Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Lisbon reviews financial obligations
City has ability to draw on debt for future projects
Nathan Countryman
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun nathan.countryman@mvlsun.com
The City of Lisbon reviewed the city’s finances with Speer Financial to look at debt capacity of the city, which is roughly $6 million max for the city.
Maggie Burger of Speer Financial said the city has a 2020 general obligation bond on the books that is callable in 2028. That bond has a true interest cost much lower than current rates. The bond is paid for via tax increment financing (TIF), water revenue, sewer revenue and property taxes.
The city also has some revenue debt outstanding. That debt can not be paid via property taxes, but has to be paid for water and sewer revenues. That amounts for a total of $750,000 debt.
The city has a current TIF rebate obligation to Budget Blinds that sunsets in 2031.
“That TIF has a sliding scale for each year and is one of the smart ways to use TIF,” Burger said. “You rebate portion of taxes for someone building something in your community and rebate them taxes on a sliding scale.”
The city also has some sports complex funding coming from the TIF budget, which amounts to roughly $160,000 in TIF debt.
The city’s general obligation debt capacity saw a boost with the valuation increase in the past year, as fiscal year 2025 went from a $195 million property valuation to a $242 million property valuation.
“That’s a significant increase for property valuation,” Burger said.
Burger said by reducing the current debt capacity by $4 million to account for the general obligation bond already disbursed and holding back a 20 percent contingency so the city is not borrowing more than 80 percent of it’s capacity, that amounts to a total $6 million in debt capacity remaining for the city.
“Just because you have the ability to issue the debt, however, we don’t advise a city takes that unless they have determined the means and ways they plan to pay that debt back,” Burger said.
Burger said that the city is in a good financial state with not a large amount of debt outstanding, and has the ability to draw on new debt for projects that might be coming out.
This is Halloween, Halloweentown
Lisbon’s annual event draws hundreds
Nathan Countryman
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun nathan.countryman@mvlsun.com
Brisk temperatures Thursday, Oct. 31, couldn’t keep people away from Lisbon’s downtown for the annual Halloweentown festival. More than 400 attended the event in downtown Lisbon Thursday, Oct. 31.
The event is held by Lisbon Parks and Recreation Commission and several volunteers. Members of Lisbon’s National Honor Society helped run many of the games at the downtown event in Lisbon.
And several of the downtown businesses in Lisbon opened their doors to hand out candy. Indulgence Salon was the bustling place in downtown Lisbon on Thursday as well, as Laura Baxa once again spun cotton candy to hand out to trick or treaters in downtown Lisbon. She moved the booth indoors this year, due to the winds that were plaguing the outside.
The Lisbon Fire Department once again handed out large Pixie Sticks to trick-or-treaters this year.
In uptown, many of the business owners like Rebecca Hess at Canton Studios and Travis Allen dressed up to hand out candy to passers by as well.
Southeast Linn Community Center’s soup supper was also a boon for many to escape from the cold. Two middle schoolers who came in from the cold after the first hour of trick or treating said the warm soups really hit the spot to help them warm up for the day.
Trick or treaters were also seen in uptown Mount Vernon from the community preschool at Mount Vernon United
Methodist Church Wednesday, Oct. 30 and Thursday, Oct. 31. The costume parade at Lisbon Schools was moved indoors Thursday, Oct. 31, due to the cold temperatures and wind Thursday, and was packed into the old Lisbon gymnasium.
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Photos by Nathan Countryman | Mount VernonLisbon Sun
Above: Members of the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department hand out candy at downtown Lisbon. The ambulance and police cars helped to control the closed intersection for downtown Lisbon for the event.
Left: Bob Campagna of Abbe Creek Gallery helps hand out some candy to children Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Mount Vernon High School presenting “26 Pebbles”
Nathan Countryman
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
nathan.countryman@mvlsun.com
Mount Vernon High School will be performing the play “26 Pebbles” Saturday, Nov. 9 and Sunday, Nov. 10 at Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Director Tom Stephens said this show is general admission and “pay what you deem fair” for tickets. All proceeds from the show will go to the Sandy Hook Foundation, which is focused on efforts to make schools safer.
“It feels in line with our mission as a theater company to expose our community to arts but also back our words with actions to the cause,” Stephens said. “Sandy Hook Foundation’s mission is all about making safe schools, which is something we all can appreciate.”
The play is a documentary work on the 20 children and six adults who lost their lives in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary, and how the community rallied together to care and support each other. The play’s message is how the impact of pebbles dropped into a pond can have a ripple effect around the rest of the world.
Stephens said he liked how the script handles such a sensitive topic, the shooting in Newtown, but finds a way to focus on the commonalities and the way the town came through their grief.
“One thing we as a cast have noted is the similarities we see in the community of Newtown and Mount Vernon,” Stephens said. “It’s helped students be able to see themselves in the script.”
Norah Weber plays the role of Carole in the production.
“I think it is really cool to be portraying the impact of a real person,” Weber said. “The script’s excerpts keep a lot of the pauses and way the
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The cast of 26 Pebbles at a practice Wednesday, Oct. 30. Tickets are available now at MVHStheater. ludus.com or at the door, with all proceeds going to the Sandy Hook Foundation.
lines were delivered.”
Of course, keeping to the script’s “ums” and stutters is difficult at times, as is portraying complicated emotions like grief, Weber said.
“There are a lot of emotions in the show that are harder to portray because they’re things I’ve never felt nor never hope to,” Weber said.
Allie Teague plays the role of Carrie in the production.
“I really enjoy the way this show focuses on the community and how they came together through their grief and recovered,” Teague said.
The portrayal of that grief at times is the biggest challenge.
“There are so many big emotions that you have to portray, and especially without talking or dialogue,” Teague said.
Natalie Thuerauf plays Carla in the production.
“This show brings a lot of attention to guns and what needs to change in our country,” Thuerauf said.
For Thuerauf, the challenge has been on portraying a real person impacted by these events.
“The show really opens eyes to an issue that school students think about all the time,” Thuerauf said.
“It’s a really good interpretation of school shootings, but also how important your com-
Veterans Day events, closures
Nathan Countryman
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun nathan.countryman@mvlsun.
Veterans Day activities will be held in Mount Vernon and Lisbon on Saturday, Nov. 9 through Monday, Nov. 11.
The Hahn Howard American Legion Post 480 will hold a Veterans Day service at the Mount Vernon Cemetery Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. Later that Saturday, members of the legion will go to Hallmark Care Center and Cherry Ridge Independent Living Centers to hand out certificates of appreciation to members, as well as provide cake and pie to residents.
“We’ll also be doing a demonstration of the appropriate way to fold an American flag,” Mike Woods, commander of the post said.
Lisbon Schools will be hosting their annual Veterans Day Assembly Monday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. in the Lions Den.
Retired Sgt. First Class
Aaron Helmrich (who is also Lisbon’s head wrestling coach) will be the guest speaker at the event, and a slideshow has been organized saluting area veterans. Music performances from high school band and choir are also planned during the event.
Closures –
The City of Mount Vernon and City of Lisbon will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The Lisbon City Council meeting scheduled for Monday, Nov. 11, has been canceled. The next council meeting will be Nov. 25.
Mount Vernon School Board will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Vernon High School Library. Cole and Lisbon Libraries will also be closed, as will Southeast Linn Community Center.
Most Linn County government offices will be
closed Monday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Regular business hours resume Tuesday, Nov. 12.
The following services will continue to operate:
• Juvenile Detention and Diversion Services
• Mental Health Access Center
• Linn County LIFTS will be running reduced routes in Cedar Rapids (no rural service).
• The Sheriff’s Office will be closed; however, continuous operations will be available for routine and emergency responses, including the Patrol Division, Communications Division and the Correctional Center. In an emergency, always dial 911.
Vehicle registrations can be renewed online at any time at www.iowataxandtags.org.
All Iowa Department of Transportation business locations will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Many people, includ -
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munity is in the grieving process,” Teague said.
“It really brings awareness to the issue, but it also shows how much communities come together,” Weber said. “Because they were such a tight knit community, it’s hard not to see the similarities to Mount Vernon.”
26 Pebbles cast
THE COMPANY
Jack Bauer Bill, Father Weiss
Natalee Glaister Starr
Bella Hasley Georgia
Cyrus Johnson Joe, Chris, Mike, Rabbi
Mae Krapfl Julie
Selah Loyd Yolie
Chester Rood Michael, Darren Allie Teague Carrie
Claire Thuerauf Jeriann, Sally
Natalie Thuerauf Carla
Penelope Vig Kat
Norah Weber Carole
Charlotte Woosley Jenn
Allie Teague Assistant Director
Anna Stephens Stage Manager/Lighting
Ella Oesterle Sound Korah Jo Robinson Projections
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Lisbon inducts 14 new students into NHS
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Lisbon High School inducted 14 students into National Honor Society Tuesday, Oct. 29, in a ceremony at Lisbon High School Auditorium.
Those new members join returning members Aislin Andrews, Brynn Epperley and Kaitlynn Hasselbusch. Advisor Amelia Kibbie explained that the majority of National Honor Society last year was made up of seniors who all graduated.
New members to the chapter this year include Tiernan Boots, Lynnlee Caspers, Addison Clark, Sarah Dietsch, Lillian Gaiser, Gage Holub, Kamryn Kahl, Avery Long, Jordin McFarlane, Emersyn Reiter, Adalyn Ricke, Wesley Sadler, Kaitlyn Silver and Brody Speidel.
Principal Jack Leighty reminded students that the two most important pillars to National Honor Society he wanted students to keep in mind were Character and Leadership.
“Scholarship and service you all are doing a commendable job on already,” Leighty said. “Character and leadership, however, are two skills that will take you far in life. Leadership in helping to guide people to
THE SCOOP WITH CDG:
Applications open for digital marketing specialist position
Jessie Thurn
Executive Director Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group
Hello community members!
A big thank you to everyone who attended the CDG’s 18th Annual Chili Cookoff! From volunteers, sponsors, teams, and tasters, we couldn’t do it without you. November and December are sure to bring more fun to our communities including two Shop Small events and Magical Night. If you are interested in getting involved with any of our events, please email director@visitmvl.com.
what you want to see happen and character being what you do when no one else is watching.”
As students in NHS now, Leighty said others will be watching them to see that character and leadership are
things they uphold.
The first service act for Lisbon National Honor Society was helping at Lisbon’s Halloweentown Thursday, Oct. 31, in downtown Lisbon.
Pospisil Farms awarded Century Farm
The Pospisil farm was recognized as a Century Farm in 2024. The farm was originally purchased by Joe and Mary Pospisil in 1924. The farm was taken over by their sons Bub and Robert Pospisil.
The farm is currently farmed by Ed Pospisil.
Pictured to the left is Mike Naig (secretary of agriculture), Greg and Jean Larsen, John and Linda Pospisil, and Brent Johnson (president of Iowa Farm Bureau) recognizing the Century Farm at the Iowa State Fair.
Another opportunity to get involved with the CDG is to apply for the Digital Marketing Specialist position, now posted on our website! In January 2024, Anna Wilson trailblazed the CDG’s Social Media Manager position, growing our social media reach, audience engagement, and event interest. With Anna’s term ending in December 2024, the CDG Board and local businesses provided crucial feedback about the importance of filling the position for 2025. For the full job description, please read the article on our website at https://visitmvl.com/ latest-news/ or scan the QR code!
Nathan Countryman
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
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New members for Lisbon High School National Honor Society include (front, from left) Tiernan Boots, Wesley Sadler, Gage Holub, Brody Speidel, (middle, from left) Lynnlee Caspers, Avery Long, Lillian Gaiser, (back, from left) Kaitlyn Silver, Adalyn Ricke, Sarah Dietsch, Kamryn Kahl, Addison Clark, Jordin McFarlane and Emersyn Reiter.
OPINIONS/NEWS
The humble pumpkin gets no respect Shop Small Saturdays return
Living in Iowa
Dan Brawner
Has there ever been a vegetable so mistreated? So maligned and objectified? So mocked and then discarded? Why do we abuse pumpkins when they never did us any harm?
The day after Halloween, porches all over America are littered with jack-o-lanterns in various stages of disfigurement, carved into toothy demonic caricatures or goofy grins, charred on the inside from burned out candles or, worse yet, smashed to bits.
Many people may not know this, but pumpkins are not just for decoration and target practice, but they’re actually food. It’s true. Pumpkins are a good source of vitamins A, C and E as well as folate and are allegedly good for eyesight. Anybody who has ever tried making pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin, instead of from a can knows how authentic and, uh, well, totally gross and slow it is.
Pumpkins are just weird. They’re big and orange, made of mostly seeds and stringy, smelly goo. And air. Pumpkins are the embodiment of disappointment, Nature’s way of calling us suckers and losers. They promise a big ball of food and when we open them up there is only emptiness.
And pumpkins are like human heads. Or more like cartoon heads, inviting artistic satire and make-believe fear. In Washington Irving’s short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is chased by the headless horseman, carrying a pumpkin for a head. Ichabod disappears, leaving behind only fragments of pumpkin.
Like the headless horseman, we can’t seem to resist smashing pumpkins. This used to be considered an act of vandalism. But now, it’s praised as environmentally friendly. Since 2014, Pumpkin Smash and its affiliates have composted over 1,253 tons of pumpkins in over 95 sites across the country, including Colony Acres in North Liberty. In early November, guests are invited to Colony to squash, smash, bust up and otherwise pulverize pumpkins, letting the orange slime fly where it may (hopefully, missing any innocent bystanders). The goal is to use the valuable nutrients as fertilizer and keep decomposing pumpkins out of landfills.
Pumpkin Smash reports that their composting efforts have kept 926.9 tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere as well as 269,114 gallons of water out of landfills (pumpkins are 90 percent water.)
Every year, newspapers run charming photos of zoo animals chomping leftover pumpkins. Not bothering with formalities, elephants and hippos are shown powerfully crunching pumpkins whole in lurid closeups as we imagine human heads being ground to a pulp (well, okay, most people probably don’t imagine that).
YouTube has videos showing pumpkins thrown out of an airplane from 300 feet, turning to liquid as they hit the ground. In some videos, pumpkins are blown up with dynamite in slow motion or blasted with high powered rifles, hacked to pieces by samurai swords, chopped with axes or shattered with Louisville slugger baseball bats. From the looks of it, you’d think humans are engaged in mortal combat with pumpkins.
At least in America pumpkins are created to be victims, carved into horrible or silly faces, lit from the inside to make them even more gruesome-looking and then violently squished. This Thanksgiving, you might take a moment to appreciate the pumpkins that went into your pumpkin pie. Those were the lucky ones.
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group are hosting two Shop Small Saturday events again this year, with the first — Holiday Open Houses — happening this Saturday in uptown Mount Vernon and downtown Lisbon.
This is a chance to kick off your holiday shopping and remind yourself what can be found right here in the communities of Mount Vernon and Lisbon.
Mount Vernon Bank and Trust will be handing out community cash early Saturday morning, pushing $1,000 into our local area businesses for the start of the holiday shopping season. Lynch Ford-Chevrolet will be distributing another $500 at the second Shop Small Saturday event November 30.
As we have stated, when we invest in our uptown businesses, that money gets reinvested in our communities.
Fall’s coziness has arrived ny side
These businesses are the same businesses who are here rooting for Mount Vernon and Lisbon’s students and all their successes. They’re your friends and neighbors. And they’re the people who do what they can to bring unique, varied and fun items to be shopped for in your uptown. Alongside those shops are the restaurants that make up our uptowns as well. They’re just as much of what makes Mount Vernon a destination that people like visiting and shopping, with great menus and specials to fit all appetites.
We say it almost every year, but it bears repeating – when you start your local shopping, make sure you start right here in uptown Mount Vernon or downtown Lisbon. Chances are it will save you gas and help support your friends and neighbors.
bon after it started getting too dark for me to get any additional photos of trick or treaters or games in the downtown.
Had a chance to vote early at Cornell College on Wednesday, Oct. 30, which also eased my mind. Especially as it took upwards of an hour to complete, which said that there was solid turnout and workers were helping first time voters make their decisions.
Nathan Countryman
One day, you’re sitting in a warm 70s in late October, the next you’re shivering as temperatures get to their seasonal 50s as the ghouls and goblins seek out for candy and treats.
I had a great Halloween week. Lots of cute costumes I saw at both the Trunk or Treat and Halloweentown events. Got to wear two of my Spider-Man dress shirts at two separate events, which is always fun. And got to eat multiple bowls of delicious soup at Southeast Linn Community Center to warm up during the Halloweentown event in downtown Lis -
I also completed my October horror movie marathon with roughly 77 new to me movies and roughly six movies that were on physical media I needed to rewatch and file. There was a lot of bouncing around from different genres this year for me, from the recent streaming options to some classics in the genre from directors like Dario Argento I hadn’t watched. That also included catching two of the recent horror movies I missed in theaters, MaXXXine and A Quiet Place: Day One. The latter was definitely worth the spin and a pretty interesting prequel. And it became the season that I broke back out the Crock Pot to cook some meals again. I can’t tell you how exciting it is to walk into an apartment that smells like whatever you decided to start cooking in the morning at the end of a work day. As I texted my sister, however, that’s when the impatience of me sitting there smelling something like Italian dressing cooked chicken breasts, and not wanting to wait the seven or eight minutes to steam my vegetables to go with my main course. And it makes me want to start looking up some soup recipes for the rest of the season. After all, the days are only going to get colder.
MVHPC meeting in October was illegal meeting
Agenda posted less than 24 hours notice
Nathan Countryman Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun nathan.countryman@mvlsun.com
The Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission meeting Oct. 5 was an illegal meeting.
City administrator Chris Nosbisch had emailed commission president Suzette Astley Friday, Oct. 4, when the commission had sent out an agenda to be posted at 1 p.m. for a meeting scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. City and state code requires 24-hours-notice of an agenda being posted before a meeting of a government board is held. Nosbisch advised Astley and the commission if they met Saturday, they would be holding an illegal meeting because of when the agenda was posted.
“Notice of said meetings must be posted 24 hours in advance so that said applicants are afforded an opportunity to address the commission during the review,”
Nosbisch wrote. “HPC can discuss code amendments, possible code violations and project specific recommendations (projects under/initiated by HPC) without an applicant or city staff present.”
The commission held the meeting in October and discussed the Intellistreets light poles at the meeting and the commission’s standpoint.
Nosbisch also said that the discussion on the Intellistreets project was an overstep by the commission.
“Right of way, unless it contains historic features (ex. Limestone curbs), is not subject to review by HPC and therefore does not require a certificate of appropriateness or certificate of no material effect,” Nosbisch said. “Only three of the proposed digital banners would be located within the boundary of the Commercial Historic District.”
At a meeting that did not have a full quorum of commission members Saturday, Nov. 2, president Sue Astley apologized for that misstep of posting the agenda too late ahead of the last meeting. She realized Friday afternoon the agenda hadn’t been sent out but there was a meeting planned of the commission Saturday.
“I now have calendar reminders set to make sure agendas get posted by Thursday ahead of our meetings to meet those 24-hour requirements,” Astley said.
Delving into MV history
AP History students share what they’ve learned about in MV
Nathan Countryman
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
nathan.countryman@mvlsun.com
Mount Vernon High School students presented what they’ve learned on Mount Vernon’s history for history night presentations held Monday, Oct. 28.
Students were able to pick out what they wanted to learn about and present the topic to the community during the hour long presentation.
Isaiah Austerman learned about the history of Mount Vernon Bank and Trust.
“I wanted to research the project, because my mom works there,” Austerman said.
His primary resource was interviewing bank president David Ryan on the history.
“For me, it’s definitely seeing how the bank has changed over the years in this community,” Austerman said. “Even as it’s grown, they’ve done so with roughly the same amount of employees.”
Hudson Morrissey and Leo Thurn learned about the history of the Mount Vernon Middle School building.
Both Thurn and Morrissey were new students to Mount Vernon this year, so learning about the history of the middle school building was eye opening.
“Just how the building has changed with additions, like things like the auditorium or additions,” Morrissey said.
“Or finding out that the building like the current high school moved from a previous location to where it is located now,” Thurn said.
Danny Dye and Jake Bauer did a history on Odyssey Theater for the Young at Art.
Things they learned about included the different sites the theater has held shows over the years, and the work of director Karla Steffens to direct every show thus far.
“As someone who has been an intern and an actor, I just wanted to know more about that theater company,” Danny said.
His primary source for a lot of the information was an interview with his older sister, Meg, who has served as student director on a number of shows for Odyssey as well.
“It was just fun learning more about Odyssey theater,” Bauer said.
Esther Novak and Leah Mercer researched the history of the Strand Theater.
“We were originally just going to do our research on the Bijou Movie Theater, but as we started, we heard about the Strand Theater that preceded it, and we hadn’t known about that,” Novak said.
The duo said one of the things that really stood out to them were the types of movies the Strand Theater played, which were mostly family friendly. It had more space than the Bijou did, and when it burned down, it took several businesses in uptown with it. Where it sat is where the Mount Vernon City Hall sits today.
The duo worked with Mary Evans on their research.
“The concessions were just so different at the Strand,” Mercer said.
“The inside looked so different as well,” Novak said.
Teddy Bonewald and Jamison Billingsley did research on Davis Park.
“It’s just a park we’ve both spent a lot of time at over the years,” Billingsley said. “Whether that’s on the baseball field or at the pool.”
For Bonewald and Billingsley, the biggest shock has been the age of some of the buildings at the space.
“There have been some renovations that have occurred in the 1980s, but many of the buildings like the concession stands and pool have been there since the 1960s and still working there today,” Billingsley said.
Their resources included parks and recreation director Matt Siders and the city’s master plans and history.
“It’s just a place I’ve spent a lot of my summer at,” Bonewald said.
History teacher Maggie Willems said some of her favorite projects were those like Fenn Jones, where they researched the history of where they lived.
“I love when these students take a deep dive on subjects I’m not familiar with, because I learn something as well,” Willems said.
Marlena Rodenberg did her project on the history of the Mount Vernon Community Band.
The band was originally started in the community during the Civil War era with seven people who played in the band.
That number has grown much larger over the years.
“Don Stine was the director who really brought the tradition back more than 100 years later and made the groundwork for what the band is today,” Marlena said.
One of the pieces of history Marlena said was cool was how Memorial Park’s gazebo came to be constructed. Previously, the band had played on a concrete pad in that park, and the gazebo was constructed for the band to perform in at the park.
Stine stepped down from directing the band in 2018, and Marlena’s mom, Elise, stepped in as director.
Marlena said she was interested to know more about the
2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour making stop at Bijou Nov. 14-17
Seven short films to be featured in festival screenings
The Bijou Movie Theater will be screening the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, a 110-minute program of seven short films curated from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Nov. 14 through Nov. 17. The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour features a global variety of projects including animation, documentary, and fiction and includes three titles that won awards at the 2024 Festival. Filmgoers in over 50 theaters and independent art houses across the country have enjoyed these seven shorts, ending the tour season in Mount Vernon. These specially curated shorts are full of drama and thrills, including eye-opening and heartwarming indie films that offer a peek into the Festival program.
For four decades, the Sundance Film Festival has supported short filmmaking, showcasing the work of many now-prominent independent feature filmmakers such as Damien Chazelle, Destin Daniel Cretton, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Dee Rees, Joey Soloway, Taika Waititi, Wes Anderson, and many others. In 2024, the Festival received 12,098 short film submissions, the highest number on record, selecting 53 to screen. The Festival selects a collection of shorts from its most recent program to go on a theatrical tour hitting dozens of cities like Mount Vernon. The tour and the Festival are programs of Sundance Institute, a leading arts nonprofit dedicated to advancing work by and opportunities for independent creators.
“Despite an industry-shifting year in filmmaking, short films continue to strengthen its art form,” said Mike Plante, Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival. “This year’s showcase is a collection of shorts from the 2024 Festival that proves just how fertile the format con-
tinues to be for fresh ideas from ambitious and dynamic emerging filmmakers.”
“The opportunity to watch interesting and engaging short films on the big screen remains limited in our area,” said Bijou owner Kelli Kennon-Lane. “It’s an honor to bring a slate of noteworthy titles from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival program to Mount Vernon.”
For more information about the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, please visit The Bijou Movie Theater’s Facebook page. Tickets are $10 each and are available at the door or online.
Program
ALOK / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Hedison, Producers: Natalie Shirinian, Elizabeth Baudouin, Meggan Lennon) — A compelling portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, acclaimed nonbinary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Executive-produced by Jodie Foster. Nonfiction. Biography. LGBTQ+. Cast: Alok Vaid-Menon, Dylan Mulvaney, Chani Nicholas.
Bug Diner / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Phoebe Jane Hart) — A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass. Fiction. Animated. Comedy. Cast: Jacob Levy, Phoebe Hart. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Animation.
Dream Creep / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Carlos A.F. Lopez, Producers: Megan Leonard, Bobby McHugh, Jonathan Caso, Zeus Kontoyannis) — A couple awakens in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice. Fiction. Horror. Cast: Ian Edlund, Sidney Jayne Hunt.
history after she started playing in the band this summer.
“It’s always been a part of my life, since my mom played in the band for years before she stepped up as director,” Marlena said.
For her source, she interviewed Don’s son, Mason, who gave history of both of his parents’ involvement in the band.
Marlena even made one of Judy’s treats – scotcheroos or Community Bars, as they’re better known – to accompany her presentation.
“I just think it’s such a great memory of summer in this community,” Marlena said.
Essex Girls / U.K. (Director: Yero Timi-Biu, Screenwriter: Busayo Ige, Producers: Angela Moneke, Simon Hatton) — After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself. Fiction. Drama. BIPOC. Women-Centered. Cast: Busayo Ige, Corinna Brown, Maisie Smith, Adrianna Bertola, Krysstina Frempong, Rebecca Dike.
Pathological / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Alison Rich, Producers: Bridgett Greenberg, Ingrid Haas, Avtar Khalsa, Peter Principato, Todd Ruhnau) — A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true. Fiction. Comedy. Women-Centered. Cast: Alison Rich, Meaghan Rath, Luke Cook, Adam Lustick, Heather Pasternak, George Kareman.
Pisko the Crab Child is in Love / Japan (Director and Screenwriter: Makoto Nagahisa, Producer: Yasuo Suzuki) — Pisko’s father is a crab while her mother is human. Pisko falls in love with her teacher but is heartbroken when he leaves her because she is half-crab. Pisko finally finds love and companionship with her friend Kubokayo. Fiction. Comedy. International. BIPOC. Women-Centered. Cast: Aiko Kano, Saya, Maki Fukuda, Kanta Sato. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Special Jury Prize for Directing.
The Masterpiece / Spain (Director and Producer: Àlex Lora Cercós, Screenwriter and Producer: Lluis Quilez, Screenwriter: Alfonso Amador, Producers: Sandra Travé, Josemari Martínez, Néstor López) — Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants. Fiction. Drama. International. Cast: Daniel Grao, Babou Cham, Melina Matthews, Adam Nourou, Guido Grao. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize.
Photos by Nathan Countryman | Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
Marlena Rodenberg explains about the history of the community band at the Mount Vernon History Night Monday, Oct. 28.
Danny Dye (left) and Jake Bauer (right) present on the history of Odyssey Theater.
Whitetails Unlimited donates to local ambulance crews
The local Whitetails Unlimited Chapter donated $1,000 to the Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance and $500 to the Mechanicsville Ambulance on Oct. 29.
“Thanks to our membership event held every January with a strong 300+ membership base within the area,” said Tim Powers, with Whitetails Unlimited.
This coming year’s event for the chapter will be held Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Contact Tim Powers for information at 319-560-6965
Spots
Mount Vernon Community Blood Drive
The Student Humanitarian Society of Mount Vernon will be hosting a blood drive Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 2 - 6 pm in the Mount Vernon High School Commons. Sign up online at https://www.bloodcenter.org/ or contact Megan Krapfl at mkrapfl@mvcsd. org
Give & get your choice of a gift card, bonus points to shop the donor store for the new ImpactLife Cuffed Beanie & more, or designate a donation to area food banks.
Springville-Lisbon FFA food drive
Springville-Lisbon FFA chapter are holding a feed a family donation drive through Thursday, Nov. 22. The goal is to collect enough items to offer meals for 50 families within the two communities.
Items collected include canned fruits and vegetables, boxed mashed potatoes, boxed stuffing, boxed dessert items, juice/drinks for four people.
All items should be turned into Mrs. Larsen’s rooms. Monetary donations are also accepted for the drive.
Linn County now accepting Witwer Trust Grant applications
The Linn County Board of Supervisors is now accepting applications for the fiscal year 2025 Witwer Trust Grant Program. Eligible nonprofit organizations in Linn County may apply for grant funding for projects that benefit Linn County residents.
The online application, eligibility requirements, and a list of frequently asked questions are available on the Linn County website at LinnCountyIowa.gov/Witwer. The application deadline is December 15, 2024. This is a competitive grant process.
The funding for the grant program comes from a trust established by Weaver Witwer, a prominent Cedar Rapids grocer and landowner who died in 1979. The trust provides $80,000 annually for this grant program.
Roberta Lynn Stephenson-Johnson, 72, of Marion, passed away Oct. 24, 2024, at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a short but brave battle with cancer. Visitation will be today (Thursday, Nov. 7), 4-7 pm at Murdoch-Linwood, 520 Wilson Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, Nov. 8, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home with an hour of visitation prior to the service. The service will be followed by a time of food and fellowship at the funeral home, followed by a graveside service at approx. 2 p.m. at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, 15531 Co. Rd. E17, Monticello, IA.
She is survived by her husband, Daniel of Marion, son Bryan (Erica), and grandson (Kayden) of Portland, Ore., sister in law Juli Hinz (David) of Salt Lake City, Utah, sister in law Laurie Nagel (Steve) of Story City, nephews Lukas and Jakob Nagel of Story City, cousins Sheralyn Lahr (Dan) of Monticello, Beverly Bordelon (Gene) of Warrenville, Ill., Norma Machacek of Cedar Falls, Peggy Harvey of Cedar Rapids, and Nancy Beaurline (Paul) of South. St. Paul, Minn. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Wilma Stephenson; father and mother-in-law Myron and Elizabeth Johnson; uncles and aunts, George and Charlotte Machacek and Chuck and Betty Stephenson; aunt Arlene Miller; and cousins Lynette Calloway, Linda Evans, and Charlie Stephenson. Roberta was born May 23, 1952, in Monticello, to Robert and Wilma Stephenson of rural Monticello. She was educated in the Monticello School District and graduated in 1970. She then attended and graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 1974, majoring in art and Spanish and inducted into the Order of the Purple Arrow. She began teaching at NESCO Community Schools of Zearing, IA in 1974 for 2 years, then at United Community Schools of Boone, where she eventually met Daniel Johnson of rural Boone. They married in July 1978 in Monticello. Their son Bryan was born in September 1980 in Boone. They were engaged in farming in their early years, but left farming in 1985 and moved to Mount Vernon. They both began postal careers in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Roberta worked as a clerk, and later as a training technician in the Cedar Rapids main office until retirement in May of 2014. In 2007 she and Dan moved to Marion where they currently reside. After Dan retired in October 2017, they bought a condo in Portland, Ore., where their now-married son Bryan (Erica Porras) and grandson Kayden were living. Roberta and Dan divided time between Marion and Portland from the fall of 2017 until her passing.
Roberta loved growing flowers and kept colorful flower beds in Mount Vernon and later Marion until physically no longer able to. She was a talented artist, both on canvas and in decorating her homes. Roberta also enjoyed travel and made it to 49 of the 50 states. She also had trips to Mexico, Ireland, and Sweden, as well as cruises to Alaska, New England and Nova Scotia, Yucatan Peninsula, and the Panama Canal.
As a child Roberta was baptized and confirmed in St. Matthew’s Church in Monticello which was the foundation for her faith journey. As a young adult she trusted the Lord as her Savior and felt blessed throughout her spiritual life. She and Dan were longtime members of Cedar Hills Evangelical Church, which then became Stonebridge Church of Cedar Rapids. In her final days she longed to be with the Lord when the pain became especially intense. Mercifully, she did not suffer for a long period of time. From her loving family and all others who knew and loved Roberta she will be greatly missed.
Philippians 1:6 “He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus”
The family wishes to thank the Doctors, Nurses, and other Staff of Mercy Hospital CR and University Hospitals in Iowa City for their concern and support for Roberta while she was in their care.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed in Roberta’s memory to Camp Courageous, American Red Cross, Stonebridge Church, or a charity of choice.
Please share a memory of Roberta at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Trenay JoLee Allen Hart passed away suddenly on Sept. 13, 2024. She had been living in Billings, Mont., for more than 30 years.
She started her medical career in 1988 becoming an RN at Kirkwood Comm College. After traveling many years as a nurse, she eventually moved to Billings and attended Rocky Mountain College in their physician’s assistant program. After graduation she worked for the Billings Neuroscience Center for Brain and Spine. Later she flew to Philippi, W. V. for two years, Thursday through Sunday to Alderson-Broaddus College to earn a masters degree in Neuroscience Surgery.
While at Neuro she would fly bimonthly to Miles City and Glascow as a provider for patients who would not have close access to neuro care. As a provider she found and diagnosed several cases of MS. She traveled around and gave talks on new medications for MS and became good friends to many patients.
She had many outside interests beyond, snow skiing, hiking, kayaking, camping and fishing. She served on several committees, at work and other outside committees involving interests in her life, most recently on the HOA for the housing community on the golf course/club where she lived.
She played cello in the Celtic symphony, they traveled to other countries and even played at her wedding.
She was a member of the Audubon Society of Billings, and knew 1000s of birds, she always had her binoculars on her, in case of a sighting. She had recently gone through the yoga training and became a certified instructor and had a studio named “Yoga from the Hart” She went above and beyond in everything she did, both work and play and especially her friendships all around the world. She traveled to 48 countries and 7 continents, all but two twice. She left a place in the hearts of all who knew her. She had a lovely home in Papuda, Chile, which she enjoyed spending time when she could. She did two Semester at Sea cruises as a staff member, both North and South. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Dixen Hart in 2009. She is survived by her parents, Candace and Charles Allen, Mount Vernon, brothers Tracey Allen of Springville, Travis Allen of Lisbon, niece Tehya Allen (Zack Pulido) of Billings, Mont., nephew Tanner Allen (Cassidy Moore) Lisbon and special friend Deborah Allen of Mount Vernon and her beloved cat, Boris.
The amazing family of friends from Billings and surrounding areas, gave a beautiful celebration of life at The Billings Art Museum, one of Trenay’s favorite places. The celebration of more than 350 friends, neighbors and coworkers attended was on September 25, 2024. Her Iowa family will have a celebration of her life in the fall of September 2025.
Dennis Lee Studer, 64, of Mechanicsville passed away in his home unexpectedly Oct. 31, 2024. There will be a celebration of life at a later date and he will be laid to rest in the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Dennis was born Oct. 8, 1960 in Cedar Rapids to Donald and Phyllis (Ruggles) Studer.
He is survived by his mother Phyllis; sister Janice Moffit; nieces Stacey Maschmann and Jessica Moffit; five great nieces; one great nephew; and one great-great niece.
He was preceded in death by his father Donald.
Dennis was a sandblaster for Lloyd Table Company in Lisbon for over 30 years and he enjoyed fishing and hunting in his earlier years.
Chapman Funeral Home is assisting the family. Memories and condolences may be left at www.chapmanfh. com.
Cole Corner
Cathy Boggs Cole Library
Music and violin books added to Cole’s collection
Family Dynamics: Embrace Your Sound
The Dance of the Violin Kathy Stinson Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved
Dream to Teach the Children of the World Eri Hotta
POLICE CALLS
Thursday, November 7: 8am-10pm Friday, November 8: 8am-5pm Saturday, November 9: 10am-4pm Sunday, November 10: 12pm-10pm Monday, November 11: 8am-10pm Tuesday, November 12: 8am-10pm Wednesday, November 13: 8am-4:30pm Thursday, November 14: 8am-4:30pm
Oct. 28 – Animal control, 900 blk business 30 SW, Lisbon
Oct. 28 – Accident, 100 blk S. A Ave, Mount Vernon
Oct. 28 – Disturbance, 300 blk Hillview Dr SE, Mount Vernon
Oct. 29 – Animal control, 500 blk business 30 SW, Mount Vernon
Oct. 29 – Medical, 600 blk Fifth
Oct. 30 – Disturbance, 1225 blk First Ave NW, Mount Vernon
Oct. 30 – Welfare check, 100 blk E. Fourth
Oct. 31 – Warrant, 300 blk Country Club Dr, Mount Vernon
Oct. 31 – Agency assist – disturbance, Cedar Co
Oct. 31 – Animal control, 100 blk S. Jackston St, Lisbon
Oct. 31 – Disturbance, 100 blk E. Main St, Lisbon
Nov. 1 – Suspicious activity, 200 blk E. Market St, Lisbon
Nov. 1 – Accident, S. Hwy 1, Mount Vernon
Nov. 1 – Harassment, 100 blk First Ave NE, Mount Vernon
Nov. 1 – Medical, 100 blk E. Market St, Lisbon
Nov. 2 – Warrant, Linn Co
Nov. 2 – Alarm, 200 blk W. School St, Lisbon
Nov. 2 – Medical, 100 blk S. Franklin St, Lisbon
Nov. 2 – Suspicious person, 900 blk Willow Ln, Lisbon
Nov. 3 – Agency assist- accident, Cedar Co
Nov. 3 – Agency assist- alarm, Linn Co
Nov. 3 – Alarm, 700 blk E. First St, Mount Vernon
Nov. 3 – Welfare check, 600 blk First St SW, Mount Vernon
Nov. 4 – Suspicious vehicle, 200 blk business 30, Lisbon
Roberta StephensonJohnson
Trenay Allen Hart
Dennis Studer
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MVLXC girls’ third, boys’ fifth at state
Moeller, Olberding top finishers
Joel Kellar
For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
It is eerily calm a half mile away from the starting line of the Class 3A state meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
The sound of the starting gun, and then the chaos begins. Thousands of spectators scattered throughout the 5-kilometer course follow the runners and cheer.
“It’s crazy here, but it’s just such a cool environment to be in,” Mount Vernon-Lisbon Coach Kory Swart said. “You just let the crowd carry you along to a great performance.”
The Mustangs thrived in this environment. The boys placed fifth and the girls placed third.
Both teams had an All-State runner – senior Grady Olberding in seventh place for the boys and sophomore Evelyn Moeller was 10th for the girls.
Moeller led the girls team to a podium finish. A story that had been written all year, but the potential for Moeller and this team was not fully realized by Swart until the Williamsburg meet Oct. 1.
“I knew that when she won that meet, then the sky was the limit,” said Swart. “It gives you so much confidence winning a meet”
Moeller finished in 18:59.1. Junior Kiersten Swart followed her in 35th with a time of 19:43.7. Junior Edith Dawson placed 41st with a 19:51.0. Then it was two sophomores to round out the five scorers for MVL – Miranda Sellner and Rose Pisarik.
Sellner placed 59th with a time of 20:13.9 and Pisarik placed 62nd and finished in 20:18.2.
“The 3-4-5 is what really made the difference and came on for us and help us get to where we’ve gotten,” Swart said.
All five of the MVL scorers will be back next year as they look to bring home a bigger trophy.
Unfortunately, Pella returns five of its top six runners from a team that won the 3A meet with 23 points (15 is a perfect score). Sioux Center was second with 142 points, followed by MVL with 145. Solon was fourth (190).
The boys team came into the meet ranked fourth and finished fifth with 196 points.
As expected, Gilbert won the 3A team title with 33 points. They were followed by Des Moines Christian (78), Pella (92) and Decorah (142).
Mount Vernon-Lisbon finished 10 pints ahead of sixthplace Grinnell.
Olberding led the team running a time of 15:54.7. He was one of eight 3A runners to finish under 16 minutes. And he was the highest-finishing senior.
“Three-time All-State, two-time conference champion,” Swart said. “You miss kids like that, but not just the scores the leadership that they provide and just the example that they sent.”
The following four MVL runners all finished within 33 seconds of each other. Junior Dawson Scheil finished in 44th with a time of 16:59.6. Senior Seamus O’Connor was the third runner in for MVL at 17:09.9 and placed 53rd.
The final two scorers were both sophomores. Chasen Caskey ran the 5k in 17:21.4 and placed 70th. Anthony Armstrong placed 82nd with a time of 17:32.5.
MVVB advances to state tournament
Ryan Suchomel
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun ryan.suchomel@mvlsun.com
It has all been leading to this.
Mount Vernon, the season-long No. 1 team in 3A, is returning to the state tournament after finishing runner-up in Xtream Arena a year ago.
“We ended up short,” senior Chloe Meester said. “We weren’t fully ready. We’d never been in the championship match before.
“We’ll be ready this year.”
The team that beat them, Western Christian, is back. The Wolfpack got them 25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, in 2023.
“It has been so motivating,” senior Sydney Huber said of the loss. “I think it is always in
the back of everyone’s mind, in practice, in team meetings.
“I think it really drives everyone to put 100 percent into every practice and every game.”
Mount Vernon coach Maggie Willems has heard it. A lot. The Mustangs made the quarterfinals in 2021, the semifinals in 2022, and were runner-up in 2023. So … natural progression is …?
“A lot of people love that narrative,” said Willems, whose teams have made it to state seven straight seasons, and in 12 of her 14 years in charge. “That’s a good story.
“But the actual gift we have is we know how to manage the state tournament. We’ve been there a lot. It is a very overstimulating environment and really demanding.”
The Mustangs have the advantage of being able to sleep in their own beds.
“We are thrilled that we are not in a hotel,”
Willems said.
Mount Vernon has won 42 matches this season, with 4 losses. Two losses were at an out-of-state tournament to out-of-state teams. They also dropped a match to the top seed in Class 5A, Pleasant Valley, and the No. 4 seed in 2A, Dike-New Hartford.
They have no losses to 3A teams.
Their latest win was a 25-13, 25-16, 25-22, sweep of Nevada in a 3A regional final Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Mount Vernon.
It was a chance for the Mustangs to enjoy a final match on their home court.
“Because a lot of our team is made up of seniors, we talked about this being the last-ever game in our home gym,” Huber said. “That was inspiring. The underclassmen who play with us know how much that means to us.
“I think we all came together as a team, and we found joy in playing with each other.” Nevada (30-12) tried playing ball control, but, aside from junior Rachel Borwick, who had a match-high 17 kills, couldn’t keep up with the big hitters for the Mustangs.
Chloe Meester had 15 kills, senior Sydney Maue had eight kills, sophomore Sophia Meester had six kills, and senior Paig Schurbon had five. Huber had 34 assists.
“We had times where we played great, and
Photos by Joel Kellar | For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun Top left: Evelyn Moeller finishes in tenth place during the state meet. Moeller finished in 18:59. Top right: Grady Olberding finishes his final state meet for MVL. Olberding achieved All-State honors for the third time in his career. Above: Edith Dawson races in the first mile of the state meet. Dawson finished the 5k in 19:51. Left: Seamus O’Connor runs during the final mile of the race. O’Connor finished with a time of 17:09.
Avery Arens | For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
Mount Vernon’s Mavrik Schweer (No. 1) and Sydney Maue (No. 9) as well as other teammates celebrate a point at home last week.
other times where we didn’t play our best,” Schurbon said. “But we just had to push through.”
In the first set, Mount Vernon led 10-8 and reeled off a 9-0 run. The Mustangs got out to an 11-2 lead in the second set.
“We were prepared for them and we were ready to go,” Willems said. “We knew if we came out strong, specifically with our serving and passing, that we would get in-system swings and get control of the match early on. And we were able to do that.”
The Cubs trailed by six, 20-14, after a Isabelle Logue ace, and 23-17, after a Chloe Meester kill. But they did force Willems to use her only time out by cutting the lead to three, 23-20.
“If you don’t have a lot of big swingers, then you have to out-IQ people,” Willems said. “They tried their best to do that.”
“But we really did match that. Our goal was to play fearless, to go out and trust ourselves.”
The Mustangs were scheduled to open up state tournament play Tuesday, Nov. 5, with No. 8 Mid-Prairie (33-8).
Win that, and the semifinal would be Wednesday afternoon against either No. 4 Dubuque Wahlert (25-8) or No. 5 Carroll Kuemper (37-3).
The championship is at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7.
The other side of the bracket includes No. 2 Western
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Christian (31-13), plus No. 7 Sioux Center (29-5), No. 3 West Delaware (38-6) and No. 6 Davenport Assumption (25-8). If it ends up being the Wolfpack, the Mustangs are ready.
“Personally, I think I kind of would (like it to be them),” Meester said. “Just kind of like, redemption, and stuff like that. But if we don’t, that’s okay, too.”
Lions slash Comets 56-12
Ryan Suchomel
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun ryan.suchomel@mvlsun.com
No. 4 Lisbon advanced to the Class A quarterfinals for the first time since 2016 after thumping Bellevue, 56-12, on Friday, Nov. 1, at Walmer Field.
Up next for the 10-0 Lions is a battle with No. 10 Madrid (8-2) this Friday, Nov. 8, at Walmer Field.
“They are very good at what they do,” Lisbon Coach Dylan Hastings said. “They come out and say, ‘this is what we do. Stop us.’”
The offense runs through senior quarterback Preston Wicker, who has 1,538 yards and 21 touchdowns rushing, plus 910 yards and 14 touchdowns passing.
“He’s a big, strong kid and is not afraid to run over you,” Hastings said.
Madrid advanced with a 33-0 win over Pekin. For comparison, the Lions beat the Panthers in district play 28-15.
Lisbon is trying to earn a trip to the semifinals and the UNI-Dome for the first time since 2011, when Lisbon won a Class A title.
“We want to continue to keep this run rolling,” Hastings said.
The Lions get a third straight playoff game at home.
The last one was a steamroller. Lisbon had the ball six times, and scored touch-
downs on every drive. They also had a pair of early interception returns for touchdowns.
The first was by Daylin Schaefer and was returned 28 yards. The next was returned 89 yards by Gage Holub when he batted the ball up in the air while rushing the quarterback, tracked it down, and outran the Comet defenders.
A hybrid linebacker/defensive back, Holub can play almost everywhere on defense.
“I can play him at defensive end, linebacker, corner and safety,” Hastings said.
“He loves the sport of football.”
Holub also had a 19-yard touchdown catch and made all eight PATs. He normally punts, too, but the Lions never needed to.
“He has so many roles,” Hastings said.
“He’s an all-state kicker. He works his tail off on that stuff. If I drive by the field in the summer, on a Sunday, he’ll be out there kicking field goals by himself. Constantly working on his craft.”
Also enjoying a big night in the Round of 16 was senior Tiernan Boots, who had 216 rushing yards on 17 carries. That included touchdown runs of 70, 1, 3 and 33 yards.
“He’s one of the hardest-working kids I’ve ever had the opportunity to coach,” Hastings said. “He’s not the most boisterous. He leads by example.
“And it is a reflection of the offensive line.
Chris Umscheid | Solon Economist
Michael Ryan (3) makes a reception, to the amazement of a trio of Carroll Tigers, in a Class 3A
(Round
16) game this past Friday
The
(9-1) rolled over the Tigers 42-6 to advance to the Quarterfinal round with a game this Friday at Algona (9-1).
Tiernan Boots
down the field.
They are taking care of business.”
Boots is now third in Class A with 1,678 rushing yards this season. (Wicker is fourth.)
Quarterback Dakota Clark had 72 yards rushing on six attempts and was 6-of-7 passing for 119 yards.
The Comets were able to drive the ball, gaining 325 yards and 20 first downs. But the Lions had the two interceptions, plus turned Bellevue over on downs twice and forced two punts.
“They do a lot of different stuff with for-
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mations and plays,” Hastings said. “We really emphasized protecting our back side and not let any big plays happen.”
Much of the second half was played with the continuous clock ticking. That has happened in eight of the Lions’ ten wins this season.
“We don’t focus on that; it is never a goal for us,” Hastings said. “We just play our brand of football.”
Lisbon is in the playoffs for the fifth straight season, and 22nd time in school history.
Mount Vernon gallops over Carroll 42-6
Class 3A quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 8.
two of the final eight teams left in 3A. The other quarterfinals include No. 9 Solon (8-2) at No. 3 Humboldt (9-1) (a 186-mile jaunt); No. 10 Nevada (8-2) at No. 1 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (100) (188 miles); and No. 8 Independence (8-2) at No. 1 Dubuque Wahlert (10-0).
Mount Vernon enjoyed the home portion of its playoff schedule, downing Carroll 42-6 on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Martha Parsons Activities Complex.
In the near-future, the UNI-Dome awaits.
But first, the Mustangs are going to have to travel 209 miles to play at Algona in the
“Coach just said it,” senior Ethan Wood said. “It doesn’t matter where; it doesn’t matter what field or what surface. We’ll go up there and dominate.”
“I don’t care if we have to play in the parking lot, that’s our mindset with this group,” Mount Vernon coach Brad Meester said.
“What an opportunity.”
No. 4 Mount Vernon (9-1) and No. 6 Algona (9-1) are
“We do what we do,” senior Nova Lane said. “It doesn’t matter who else is on the field. We do what we do, and we win games.” What the Mustangs do is make life difficult for opposing quarterbacks.
Mount Vernon had seven tackles for loss in the first half, including two sacks, against Carroll.
“It is kind of a race to get to the quarterback for our D-line,” Wood said. “Our D-line is good this year. Before the game we talked about being really quick off
Elise Gan | For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
The Mount Vernon Mustangs are bound for the state volleyball tournament this week at XTream Arena in Coralville.
Ryan Suchomel Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun ryan.suchomel@mvlsun.com
First Round
of
at home.
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Jennifer Tischer | Contributed photo
Lisbon’s
(No. 7) gives a strong arm to a defender as he pushes for more yards
the line and just dominating the front.”
At the half, Carroll had just 26 yards of offense and three first downs. And most of that came on a 21-yard pass play.
“Our D-line is a problem for a lot of teams,” Meester said. “If you double one guy, there’s just another one. And another one.
“They do a tremendous job of getting in the backfield. And they work together really well and just feed off each other.”
Offensively, some big
throws set up most of the Mustangs scoring opportunities.
A 24-yard pass from junior Kellen Haverback to junior Michael Ryan helped during a 7-play, 53-yard drive that ended with a Haverback sneak at the end of the first quarter.
The next drive, a 9-play, 92-yard effort, was moved along with a 34-yard pass to junior Jase Jaspers from Haverback and a 35-yard pass from Haverback to Ryan, who caught it falling down.
“It was a pretty cool catch,” Ryan said. “I just kind of went for it and came down with it.”
MOUNT VERNON 42, CARROLL 6
TEAM STATS C MV
First downs 8 20
Rushes-yds. 31-97 34-161
Cmp.-Att.-Int. 6-9-0 8-13-0 Passing yds. 40 194 Total yds. 137 355
Fum.-lost 1-1 0-0 Pen.-yds. 5-45 5-50 Punts-ave. 5-29.6 3-34.0
Carroll 0 0 0 6 – 6 Mount Vernon 6 15 14 7 -- 42
INDIVIDUAL STATS
Rushing – Carroll: Taidyn Peterson 15-119, Carter Essick 13-(12), Reece Ziegmann 3-(-11). MV: Cooper Hird 25-126, Kellen Haverback 5-22, Jase Jaspers 2-17, Kael Riniker 1-0, team 1-(-4). Passing – Carroll: Carter Essick 6-9-40-0. MV: Kellen Haverback 8-13-194-0.
Receiving – Carroll: Reese Ziegmann 2-25, Maddox White 2-8, Owen Klocke 1-0, Kieran Polking 1-7. MV: Michael Ryan 4-106, Jase Jaspers 3-69, Cole Thurn 1-19.
Lions VB season ends
Ryan Suchomel
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun ryan.suchomel@mvlsun.com
One day Lisbon volleyball will get that monkey off its back.
But for now, the never-making-state thing sometimes feels like King Kong.
Lisbon lost to No. 14 West Burlington on Monday, Oct. 28, 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 25-21, in a Class 2A regional semifinal in West Burlington.
It was an evenly played match, but the Falcons just did everything a tiny
bit better.
“Two evenly matched teams,” Lisbon coach Lance Kamaus said. “They outscored us by four points that night.”
Lisbon (31-8) fell behind in the first set 11-5. They led 11-9 in the second set, but West Burlington (376) went on a 12-2 run.
After the Lions claimed the third set, the Falcons just pulled away in the fourth.
The Falcons are known as a defensive team, and had 96 digs (24 per set).
But Lisbon had 94 digs (23.5 per set).
“There were some
That drive finished with a 1-yard TD by senior Cooper Hird. Mount Vernon went into half with a 21-0 lead thanks to a 47-yard scoring strike from Haverback to Ryan with 36 seconds left.
The cool temperatures didn’t bother the air attack.
“We are very thankful for how nice it is,” Meester said. “It is brisk, but compared to the last two days, it feels like summer.”
Haverback finished with 194 yards on 8-of-13 passing. Ryan had four catches for 106 yards, Jase Jaspers had three catches for 69 yards, and senior Cole Thurn had one grab for 19 yards.
“On offense, teams can’t focus on just one guy,” Meester said. “And I couldn’t ask for more from Kellen.”
Hird finished with 126 rushing yards on 25 carries. It was his first 100-yard game of the season.
“He did a phenomenal job running the ball,” Meester said.
Hird closed out the scoring with a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter. Haverback also had two TD runs in the second half (18 yards and 1 yard).
really long points,” Kamaus said. “There was one point, I thought we had four kills, but we ended up getting sided out. Mykala (Luzum-Selmon) had two rockets. Alexa (Roos) had two go-go’s.
“It was a fun volleyball match to be a part of. That’s the way it is. Class 2A is tough.”
West Burlington ended up losing in the regional final two days later to No. 3 Dyersville Beckman (356) in Solon.
“They would have given us problems,” Kamaus said of Beckman. “They have so much height.”
Luzum-Selmon, a junior, led the attack against the Falcons with 24 kills. Junior Kamryn Kahl added 16 kills and senior Sarah Dietsch had 12.
Senior setter Kaitlynn Hasselbusch had 54 assists
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Algona got its TD on a 63-yard run by Taidyn Peterson with 1:03 to play.
“We took it to them up front,” said Lane, who had a booming hit on the QB. “No one can run on us.”
and led the defense with 23 digs. Luzum-Selmon had 22 digs.
The 31 wins ranks as the fourth-most in program history (38 in 2022 is the best). Kamaus said he felt pretty good considering many had the Lions rebuilding this fall.
“To lose quality players like we did off last year’s team, and the way things started, and the questions,” Kamaus said. “To end up with a 15-match win streak. To win the conference. To win the conference tournament.
… In my opinion, it is not healthy to judge the season on the final result.”
take down Carroll’s Carter Essick in a 3A Round
16 game Friday, Nov. 1 in Mount Vernon. The Mustangs rolled over the Tigers 42-6 to advance in the playoffs.
Chris Umscheid | Solon Economist Jaxon Anderson (42), Ethan Wood (22), and Nova Lane (66)
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CHURCHES
MOUNT VERNON
St. Paul Lutheran Church L.C.M.S.
600 Fifth Avenue South
Pastor: Rev. Sean Hansen www.splcmv.org; send e-mail to info@splcmv.org
Sun.: 9:30 a.m. In-person worship
Please refer to our website or contact the church directly for additional worship information.
First Presbyterian Church 301 1st St. N.W. www.firstpresmv.com
319-895-6060
Pastor: Rev. Lori Wunder
Sun.: 9:30 a.m. in-person worship. Online services stream beginning at 9:20 a.m. on Facebook
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Rev. Andrew Awotwe-Mensah, parish priest Sun.: 8 a.m. Mass
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Justus Hallam, Bishop
Meeting at: 4300 Trailridge Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids Sun.: 11:30 a.m. in person services. Also an option for digital worship services.
United Methodist Church
Pastor Vicki Fisher www.umcmv.com
Sun.: 8:30 a.m. Praise Worship
11 a.m. Traditional worship
Both worships available online at UMCMV.com
An LGBTQ affirming congregation
Community Bible Church
940 W. Mount Vernon Rd. www.mvcbc.org, 895-6269
Teaching Pastor Brandon Glaza
Discipleship Pastor Dennis Fulkerson
Youth Pastor Stephen Thomas
Sun.: 9:30 a.m. In-Person Worship Service
Wed. - 6 p.m. Encounter and Youth Group
Linn Grove Presbyterian
2000 Linn Grove Rd., Mt. Vernon
Pastor Carla Burge
Sun: 9 a.m. in-person worship, masks requested Also, weekly readings, prayers and sermons are posted on the church’s Facebook page.
Baha’i Faith
Nina Scott, Group Secretary, 319-270-9230
CrossLife Community Church
Pastor Erik Bennett
Sun.: 10:30 a.m. – In-person worship service. Services also livestream on Facebook page.
LISBON
Living Hope Global Methodist Church
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Thursday, Nov. 7
Story Time, Cornell Public Library Byerly Room, 9:30 a.m.
Fiber Friends, Southeast Linn Community Center, 10:30 a.m. LBC Adult Speaker Series “DeWolf Innovation CenterA Place to Reframe Aging & Dementia” by Kathy Good, Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center, 1 p.m. Lisbon Fall Play “Writer’s Bloc,” Lisbon School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 8
Bingo, Southeast Linn Community Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Linn Lunch Bunch, Southeast Linn Community Center, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cornell College presents Musical Theatre Scenes Performances, Cornell College Armstrong Youngker Hall Ringer Recital Studio, 7 p.m.
Phil Heywood Concert, First Street Community Center Auditorium, 7 p.m. (reception for Mount Vernon Area Arts Council begins at 6 p.m.)
Lisbon presents “We’re All Chickens,” Lisbon School Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Shop small holiday open houses, uptown Mount Vernon and downtown Lisbon, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cornell College presents Musical Theatre Scenes
Performances, Cornell College Armstrong Youngker Hall Ringer Recital Studio, 7 p.m.
Lisbon presents “Writer’s Bloc,” Lisbon School Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Mount Vernon Presents “26 Pebbles,” Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 10
Cornell College presents Musical Theatre Scenes Performances, Cornell College Armstrong Youngker Hall Ringer Recital Studio, 2 p.m.
Lisbon presents “We’re All Chickens,” Lisbon School Auditorium, 2 p.m.
CALENDAR & PUZZLES
200 E. Market St., 455-2000 livinghopegmc.org
Interim Pastors
Services live streamed at Living Hope Global Methodist Church’s YouTube page
Sundays at 9:45 a.m. Sun.: 9:45 a.m. — In-person worship.
Seeds of Faith Lutheran Church, ELCA
798 Brenneman Lane, 455-2599 (Off Hwy. 30 on eastern edge of Lisbon) www.seedsoffaithlutheran.org/
Pastor Erika Uthe
9 a.m. — In-person worship. Services also livestream via Seeds’ Facebook Page.
BERTRAM
United Methodist Church 319-365-8077
Rev. Darwin Moore, Pastor Sun.: 10 a.m. — In-person worship service
MARTELLE
Christian Church
Sun.: 10:30 a.m. — in person worship service Services also stream online at Martelle Christian Church’s YouTube page.
United Methodist Church Sun.: 10:30 a.m. Worship service. No Sunday school.
SPRINGVILLE
United Methodist Church Sun.: 9 a.m. Worship service. Wed.: 6:30 p.m. Praise service
Faith Christian Fellowship
Pastor Jack Ray Sun.: 9:30 a.m. worship at Springville Memorial Library, in the Buresh Room (264 Broadway Street)
St. Isidore Catholic Church Sat.: 6 p.m. Mass
MECHANICSVILLE
Living Hope Bible Church
Mechanicsville Memorial Building
First Presbyterian Church
408 E. First Street.
Christian Community Church of Mechanicsville
307 East First Street
563-432-7716
Sun: Sunday School 10-11am and in-person Worship Services at 11:15am with Fellowship to follow.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pastor: Father James Flattery Wed.: 8:30 a.m. — mass Sun.: 8 a.m. Mass
Mount Vernon Presents “26 Pebbles,” Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center, 2 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 11
Lisbon Veterans Day Assembly, Lisbon Lions Den, 10 a.m.
Mount Vernon School Board, Mount Vernon High School Library, 6:30 p.m.
Lisbon FFA Chapter Meeting, Lisbon High School, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Blood drive at Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon High School commons, 1-7 p.m.
Lego Club, Cornell college Room 108, 3:30 p.m.
Yarn squad, Cornell College Cole Library Room 326, 6:30 p.m.
Learn to play Bridge, Cornell College Cole Library room 108, 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Early out Mount Vernon Schools. Cards, Southeast Linn Community Center, 10-11:30 a.m.
Linn Lunch Bunch, Southeast Linn Community Center, 11:30 a.m.
Learn to play Bridge, Cornell College Cole Library room 108, 1-3 p.m.
Mount Vernon Booster Club meeting, Mount Vernon High School, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 14
Story Time, Cornell Public Library Byerly Room, 9:30 a.m.
Fiber Friends, Southeast Linn Community Center, 10:30 a.m.
LBC Adult Speaker Series “Mount Vernon’s Inaugural Artist-In-Residence“ by Sarah Fitzgerald, Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center, 1 p.m.
Mount Vernon Middle School choir, band and orchestra concert, Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.
Lisbon Fall Play “We’re All Chickens,” Lisbon School Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Across
1 Strikes, perhaps
6 Animal cry that sounds like a Greek letter
9 Girls, ___ (nonprofit since 1864)
12 Find on the radio
14 Move, in real estate lingo
15 Woman on un árbol genealógico
16 Value
17 More slippery
18 TV channel showing lots of pitches
19 Disclaimer on a sale poster
21 –
23 Contradict
24 Save money on one’s commute home, perhaps
26 Actor who played a character with the same first name on “Two and a Half Men”
28 –
29 You can see right through it
30 Up to ___
31 Like nearly everybody on a Reply All thread
32 Genre influenced by Jamaica’s independence
34 Puts on a Christmas list, say
36 Some young studs
40 Lisbon’s land: Abbr.
41 First name in student loans
42 Louvre Pyramid architect
43 ___ facto
46 Skeptics
48 –
49 Half of a sprinter’s pair
51 One of the four classical elements, along with ignis, aqua and terra
52 53-Across feature, as seen three times in this puzzle
53 Test required for all C.I.A. applicants … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme
57 Major British tabloid, with “The”
58 When sudden death can occur, for short
60 “Understood”
61 Caribbean clock setting: Abbr.
62 New Mexico county or its seat
63 Early bird’s bedtime, maybe
64 Baseball players who only bat, for short
65 Snide chuckle
66 Boardroom support
Down
1 Cocido or callaloo
2 Luxuriant
3 Like some dog collars
4 Tool used in making applesauce and mashed potatoes
5 Metal marble
6 Human-shaped board game piece
7 Singer/songwriter Goulding
8 Truly awful, with “the”
9 City that’s absolutely “gorges”
10 Leaf maker
11 “There’s no way!”
13 Mantra chants
14 Went door to door for
20 Performer at 2024’s Super Bowl halftime show
22 Wash against, as waves on the shore
25 It fits under a tongue
26 Busy Apr. professional
27 Contracts
28 Derides
31 Budget planner, for short
33 Half sister of Kim, Khloé and Kourtney
35 TV character who said “Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them”
36 City name in Genesis
37 Runs
38 “___ outta here!”
39 Female friend, casually
41 Elitists
43 “What a shame!”
44 Major media campaign, say
45 N.F.L. franchise that went its first 20 seasons without a singl winning record
47 “Darn it!”
48 Home to “star-cross’d lovers”
50 Urban artist?
51 Longhorn’s college rival
54 Philosophical darkness
55 Decorate, as a baker might
56 Web code
59 When doubled, dance move
SUDOKU
To play: Complete the grid so that every row, column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. There is no guessing or math involved, just use logic to solve.
The following is a list of living and deceased veterans and some current members of the Armed Forces who live or grew up in the Lisbon-Mount Vernon area. The list has been developed over several years as names are shared with the Sun. If you have additions or corrections, call 319-895-6216 or e-mail news@mvlsun.com.
LISBON
David L. Albang, David Albright, Dianna Alger, Bruce L. Alger, Grant Ray Alger, Rad Alger, Richard L. Alger II, Thomas J. Apel, Megan Light Appleby, David M. Arthur Jr., David L. Askelson, James Askelson, Charles E. Babcock Jr., William Bacher, Donald Bailey, Ken Bailey, Harold Bair, Katherine Davis Bair, William Hank Bair, Dean Baxa, Dean C. Beasmore, Merle “Buck” Beasmore, Vernon Beasmore, Alan Bennett, Luke Benson, Lynn Bergman, Michael Bergman, Edward P. Bigger, Harry E. Bigger, Derek C. Blinks, Richard W. Boots, John Bova, Joseph Bova, Morris “Mike” Bova, Colleen Boxwell, Diana Boxwell, Glen Boxwell, Matt Brannaman, Morris Brannaman, Raymond J. Brannaman, James R. Brecht, Nick Brecht, Scott Brecht, George Briggs, Luke J. Broulik, Kasey Brown, Raymond P. Brown, William Burlingame, Aaron Burnett, James Burnett, Rebekah Butler, William Jack Butteris, William Bys Jr., Danny L. Caraway, Tim Carlo, Delbert Carmer, Lisa Cart, Richard L. Cart, Timothy Cart, Greg Carter, Robert J. Caspers, Kenneth A. Cave, George A. Chambers, Howard A. Ciha, Willard Ciha, Brent Clark, Darrell E. Clark, David E. Clark, David W. Clark, Irvin P. Clark, James Clark, Matthew G. Clark, Warren B. Clark, Tex Clay, Robert E. Coleman, W.C. Conklin, Brandon Cook, Rex Cook, Duane Cooley, Michael L. Cooper, Charles W. Cooper Jr., Donald K. Coppess, Richard Crawford, Carl Dahn, Gaylon Dahn, Merle Dahn, Miles Dahn, Nicholas Dains, Albert Dennis, Glenn Dickey, Shawn Durgin, Curtis Edinger, Steven H. Edinger, Robert J. Englert, Steve R. Fairley, Thomas Ferguson, Elmer Feuss, Devin Fox, Charles R. Franks, Leo E. Frederick, Danny J. Freiburger, Leonard Geissler, Donald John Glackin, Lawrence D. Gouchee, Lonnie Gray, Peter A. Greiner, Acie Grisham, Anthony Gutschmidt, Kenneth Hall, Michael Hall, Richard B. Hall, Seth Hall, Dennis Keith Hampton, Marie Hope Hannah, Rick Hansen, Steven P. Hanson, Dale A. Happel, Graig E. Hauschild, Gary L. Heiserman, Jim Hendricks, Donald G. Henik, Paul Herboldsheimer, Milton L. Herren, Pat Herring, Rolland Hoke, Robert P. Hormann, Daniel Horn, Jeri Horn, Raymond L. Horn, Leo Hubler, David J. Hudson, Lloyd Hughes, Henry L. Hunwardsen, Fred T. Hurley, Tim Jamison, Richard Jedlicka, Andrew Bruce Jeffrey, Lawrence “Mike” Stanton Johnston, David Jones, Mike
Our deepest gratitude for their service.
Jones, Shawn Patrick Jones, Nathan T. Jubeck, Ted Jubeck, Julie S. Juett, Ronald Juett, Cheryl Kahl, Jeff Kahl, Leonard Kamberling, Alan Kamerling, Jacob Kamerling, Robert L. Kamerling, Harold G. Kent, Paul P. Kepler, Allen Kerslake, Gary Kerslake, Leland G. Knowles Jr., Leland A. Knowles Sr., Michael Koch, Tom Koch, Larry Kohl, Kenny Kostman, Clarence E. Krumm, Kassidy Alger Kruse, Leoral Kruse, William Kruse, Matthew Kuchen-Baker, Fred L. Kuntz, John Kuntz, Glen Kurth, Eugene T. Kurtz, Donald R. Landers, Mary E. Levsen, Kevin Light, Tyler Light, Robert J. Lind, John J. Linsley, Charles A. Long, Leonard R. Long, Thomas C. Long, James A. Longerbeam, Keith A. Longerbeam, George E. Lord, Ivor B. Lord, Larry Lord, Kyle Mallie, Bryan J. Martin, Pamela R. Martin, Gordon W. Martin Jr., Carl E. Massey, Donald L. Mattison, Kenneth McAtee, Charles W. McCoy, Steven J. McElmeel, Morgan Mehlert, Steve A. Miller, Harry V. Moats, Dean Moel, Sheila Moffett, Timothy L. Moffett, William J. Mohn, Brent Mollenhauer, Eugene Montgomery, Jason Montgomery, Mark A. Montgomery, Matthew W. Montgomery, Michel A. Montgomery, Thomas P. Moore, Chase A. Morgan, William R. Morio, Douglas Mounce, Hubert Mounce, Arthur W. Myers, David R. Nebel, Zach Neff, Raymond M. Neff Sr., Michael A Netolicky, Robert W. Netolicky,David Nolte, Leonard E. Novak, Leonard J. Novak, Carl O’Connor, Alois J. Opatz, Kenneth Opatz, Patrick Opatz, Paul J. Ortmann, Gaylord K. Owens, Melissa Owens, Thomas Parker, David B. Pasker, Terryl L. Pasker, David L. Patten, Alfred Pegarick, Virgil Peters, David A. Peterson, Harry E. Phelps, Howard H. Phelps, Weston Phelps, Carroll V. Phillips, Vernon Carroll Phillips, Paul D. Porter, Charles L. Pospisil, George Pospisil Jr., Michael Potter, David Prasil, Donald L. Price Sr., Robert Pruess, Vance G. Rahn, John H. Randall, Robb Randall, James Ranney, Nicole Ranney, Vaughn Reade, Dave Reagan, V.J. Reinken, John D. Remington, A.E. Reyhons, Brian A. Reynolds, Mearl M. Reynolds, Al L. Ridgeway, Eugene Rieger, Mark D. Risse, Randy J. Roberts, Ralph Rolland, Chelsey Rutledge, Martin P. Sailor, Diana Salvatore, Gerald “Jerry” Schmidt, Paul R. Schnipkoweit, Stanley Schoff, Wayne E. Schoff, William E. Schoff, Rick Scott, Trey R. Sedenka, Harold Seil, Paul Shaffer, Darold R. Sharar, Joseph Shuff, Don H. Sievers, Chris-
topher W. Smith, Colton Smith, Donald D. Smith, James A. Smith, Mark A. Smith, Mitchell Smith, William Smith, Arnold D. Soukup, Donald Southard, Linnie Southard, Paul C. Sperry, Rick Springsteen, Devin Sproston, Benjamin A. Stahl, Harvey E. Stahl, Max L. Stahl, John H. Stairs, Quinn G. Stamp, Tait W. Stamp, Craig D. Stark, Kevin R. Steele, Lloyd A. Steffensmeier, Joseph Martin Stewart, Reuben Strackbein, Merlin L. Strong, Adam Struckman, Vernon Studt, Curtis L. Taylor, James Taylor, Keith H. Techau, David E. Thies, Chris Thomas, Gordon E. Thomas, John L. Thompson, Scott Allan Timm, Jeffrey Timmerman, Dan Torrence, Terri Towry, Robert J. Ulrich, Henry H. Unruh, John E. Vanous, Randy Venenga, Richard M. Waite, Chris Walantus, Cody Jonathan Wallace, Jason Wallace, Jayson Michael Wallace, Jordan Ward, Jason Weber, Andrew Wendler, Raymond Wendler, Steven Wendler, Aryl V. Whitlatch, Arlo R. Whitman, Clair L. Whitman, Kenneth Wilkins, Steven J. Willett, Dennis B. Williams, Joshua Wolfe, Michael Wolfe, James Wolverton, Harry A. Wood, John J. Woods, Warren Worlein, Donald L. Wray, Henry E. Wright, Jack D. Wright, Roy A. Wymore, Lawrence E. Yancey Jr., Earl L. Yocum, Wayne Youngblut, John M. Zahorik Jr., Kellie Zimmer.
MOUNT VERNON
Carl Benjamin Ackerman, Barbara Neff Aguirre, Allen D. Ahrens, Jon L. Akers, Jon T. Akers, James A. Alkins, Dennis R. Allard, Charles M. Allen, Trisha Bothel Almond, Carl H. Anderson, Slaton Anthony, Jim Applebee, Tom Arey, Douglas M. Armstrong, Mervyn Armstrong, Ronald N. Armstrong, Thomas Ash, David Ashby, Dave Askelson, James A. Atkinson, Peter Ault, Robin Baker, Vernon Baker, Pat Barnes, Mitchell S. Barnett, Harlan Barrett, Harold Beach, Richard J. Becker, Dennis R. Bedford, LeAnn Beeks, Gordon Behrens, Robert R. Beine, Joseph J. Bell, Jeffrey F. Bellows, Marion Bellows, Bob Bennett, Louis E. Berends, Donald Bergman, Donald L. Berner, John M. Berthot, Michael Bigley, David Blinks, David Bolsinger, Eldean Borg, Lindsey Borg, Matthew Borg, Randy Borg, Burton D. Boudreau, William D. Bowers, Ralph S. Bowman, Matthew Brace, Ted M. Brandt, Arnold Brawner, Curtis Bray, Dan R. Brindley, Irvin J. Brokel, Richard Brokel, M.L.F. Broulik, Howard R. Bruner, Lester Buresh, David A. Burge, Mearl Burge, Dale E. Busler, Paul Caldwell, Robert Caldwell, Karen Campbell, Myron A. Campbell, Robert L. Capaccioli, Tom Carew, David T. Carmer, Tony Caspers, Don Cell, Albert L. Chamberlin, Duane L. Christenson, Milton D. Christiansen, Paul A. Christiansen, Kenneth Jack Clancy, Kenneth James Clancy, David Clark, Dennis L. Clark, Gary L. Clark, Howard W. Clark, Joel Clark, Keith R. Clark, Kenneth D. Clark, Richard Clark, Steven H. Clark, Elmer Clay, Jan H. Clute, Harry Cole, Donald H. Colehour, John Collins, Robert P. Collins, Melvin L. Conley, Thomas
Conner, Betty Conrad, Thomas Cox, Douglas R. Cramer, Robert D. Cribbs, Joseph E. Cullen, Kevin K. Danley, James C. Darby Jr., Mark Daubert, Jimmie Nathan Daugherty, John H. Davis, Robert L. Davis, John H. Davis Jr., Jay L. Delancey, William A. Deskin, Denver Dillard, Michael S. Douglas, Alan DuVal, Frank E. Dvorak, Hubert F. Dvorak, Robert Dvorak, Edward H. Dye, James Edgar Dye, Leo Edgerly, Eugene W. Edinger, R.D. Edler, Floyd F. Edmund, Richard L. Elick, Michael J. Elliott, Homer A. Emerson, Glen N. Erie, Leoral Evans, Kevin L. Filkins, Michael L. Filkins, David Fisher, Robert L. Fisher, Thomas E. Forbes, Edward Fordyce, Richard Fordyce, Allen K. Forrest, Arthur Lynn Foster, Floyd Percy Foster, William Floyd Foster, Rudy Frey, Bernard F. Friedl, Jeffrey J. Friedman, Donald M. Fuller, Harry C. Gaarde, Robert J. Gaines, Feather Rebecca Gaither, Donald C. Gallagher, Mark Gefaller, Joseph J. Giannini, Clifford M. Glick, David J. Glynn, Jake Gondek, Dale E. Goodall, Charles H. Goodrich, Harold Goodrich, William F. Goudy, Michael Gradwell, Norman L. Graham, Ted Grenis, Jon M. Grindle, Harold Grissom, Charles Haack, David Hallas, Harold R. Hanley, Kevin Hanna, Lyle W. Hanna, David R. Hansen, Seth Harman, James A. Haro, Charles Havill, Michael Havill, Sharon K. Haynes, Harold A. Heck, Dave Heeren, Milton Heeren, Lorrie Foster Henderson, Herbert E. Hendricks, Roland Henik, Anthony Hennessy, Daniel J. Henry, Billie Joe Henthorn, LaVerne Herbst, Harold Hereen, Harold Herring, Virgil Herring, Rich Herrmann, James Hickey, Ed Hill, Eugene Hinman, D. M. Hoagland, Robert D. Hobbie, Kenneth W. Hoffman, Wallace E. Hoffman, Mary H. Hoke, Robert W. Hoke, John Holst, Kathleen Holst, Bill Horton, Matt Hotz, Tony Huffman, Harold R. Hufford, Donald R. Hughes, Duane F. Hughes, Noel E. Hughes, Richard Hughes, Tom Humes, Dewey Humphries, Dorothy A. Humphries, Darell A. Hunter, Ronald Jamison, Charles E. Johnson, Eldon D. Johnson, Gregory Johnson, Leonard Johnson, Preston Johnson, Wallace F. Johnson, William J. Jones, William J. Kaplan, Rex O. Karas, James Keas, David I. Keith, Wesley D. Kendall, Larry D. Kennedy, Steven P. Kepler, John S. Kerr, Arlo Kirkpatrick, Leo E. Kirkpatrick, Joseph F. Kladivo, Charles Klein, Glenn W. Klinsky, Charles E. Kniffen, Milton Junior Koch, Paul Doc Koch, Samuel Stuart Koch, Edwin Koehn. Richard Koehn, Adam Koffron, Benjamin Koffron, Donald Kohout, Dennis D. Kougias, Walter E. Krambeck, Monte Kramer, Jerry E. Kroeger, Kraig Kruger, Kurt Kruger, Ray Kruger, Donald I. Krumm, Ralph G. Krumm, Everett Kubik, David J. Kuhn, Alan J. Kuntz, Ian Lamphier, John G. Lane, Kurt E. Larsen, Douglas D. Laux, Kenneth Lee, Fred J. Lehman, Douglas E. Lenhart, Lloyd W. Lent, Jay D. Lerch, David L. LeVan, Todd Lewin, Kenneth J. Liddell, Charles Litts, William E. Litts, Marvin Livermore, Robert A. Locke, Donald M. Loes Sr.,
Dean Loomis, Lloyd Loomis, Peter Lutheran, Joseph E. Lynott, John Maddock, Delmer Maiden, Bob Makosky, Joe A. Marolf, Ronald w. Martin, Roy Martin, Wayne E. Martin, Gordon W. Martin Sr., James E. Matthews, Robert A. Mauseth, Joe McClain, C.E. McConaughy, Mike McConaughy, Thomas E. McMahon, Robert A. Meeker, Lonny F. Merlak, Ray H. Merwin, Art Meyer, Nor Meyer, Beth Mhire, Dave Mhire, Norman Michaud, Carroll E. Miller, Charles J. Miller, David D. Miller, Dorothy Voeltz Miller, Earl Miller, George F. Miller, Steven M. Miller, Chelsea Minor, James D. Minor, Richard Mitchell, Charles Moffit, Scott Moffit, Clifford C. Moore, Larry R. Moore, Miranda Ruth Roudabush Moore, Richard A. Moore, Carroll L. Mortensen, Kenneth J. Moser, David R Mott, Joseph L. Mounts, Bernard J. Mullaley, Nathan John Murphy, Rodney Joe Murphy, Michael R. Myers, Jeri M. Neal, Stephen Neal, Thomas B. Neal, Robert N. Nefdl, Joe Neff, James Newman, William Nost, Robert C. Ohlfest, Stephen Ohman, Robert J. Olson, Arnold E. Onstott, Elvin Lee Onstott, Robert R. Osborn, Mark A. Ohrtmann, Ray E. Overman, Nyle A. Palmer, Willard “Bill” Palmer, T. Hardie Park, Frank Parks, Marvin L. Parnell, Richard M. Paulsen, Robert K. Pearson, J. N. Peet Jr., Lee Peters, Richard E. Peters, Clifford W. Peterson, Dewey A. Peterson, Scott C. Peterson, William G Peterson, Edward Petrick, John G. Petrick, Leo Petrick, John F. Pfiffner, Louise E. Dvorak Pierce, Ron Pisarik, Merrill J. Pitlik, Roger L. Pitlik, Jim Plank, Gregory Platt, Larry Plovis, Jeff Pope, Bennie W. Pospisil, George Pospisil, Joseph L. Pospisil, Phillip Pospisil, George Pospisil Jr., John E. Poula, Thomas E. Pribyl, Larry D. Proctor, Robert J. Pyles, Gordon G. Rahn, Roger R. Raiber, Douglas P. Randall, Toby Ray, Bruce Reckling, Milton Reckling, Daniel L. Reilly, Donald Reilly, Paul Reimann, Henry Milton Rhoads, George R. Richards, Roland “Moe” Richardson, Bill Rider, Loren D. Ripke, David Rittmer, Paul Robinson, Samuel Rodman, Thomas Edwin Rogers, John F. Roloff, Joshua Roloff, Patricia Roloff, David A. Ross, James Rothmeyer, David Rotschafer, Nile Clayton Roudabush, Bill Royer, John R. Royer, Pete A. Rudish Jr., Dick J. Rundle, Donald Russell, Gaylord A. Sacora, Vernon A. Sadler, Floyd E. Sander, Dale A. Sargent, Kenneth Sauer, Robert A. Sautter, Harold H. Scheetz, Raymond Schmedding, Joe Schmitz, Robert Schneider, Robert Schneider Jr., Kenneth D. Schoff, Melvin D. Schoff, Lynn Schulte, Walter R. Seiler, Donald A. Shaffer; Kristi L. Sheldon, Anthony Shultz, Gary W. Siegle, Duane Sickert, Donald Brackett Siggins, Eric Brian Siggins, Harry Leroy Siggins, Robert H. Sippel, Andrew Smith, James W. Snyder, Ernest Sommerville, Jr., Richard L. Spellerberg, William M. Spellerberg, William H. Sproston, Donald C. Steffen, Robert L. Steiner, Ronald A. Steiner, John A. Sterner, Donald H. Stewart, Michael L. Stewart, Dick Stoltz, Carol A. Stone, Lyman Stoneking, Warren Stoner, Keith A. Stover, Marshall Strait, Jill W. Strickland, Dale Strother, Bill Studt, David Studt, Jacob C. Studt Jr., Thayer J. Studt, Harold A. Suchomel, Rob Sutherland, Theodore Sutliff, Scott Michael Taylor, James Telecky, Tawnua Tenley, Edward Tesar, Clyde F.
Ties, Duane A. Ties, Richard Thomas, Robert E. Thomas, Donald A. Thompson, Francesca Thompson, Kenneth M. Thompson, Peter J. Thompson, William J. Thompson, David D. Thuerauf, George R. Thullen, John Tonne, Carl Travis, Stephen D. Troy, Richard Trusdall, Robert B. Tuberty, Gary L. Ulch, Alvin Ray Valentine, Arvin R. Valentine, Sidney K. Vaughn, Thomas G. Vavra, William Vendetti, David A. Vig, Joseph J. Viktor, Paul G. Viktor, Paul G. Vislisel, Ward Viter, Ivan Vonk, Abby Vozenilek, Mark Walden, Dennis Walrob, Gerald L. Walters, Douglas E. Walton, Robert K. Ward, John Ware, David James Washburn, Seth C. Weaver, Todd Weaver, Glen D. Weber, Jack C. Werling, Lawrence West, Lewis West, Nancy H. White, William A. White, Wesley Whitley, Adam J. Whitlach, Dana Wilcox, Thomas Wilkinson, Ted Williams, Rich Wirfs, Ben Wolfe, Daniel Wolfe, David Wolfe, John D. Wolfe, Robert F. Wolfe, Thomas L. Wolfe, Mike Wolrab, David Wolter, Bob Woods, Charles “Chuck” Woods, Kevin Woods, Mike Woods, Robert O. Wright, Willis Wulf, Herbert Yaminishi, Richard D. Yoder, Larry Zenor, Joe Zinkula, Ray P. Zinkula.
MECHANICSVILLE
David Aberle, Doug Albaugh, Larry D. Albaugh, Robert E. Albaugh, Brock D. Arey, John H. Armstrong, Kenneth C. Armstrong, Clifford C. Avon, Vernon Beckmann, Jerrold Behrend, Jon Beimer, Richard Bennett, Kenneth L. Billman, Dean H. Bohr, Robert Boots, Vernon D. Boots, William Boots, Elmer C. Border, George T. Boyd, Robert L. Boyd, Richard Broulik, Ralph Burge, David B. Chappell, Richard Allen Collins, Wilbur Comer, James L. Cook, Paul Crock, Steven Danly, Russell Darrow, Don Davidson, Harry J. Davidson, Robert A. Davidson, Robert E. Davis, Weldon Davis, Harold L. Dawson, John Deahl, Hubert Deke, Eric Doermann, James A. Dohmen, Laurence Domer, Dennis G. Driscoll, Harry Driscoll, Thomas D. Driscoll, Verlin Eaker, Chester Eales, David Edwards, Raymond G. Eilers, Frederick Evers, Everett Ferguson, Edward Flynn, Marlin Flynn, Maurice D. Ford, John Gesling, Donald Griffith Jr., Donald Griffith Sr., Lee Groves, John R. Grunder II, Brian J. Hall, Jon Hankemeier, Bruce Hanks, Ferris Hanks, John K. Hanna, John T. Hanna, Glenn E. Heincke, Roland Herring, Lumir Holets, Robert G. Horner, Lafe Hudracek, Arthur Hunt, William R. Jensen, Donald J. Jilovec, Ervin Johnson, Kenneth Kadlec, Alvie Kelley, Bruce Kern, Steven Kirkpatrick, Brian Kirstein, Paul Kirstein, Tim Kohl, Don Krumroy, Terry Kuda, John Kuehnle, Paul Kurth, RE Ledtje Jr., Gerald L. Lenz, Glenn Lovell, Kenneth P. McCullough, Alvin Miller, Francis D. Miller, James Miller, John T. Miller, Richard Miller, John Moffit, Carl G. Moir, Kenneth Montz, Russell Moravek, Willard More, Charles Mulherin, John Mullan, Jon B. Mullan, Michael Mullan, Luke Lawrence Oberbreckling, Joseph J. Onstott, Duane Ortberg, John W. Paidar, Joseph E. Paidar, Calvin L. Paup, Glen Paup, Leonard Pieper, Dennis Pisarik, Herbert Platner, Kermit Polhamus, Anthony Prochaska, Milford Pruess, Thomas Railsback, Alfred Ralston, David L. Ralston, Jeptha Randolph, Donald D. Rekemeyer, James Rife,
Calvin Robinson, Gary Robinson, William Raleigh Robinson. James R. Ross, John Rottman, Harlan E. Russell, John E. Sauer, A. Clair Scott, Hurley D. Scott, John D. Scott, Roxy Scott, Paul Seitz, Chester R. Shaffer, Joe Shields, Donald Shriver, Lawrence Siebels, Ronald D. Skow, George Snyder, Floyd Springer, Thomas St. John, Claire Stabenow, John Stairs, Robert Studer, Vern Svoboda, Melvin Thein, Gene Thimmes, Murl H. Thomson, Scott Timm, Gary L. Townsend, Gary Trout, James S. Trump, Merven Trump, Fay Unruh, Orin Wallick, Dale E. Warmuth, Donald Weber, Douglas Dean Weber, Glen Weber, Kenneth D. Weber, Merlin H. Weber, Mark Wethington, Robert G. Willett, Leland Williams, Norman Williams, F.M. Wilson, William W. Woods, Lawrence E. Yancey, Ralph Yule, Steven Zenishek, William G. Zenishek, William Zerbe.
MARTELLE
Maurice Brannaman, Donald Erenberger, Kevin Gunderson, Russell E. Johnson, Charles Martin, Wayne Martin, Dale R. Newman, Roger Puetz.
CEDAR RAPIDS-MARION
David W. Ashby, Michael V. Baker, Ronald Barth, John J. Billings, Norman Bischof, Jerry J. Byrne, Kevin Capaccioli, Brian S. Caspers, Earl J. Caywood, Robert Current, B. E. Detweiler, Dale D. Donald, Connie Fraley, Floyd E. Gouchee, Max Gradwell, David G. Hammock, Clifford L. Henderson, Winfield L HughesWilliam H. Ireland, Cliff Kaplan, Gary Kaplan, John Kerkman, Craig Kerslake, Kenneth J. Kloppenburg, Virgil F. Kniffen, Dick Kretschmar, David Kroeger, Robert W. Lind, Barbara A. Malina, Ray Martin, Lonnie R. McDonald, Donald W. McGuire, Clarence M. Miller, Laverne J. Mills, Timothy L. Moran, David L. Nelson, Jeffrey D. Nelson, Marvin E. Pesek, Michael R. Plotz, John R. Pope, Gerald Probasco, Vance Rahn, Robert E. Schorg, Howard Schott, Conrad Seymor, Floyd Bud Shaffer, Jim Snyder, Russell C. Steiner, Joseph (Sam) Studt, Mike Sullivan, James Swender, Donald F. Teply, Douglas C. Van Metre, Daniel R. Vittetoe, Ann Vories, Ray Wasek, E.J. Whisler, Glenn E. Whitman, Dennis L. Wolrab, Douglas Wolrab, Harley E. Yeisley, Charles Zahorik.
OTHERS IN IOWA
Robert G. Allard; Steven R. Allard; Jim Askelson, Iowa City; Alan Asplund, Grinnell; Robert J. Bensmiller, Shellsburg; Paul Brace, Davenport; Dean Brawner, Colfax; Ray Bures, Ely; Richard T. Cart, Springville; Paul R. Caspers, Springville; James L. Clark, Des Moines; Arthur L. Collins, West Liberty; William G. Coons, Springville; Darren K. Coppess, Stan-
wood; Shawn Countryman, Anamosa. Clarence Dvorak, Chelsea; Meryl J. Fields Jr., Lost Nation; Michael T. Gordon, Iowa City; Donald G. Graver, Dubuque; Elroy F. Hentges, Alta Vista; Walter Hersh Jr., Waterloo; Robert Hotz, Olin; Lafe Hudachek, Marshalltown; David R. Huffaker, Davenport; Ronald N. Jamison, Olin; Ed “Sunk” Jones, Ely; Emery L. Kohl, Atkins; Robert Kolek, Ely; Steven Kroeger, Casey; Berdell W. Maley, Fort Madison; Ernest D. Moore, Anamosa; Bill Neff, Iowa City. Harold S. Owens, Anamosa; Orian G. Owens, West Liberty; Austin Puetz, Springville; Max Reckling, Des Moines; Eric Roloff, Marshalltown; Gene Scheiber, Sioux Rapids; Sheldon Shapiro, Solon; Laurel Shepley, Ottumwa; James Shutt, Mediapolis; Donald Simmons, Tipton; Don Smith, Sutliff; Mike Smith, Tipton; Dale William Travis, Shellsburg; Terry A. Travis, Marshalltown; Tom Travis, Coralville; Tim Vislisel, Manchester; James Washburn, Solon; Kyle Weber, Anamosa.
OUT OF STATE
Robert Askelson, Jacksonville, Fla.; Thomas Askelson, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Glen Bailey, Albert Lea, Minn.; Russell C. Baker, Newport News, Va.; Richard K. Blew, Oak Grove, Mo.; Joe Bova, Boulder, Colo.; Robert Bryant, Sun City Center, Fla.; Wallace Burlingame, Tucson, Ariz.; Marvin Butteris, Sunrise Beach, Mo.; Arlo Ellison, Stevensville, Mont.; Lloyd Ellison, Springfield, Mo.; Eugene Emerson, Albuquerque, N.M.; Dennis Friedrichs, Louisville, Texas. Harold Heeren, Poysippi, Wis.; Dennis F. Herrick, Rio Rancho, N.M.; Doug Jorgenson, Redmond, Ore.; Gary Jorgenson, Cypress, Calif.; Larry Jorgenson, Cypress, Calif.; Warren Jorgenson, Monterey, Calif.; Delmar Kohl, Windsor, Mo.; Robert Laas, Las Vegas, Nev.; Bill A. Lehr, Longview, Texas; Michael Ohlfest, Alexandria, Va.; Howard Orms, Republic, Mo.; Dean O. Owens, Plano, TX; Jerry Owens, Sacramento, Calif.; Ty Reckling, Philippines; Matthew G. Reyhons, Richmond, Texas; James Talcott Rife, St. Charles, Ill.; Craig D. Scheetz, Ligonier, Pa.; Terrance L. Schnipkoweit, Minneapolis, Minn.; Jack Sheets, Ionia, Mich.; Richard J. Steiner, Kingwood, Texas, Fred H. Sterenberg, Pacific Grove, Calif.; Robert W. Sutherland III., Middletown, N.Y.; Gary Sutliff, Tampa, Fla.; Lynn Sutliff, Tucson, Ariz.; Howard E. Umbdenstock, Mesa, Ariz.; Christopher Valartus, Ft. Riley, Kan.; David Van Metre, Omaha, Neb.; John W. Walton, Bemidji, Minn.; Ronald Washburn, Massachusetts; Scott A. Webster, Silver Spring, Md.; Michael C. Wilkey, Guam; Ralph Williams, Marion, Ala.; Charles Wren, Maplewood, Mo.; Walter Yeisley, Varnville, S.C.; Ralph Zahorik, Waukegan, Ill.
Photos by Nathan Countryman | Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
Top left: Travis Allen and friend dressed up as “Toy Story” characters to hand out candy. Many youth dressed up as Toy Story characters, had fun interactions with Allen in downtown Lisbon. Top right: Youth spin for a prize on the wheel of colors in downtown Lisbon. Above: John Baxa takes a detour to Sesame Street to greet Cookie Monster and Elmo at Lisbon’s Car Wash. Left: Preschoolers pass by the newspaper office Thursday, Oct. 31, as they collected candy from area businesses.
Day of the Dead
Above right: Extended family members of the Phillips family admire the offrenda. Above: Finn selects the tissue paper for the flowers to line his hat as the craft at Day of the Dead. Left: Stephanie helps Lydia adjust her crown at the Day of the Dead event.
