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www.decorahleader.com | 563-382-4221 | Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | Vol. 7 Issue 18
Saddle Club raises nearly $150,000 since 1970 for disabled adults and children
Week 3 of the Driftless Home and Garden (The complete version of this began Winneshiek County’s “Those guys wanted to extend series inside this article originally published in own Pony Express chapter, it all over Iowa.” She recalled that, in 1969, the April 24 Decorah Leader, which has since raised nearly edition! find past editions of the newspaper at decorahleader.com)
The Pony Express Riders of Iowa, which raises money exclusively for Easterseals, began in 1967 near Spencer, and two years later, Ted and Edna Schrandt of Decorah
$150,000 for the cause since that time. “They had three or four older horsemen who rode around in that county and got money, and sent it to Camp Sunnyside — a camp by Des Moines for handicapped children and adults,” Edna Schrandt said.
the riders from Spencer hosted a meeting in Elkader in hopes of creating a statewide network of Pony Express clubs and riders.
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Decorah BY ZACH JENSEN DECORAH LEAD chiropracto r STAFF WRITER ER installs When Laurie Meinholz bought the buildapartments ing which houses her chiropractic office in in historic downt own Decor she wasn’t immed ah, downtown sure what to do withiately the 5,000-square-feet on its building second floor. But, after making
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