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tears and he turned away and he couldn’t bring himself to say a word,” Carlin said. “In that moment you wonder, what images raced through his mind as that question was asked. These men who were so young, he was 18 years old at the time, all those days under the constant stress of en-emy fire, seeing their friends die, not having adequate warm clothing, food shortages, shortages on ammunition, and all that they endured for us and how many times that situation has been played out in our history over and over again.

“One of the concerns that the Le-gion has is they’re really concerned that our young people don’t know or understand the price of freedom. They don’t know what’s been sacri-ficed. They’re concerned it’s not be-ing taught.

“This bill has two purposes. We hope on some measure it’s a salute, a tip of the hat and a thank-you to those men and women throughout our his-tory who knew the price and respon-sibility of freedom and paid it. And we also hope that our young people know and understand the price and responsibility of freedom.

“Mr. President, honor is given to whom honor is due and our veterans deserve this honor.”

The bill passed unanimously.

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Iowa Lakes Community College Spring 2020 Honors List Released

ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (June 8, 2020) - Valerie Newhouse, President of Iowa Lakes Community College, has released the spring honors list of full-time students (12 credits or more) who have demonstrated aca-demic excellence by earning a grade point average of 3.25 (based on a 4.00) or higher.

Spring semester students who have achieved a 3.25 grade point average or better are recognized by inclusion on the dean's list. Those with a 4.00 (A) average are on the President's list.

Iowa Lakes Community College, with accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, Iowa De-partment of Education, and Veterans Administration, has campuses in Algona, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Spencer and Spirit Lake.

*Indicates a 4.00 (A) average

Ayrshire, IA Kayla Kathman

Kyle Licht*Graettinger, IA

Morgan Hellyer Morgan Murphy*

Beau Schany Ellie VonEhwegen*

William Walrath Logan WhiteRuthven, IA Koy Bakken

Jeremy Raines Taylor Williamson

Fifteen Years Ago June 8, 2005: At the FFA banquet Taylor Hopper presents Sham Brown with the

Outstanding Service Award. Gary Edwards is recognized for his fifteen years of service at the

Graettinger Terril School while Dale Hoffman and Cheryl Harris are recognized for 20 years of service.

Courtney Thu and Kyle Cook announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

Wild Rose Entertainment officially breaks ground on its $35.4 million casino and hotel resort this Friday.

Roy and Gerda Luhman and Kathy Beschorner lead the other survivors for the first lap around courthouse square in Emmetsburg during the annual Relay for Life.

Despite the rainy weather there were several people on hand to witness the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new swimming pool. Mike Flaherty won the opportunity to be the first one down the water slide.Twenty-five years ago June 7, 1995:

President of the Boys and Girls Home was hand at the Hillcrest to answer questions and try to clear up some concerns voiced in the community.

From 100 years ago-Saturday while Steve Gaerdett was driving over the Osgood bridge over the Des Moines river, had the misfortune to have one of his horses break through the bridge but no serious damage was done. The bride is said to be in bad shape and the proper authorities should look after it at once.

The new Graettinger library slated for summer construction will provide many benefits for the community. It will almost triple the area of the old library and will be located in the empty lot on Robins Avenue. In the days of the old wooden schoolhouse, the library was located in the cloakroom of the principal’s office. In 1939 it was moved out the cloakroom into a more spacious area as part of the city government building.

Forty Nine Years Ago June 17, 1971Mrs. Mary Margaret Skattebo, fifth grade teacher in Graettinger, has met

the requirements for admission to the International summer School at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Linda Kaye Clipperton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Clipperton, has announced the approaching marriage to Lynn Tindall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Tindall.

Pamela Robinson, GHS graduate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Robinson, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Teachers Education and graduated with honors from the University of South Dakota.

The Mite baseball players are sporting new suits which were purchased this year for them by the Graettinger American Legion. Last year the Legion purchased suits for the Midget team and the year before for the PeeWee team.

Diamond Jubilee headquarters are scheduled to be open in the front portion of Sedlock’s furniture store. Ladies are encouraged to wear old fashioned dresses and bonnets to help promote the celebration.

The Graettinger swimming pool was closed for a few days because of a burned out electric motor on the water circulator. A new motor was ordered but delayed.

Cultivating bee was held for Marvin Moran as Marvin recently underwent surgery. He is recuperating and expected back home soon.

Dairy Day will be observed in Palo Alto County and in Graettinger the observance will include a visit by State Dairy Princess, Emily Lyon.

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Abegail Beckham painting at the Dickinson County Art Show

recent flooding years; and seeing that dirt bike as I drive my truck down a gravel road. Growing old is manda-tory – growing up is optional. I’m still a kid at heart; sure you remem-ber, that kid that ‘been there – done that stupid.’ When I’m finally hold-ing all the cards, why does every-body decide to play chess.

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of pay-ments. The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. Remember party lines? If you do, you might even be older than me – and I won’t go there. I remember we had 9 farm families on our party line. Our ring was a ‘one ringer.’ The neighbor to the north was a ‘two ringer.’ That made it easy to listen in on their conversations.

Otherwise for the other 7 families you just picked up the phone and ‘by chanced it.’ Of course, you could al-ways tell when someone was listen-ing; you would hear the click when they picked up and new they were listening until you heard the click of them putting the phone back down. Me and my neighbor pal Mike had a system in place. When we heard the ‘click’ if they didn’t hang back up, we put our plan in motion! We had one in everyone’s partyline family sneaking behind the backs and see-ing another one in a partyline fam-ily at the Little Muddy Creek bend. Well it caught up to us, and yes, I know what a tanned butt feels like. As with all the issues in the world today; just remember, if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off …

Tori Cellan painting at the Dickinson County Art Show

Mona Lisa 2020 belongs to Gage Moore, 4th grade from the Dickinson County Art Show