, I just wanted to return to the farm. There’s a lot of history here, since my family settled in the Pomeroy area in the 1880s. I’m a fifth-generation farmer. I’m glad I built my career in rural Iowa and have had the chance to carry on my family’s farming heritage.

Andrew Lauver:
“I was in 4th grade at the school building in Lohrville. Mrs. Tasler was my teacher. That morning I heard a teacher start crying out from a school room. I was in line behind a classmate in the hallway near the drinking fountain. The adults ushered us to the library to watch the news live. Then there was a school assembly, and they dismissed us early.

I remember being home the next couple of days. My mom and dad were very somber. Everyone was unsure of how the next several days would go for our family and the country. I’ll never forget watching the coverage on tv. I can still go back to those immediate moments today, even though I was only 10 years old on 9/11 in 2001.

Looking back on this, it’s hard to believe that was 25 years ago. While there’s a lot of sadness in the memories, there’s also some brightness when I think about some of the people we had with us back then who are now gone. I’m thinking specifically of my grandfather Don Lauver. He served in the Korean War but returned to Lake City to farm. When I was growing up, he was often at the farm working daily. I think I found some comfort in knowing he’d seen conflict before at a young age and had then gone on to spend his life farming.”

[Don Lauver (1932-2019) graduated from Lake City High School in 1950 and then served in the U.S. Army as part of the Korean conflict. He spent 16 months of his military service with the occupation forces in Weisbaden, Germany, working on lightweight infantry weapons.

Towards the end of World War 2, U.S. troops had entered Wiesbaden in March 1945, placing the city within the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany. When North Korean forces invaded South Korea in June 1950, Western leaders feared it was a diversion or a precursor to a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. Rather than pulling all troops out and sending them to Asia, the U.S. dramatically increased its force structure in Europe to deter Soviet aggression. Wiesbaden became a key part of the Western defense network.]

Nick Burley:
Marc Schumacher and I were headed to the Clay County Fair on the morning of September 11, 2001. We heard on the radio about a plane crash in New York, but details were light.

When we got to the fairgrounds in Spencer, there were TVs in different vendor booths, and news of the attacks was on every screen. More details of the second plane hitting the tower and the Pentagon plane were coming out. After the fair, we headed home. Every fuel pump at every gas station had cars waiting 5 to 6 deep.
My brother, Adam, was in the U.S. Air Force at the time and was at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on 9/11. That was the scariest part.

Things got real tense real quick. The Bin Ladin family was general contractor on the base for renovation/construction at the time. They were hired by the U.S. government.

Adam now works for the Department of Defense as the Director of Logistics at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Kevin Poen:
I was on the phone with a commodity broker on September 11, 2001. While I was talking to him, he said, “Holy s**t, the World Trade Center just got hit!” I went in the house to turn on the news. When we finished talking, he said, “I have no idea what the markets will do.”

After the attacks, the focus was on finding survivors. In the days following 9/11, I remember people tearing the building apart brick by brick find any remaining people.

*** What do you remember about September 11, 2001? Share your memories here, or email Darcy at [email protected]

09/08/2026

What’s New at Central--an update from Debbie Savage, museum curator:

You may have noticed a little more activity around Central School lately. I thought this would be a good way to keep everyone in the loop. Each week, I plan to share a little of what’s happening behind the scenes. It might be projects we’re working on, upcoming plans, or interesting things we’ve uncovered.

I’ll also use this space from time to time to let you know when we could use an extra set of hands, a particular item, or a financial need. There’s a lot happening in this beautiful old building, and even more that we want to accomplish.

Historic Central School holds an incredible amount of our community’s history, but it is also very much a work in progress. My hope with this little column is to bring you along for some of it, and maybe give you a reason to stop in and visit. We’re open from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, and by appointment. Contact us at [email protected]

Stop in and see us!

Stay curious,

Debbie Savage

09/03/2026

You’re invited to attend a screening of the documentary film “From Iowa and Back: The Vietnam Era” at the Capri Theatre in Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 1 p.m. Central School is proud to support this showing of this award-winning film tells the stories of Iowans who served in the military during the Vietnam era.

During the Vietnam War (1964–1975), about 115,000 Iowans served in the military. Iowa filmmaker Jeremy Glazier, who produced “From Iowa and Back: The Vietnam Era,” will be in Lake City for the September 12 showing of the film.

The first 50 people who come to the movie will get in free, thanks to the Friends of the Community Memorial Building. Everyone who attends can enjoy free popcorn, courtesy of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau. Free pop is sponsored by the Dougherty family of Lake City. United Bank of Iowa is also helping sponsor this unique event.

Glazier is interested in interviewing Vietnam-era veterans when he’s in northwest Iowa during the weekend of Sept. 12. To contact Glazier, email him at: [email protected]

09/01/2026

Since it still feels like summer, let's do a blast from the past, courtesy of 1986!

Looking Back 40 Years at the Summer of ‘86
by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby, Central School Preservation board president

It’s always fun to look back at past issues of local newspapers and see what was going on in the area back then. This time let’s dig into the August 13, 1986, edition of the Lake City Graphic:

Fund started to Furnish Air Conditioning for Community Building. A fund spearheaded by Gert Hying and Madonna Kunecke has been started at the Lake City State Bank to accept donations to purchase an add-on air conditioning unit for the Lake City Community Building. A fundraising goal will be set as soon as price estimates are received. “We feel with all of the work done at the Community Building [including the new furnace], air conditioning is all that is needed to make it a truly year-round facility,” Hying said. “We are hoping to reach the goal without having to use any city funds.”

Soap scrimmage. The annual soap scrimmage at Lake City High School is scheduled for August 29 at 7:30 p.m. A Booster Club meeting will immediately follow the scrimmage.

Fall sports practices will begin Monday, August 18, with football and volleyball starting at 8 a.m. Cross country will begin August 18 at 7 a.m. at the Lake City Country Club.

Bloodmobile Tops Goal by 2 Pints. It was a beautiful day Thursday Aug. 7 as 134 people came to Woodlawn Christian Church to donate blood. A total of 122 pints were collected, surpassing the goal of 120 pints. First-time donors were Gordon Budd, Michael Graff, Jana Ellis, Kevin McCaulley, Russ Adams, Tina Gray, Todd Watters, Joan Clairborne, Sherry Gulbranson, Chris Eichhorn and Linda Weimers. The next Bloodmobile will be March 1987.

SMCH Fall Frolic. The Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Auxiliary will present the Fall Frolic on Sunday, Aug. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the hospital. This Sunday afternoon of family fun and games will include games, sports, a general store and bar-b-q. Door-to-door ticket sales in Lake City start Wed. Aug. 13. Tickets for ages 13 and up cost $4.

Capri Home Video in the Capri Theatre in Lake City. Save $1 on tape rentals on Thursday. Save $2 on tapes on Sunday. Open 2 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily.

Lake City Lanes will be open August 15. 50-cent bowling Aug. 15-17. Free refreshments on Sunday, Aug. 17 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Association & League Meeting, secretary Nancy Korleski. Monday, Aug. 18, 7:30 p.m., Monday Night Mob, secretary Bette Gordon; Thursday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m., Afternoon Coffee League, secretary Judy Snyder; Thursday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m., All Men Bowlers, Tuesday and Thursday leagues, contact Jim Olberding.

Hind Quarter Anniversary Specials. It’s the Hind Quarter Restaurant’s 2nd anniversary, Aug. 14-16. Register for a $25 gift certificate. Stop in for anniversary specials. Thursday, Aug. 14, chicken dinner (half a chicken, salad bar, Texas toast, soup, choice of potato), regularly $4.95, special $2.99; Friday, Aug. 15, ribeye steak dinner (with salad bar, Texas toast, soup, choice of potato), reg. $7.50, special $3.99; Saturday, Aug. 16, pizza special, buy a large pizza at regular price, get a small pizza at half price. [Editor’s note: The Hind Quarter was located in Lake City on South Center Street, in the area where Dance 2 Xtreme –108 South Center Street—is currently located.]

Kinder-Haus, a special little shop for special little people. Infants’ and children's clothing store. New merchandise arriving weekly. Visa and Master Card accepted. Courtesy gift wrap. Personalized service. 60-day layaway. Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Open Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Sunday. Come visit us soon! Nestled on the south side of the square, Lake City.

At the Capri Theatre, “Top Gun.” Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Ending Thursday, Aug. 14, “Karate Kid II.” Bargain night Tuesday! All seats $1.50.

Jerry’s Foodland sales, Aug. 13-18. Shop Jerry’s, the “little store with big ideas.” 5-pound bag generic sugar, 99 cents; 12-ounce can Foodland orange juice, 59 cents; Foodland chicken noodle soup, 10.5-ounce can, 29 cents; USDA choice chuck roast, 99 cents a pound; 8 ounces instant Sanka coffee, $4.89; semi-sweet Nestle chocolate chips, 12 ounces, $2.19; 14-ounce box Lucky Charms cereal, $2.35. Jerry’s Foodland, operated by Jerry and Joyce Peterson. Lake City. Store hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Melinda’s School of Dance. Fall registration, Aug. 15, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Featuring classes in tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, acrobatics, tumbling, character. Ages 3 to adult, boys and girls. Beginner, intermediate, advanced. 815 West High St., Rockwell City, east of Hunt Truck Lines.

Pioneer Hi-Bred Donation to Hospice. The Community Investment Committee of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., has awarded Community Hospice of Stewart Memorial Community Hospital at donation of $625. Pioneer supports non-profit projects and organizations that address rural youth, family and community concerns, education and soil conservation, and projects of a social and cultural nature. [Editor’s note: That $625 grant would equate to more than $1,900 in 2026 dollars.]

Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Snack Bar Schedule. Thursday, Aug. 14, morning: Hester Crosswait; afternoon, Dian Richardson; evening, Blanche Lee. Friday, Aug. 15, morning: Lucille Sharkey; afternoon, Maxyne Bowie; evening, Arabelle Turner.

Stewart Memorial Community Hospital admissions and discharges. Admissions: Bruce Williams, Lytton; Marlene Purdie, Rockwell City; Richard Heath, Lohrville; Vera Snyder, Lake City; Melissa Freese, Manson; Alma Jones, Gowrie. Discharges: Helen Dirkx, Auburn; Mabel Stewart, Lake City; Cindy Sittig (Mrs. Kurt) and baby girl, Rockwell City; Fran Moberg, Rockwell City.

Open house at “The Depot.” Remodeling is nearly complete on this beautiful, spacious, two-story brick family home in Lake City. The Depot is a historic Lake City landmark for sale. Entry hall, living room, dining room, country kitchen, 4 to 5 bedrooms, one and a half baths, with second full bath planned, attached garage, brick patio, and room to roam on 1.2 acres. Surrounded by 20 acres of grass land. Country living in the city. Asking price $30,000. Located east of the water tower on Front Street, Lake City. [Editor’s note: That $30,000 price equates to $91,400 in 2026 dollars.]

Eleanor’s Frame Shop, custom framing by Eleanor Friedel. Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, 514 West Main Street, Lake City.

Friday broasted chicken and/or fish, all you can eat. Adults $4. Escalloped potatoes, corn, baked beans, 10 different salads. Serving 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Kelly’s Kafe, Jolley, Iowa.

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