Odegeo Class Visits History & Tourism Sites
FILLMORE
COUNTY - The “Odegeo. . .Leadership for Fillmore County” class visited museums
and historical sites for their October History and Tourism session on October 21th.
The class began their day at the Rialto ll
Theatre where Brandy VanDeWalle talked to the group about the Three Kinds of
Leadership Styles and using the styles that fits the group you are working.
Pat Mau told the group how the theater is run
by volunteers with just one paid part-time staff. The group then learned about the historic
theater building and was able to hear about and see the new digital program
used for showing movies and the new seats that have been installed.
The next stop was the Strang Museum. Janet Lentfer told some interesting stories
of the items housed in the Museum. The group went to Bubba’s Café and enjoyed
break provided by Waddell & Reed Investments.
The group traveled to the Maple
Grove Barn near Tobias where Bob and LaDean Endorf took the group on a tour of
the historic Maple Grove Sales Pavilion and Farrowing Barn that was built in
1912.
The next stop was the three World
War ll Memorials north of Milligan. Shirley Brunkow met the group and told interesting
stories of finding information on the soldiers that were killed in the crashes while
training at Fairmont Army Airfield during World War ll.
Melvin and Arlene Vavra, Janet Fong and Mark
Vavra were our guides at the Ceski Bratri Cemetery and Pioneer Chapel west of
Milligan. They explained the history of
the chapel and cemetery to the early pioneers and the people of the area. Several of the class members witched for
graves.
The next stop was lunch in Geneva at
the VFW. The lunch was provided by “Walter Insurance and Real Estate”.
The group traveled to the Historical Maker on Hwy 6 where Doug
Rung talked about the World War ll soldiers getting off the train and being
trucked to the Fairmont Airbase. He also stated this entrance is the road to
take to enter the front gate to the Airbase. Most people think the entrance off
Highway 81 is the main entrance, but that is actually the back entrance. The
group then proceeded to the Airbase where Doug talked about where the buildings
were located during the training for the young pilots and told stories from the
time that the base was active.
The group traveled to the Fillmore County
Museum were Linda Bristol, Doug Rung and Shirley Trauger gave the members a
tour of the two facilities. The Fairmont Creamery Building/Ashby Building and
the McClellam Drug Store.
The last stop of the day was at
Meriwether Park at the home of Bob and Joan Ackland. Bob Ackland gave the
members history of Meriwether and Lewis and the naming of the park. .The
members also enjoyed break sponsored by the ‘Geneva Casey’s”.
Persons interested in learning more about
the Odegeo. . . Leadership for Fillmore County should contact the Fillmore County
Development Corporation at 759-4910 or email lentfer.fcdc@genevamail.com
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