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The Weekender Saturday, October 17, 2015
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44th Annual Farm-City Days opens
AND THEY’RE OFF! Aileen Wilson
Chamber in search mode
By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
Absent an executive director, the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce is using this period to not only search for new leadership but also to re-examine its goals. Shelia Lampe’s last official day at the Chamber was Oct. 9, according to Loren Korte, chairman of the Chamber’s board of directors. Longtime assistant Aileen Wilson, meanwhile, will keep the doors open and the phone answered. The Chamber’s new office hours will be from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
Iola Rotary gives a hand to IHS band By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Iola High’s Marching Mustangs will find it more convenient to store their instruments in between perfor mances thanks to a gift from Iola’s Rotary Club. Matt Kleopfer The club invested $5,000 to purchase and prep a highway transport trailer to hold instruments and uniforms. That will permit the band to play during half-time of a football game, quickly store its gear, and then have it taken to practices during the week. The trailer also will come in handy for road trips. Director Matt Kleopfer told Rotarians Thursday that when he took the band’s reins four years ago, he transSee BAND | Page A5
Monday through Friday. Korte said he is doubtful the Chamber, 208 W. Madison, will be able to afford a full-time director. Recently, Lampe went to a part-time position, working three days a week. “We’re advertising for a part-time position,” he said. “I don’t know if there will ever be enough funding to go back to full time again. It’s possible, but doubtful.” Korte also hesitated to endorse a full-time position, even if funding were available, pointing to Humboldt’s
Crisp temperatures did little to cool the enthusiasm Thursday as the Farm-City Days celebration hit high gear. Above, a group of youngsters enjoy a ride on the Lewellen Carnival roller coaster. Below, people partake in carnival games. At right, Farm-City Days Committee member Aaron Franklin speaks while farm and city marshals, E.J. and Barb Siefker and Clyde and Nancy Toland, listen during the opening ceremonies. The festival runs through Sunday. Today’s parade is at 11 a.m. PHOTOS BY TERRY MEADOWS (RIGHT) AND RICHARD LUKEN
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Strickler’s opens doors for festival By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
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teve Strickler is rolling out the red carpet at Strickler Dairy on Sunday in celebration of Farm-City Days. Strickler volunteered to cap off the four-day affair with tours and a passel of attractions at the family’s dairy north of town. “It is Farm-City Days and we need to emphasize the farm part, he said.” In its 44th year, the festival’s farm emphasis fell by the wayside for a time. Perhaps more than most, Strickler said he feels a keen relationship to Iola. A fire on Jan. 31, 2013 devastated a large portion of the dairy and many wondered if it would close. “I don’t know how many people asked me if we were going to rebuild,” Strickler said. “They encouraged me. When I told the employees we were, they cheered.” North Dakota Road, which dissects the dairy operation, will be closed from noon until the last visitor departs on
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Sunday. The dairy may be reached by Kentucky Street. Parking will be provided. Guests won’t be at a loss for things to do and see. Foremost will be several stations where all that goes into making milk will be explained. Steve and brother Doug, who looks after crops, came up with a fun way to transport visitors. Small trailers, pulled by all-terrain vehicles with hay bales for seats, will make the experience like an old-fashioned hay-rack ride. An opening ceremony triggers the day at 12:30, while a chili cook-off will fill the air with tantalizing odors. Farm equipment — from local dealers as well as antiques — will be on display. To add a festive atmosphere, Steven Spalding, an American Idol winner, will perform. Square dancers from Chanute will do-si-do on North Dakota Road’s vacated pavement. Starting at 1:30 Allen County Farm Bureau, one of the F-C Days originators, will have several things to occupy youngsters. Winners of a pedal pull will qualify
Steve Strickler, left, and Harry Clubine show a calf that will be happy to pose for pictures with youngsters who visit Strickler’s Dairy Sunday as part of the Farm-City Days celebration. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON for state fair competition in Hutchinson; calves will appreciate petting and pose for pictures with kids, which will be available to take home. Farm tours will start at 2
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p.m. and will be led by four Allen Countians who have dairying experience — Ron and Aron Coltrane, LaHarpe, Curt Mueller, Humboldt, and See DAIRY | Page A6
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