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COLOR IN
NATURE
Diane O’Hern to
display passion
through artwork
— SEE PAGE 4
HERITAGE
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Pieces:
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Community:
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Sounds:
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Screen:
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Diane O’Hern combines
passion for art and nature in exhibit.
Sheldon to host
annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15.
The Dixie Melody Boys
bring gospel music to Dordt College.
New releases for the big
screen and good new rentals.
Diane O’Hern’s “Color in Nature” exhibit is featured
at the Dickinson County Nature Center.
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At a Glance:
WHAT: Diane O’Hern Exhibit
WHERE: Dickinson County Nature
Center, 2279 170th St., Okoboji
WHEN: April-June
COST: Free
CONTACT: 712-336-6352
ONLINE: dickinsoncountyconservationboard.com
Art classes
Diane O’Hern also will give
two art classes, open to all
ages, at 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, June 7, at the Dickinson
County Nature Center.
She will begin the classes with
a draw-along of bugs, bees,
fish, ducks, swans, dragonflies,
butterflies and wildflowers, and
participants will be able to create
what they sketched with three-dimensional
materials, such as wire,
wood and clay.
Students will explore textures
in nature, tree park prints and assembled
rock shapes.
“All make-and-take projects will
set the mood for a meaningful, fun,
creative sculpture class,” O’Hern
said. “I hope all participants will
leave with a thought that nature
is always there for us. In looking,
thinking, feeling and doing, you can
be drawn into natural beauty visually.”
To register for her art classes,
call the Dickinson County Nature
Center at 712-336-6352. The class
will cost $5 at the door to cover the
cost of materials.
Next up
Following Diane O’Hern’s
display, the Dickinson County
Nature Center’s eARTh exhibit area
will feature Mary Jo Daniels’ mixed
media July-September and Shelley
Cords-Swanson’s cartographic
artwork October-December.
LINDSAY KRUSE | STAFF WRITER
COLOR
Diane O’Hern to display passion through artwork
Diane O’Hern has a passion for
both art and nature.
The Eagle Grove resident
has combined her interests in a multimedia
exhibit, which will be featured
April-June in the eARTh exhibit area at
the Dicksinson County Nature Center
in Okoboji.
O’Hern grew up in the Storm Lake
area, and much of her childhood was
spent outdoors, from family picnics
and reunions in the Iowa Great Lakes
area to summers at Lutheran Lakeside
Camp on East Lake Okoboji.
She’s continued to regularly visit
the area, and her passion for nature
has done anything but subside. Such
outdoor experiences deeply influence
O’Hern’s artwork. She began work on
her nature-related exhibit in March
2016, using photos taken during trips
to the Iowa Great Lakes as inspiration
for her pieces.
“I just really love to go out in nature
— go for walks or bike rides on
the nature trails, and I always have
my camera with me,” O’Hern said.
“I take pictures of sunsets or wildlife
in
NATURE
and then just create my art from my
photographs.”
She was drawn to submit her work
to be exhibited at the Dickinson
County Nature Center after visiting
the area.
“I went down to the pond and the
butterfly house, and I noticed the
exhibit area,” O’Hern said. “I thought
it would be really cool to share my vision
of nature art with everyone.”
Her “Color in Nature” display will
feature a variety of pieces, ranging
from oil paintings and drawings to
sculptures with wire, fabric, wood,
clay and stone.
O’Hern is an accomplished artist,
having exhibited her work in places
such as Reiman Gardens and the Mary
Greenlèy Medical Center in Ames as
well as the Pearson Lakes Art Center
in Okoboji. She was chosen as Elementary
Teacher of the Year for her
nature-themed art projects in 2014
after retiring from her 32-year career
as an art teacher in the Eagle Grove
School District.
She hopes that people will focus
on the vibrant colors in her artwork,
and she wants to spur memories of
outdoor experiences, such as her own.
“I hope to bring that life to those
who have never lived it, or to bring
back wonderful memories to those
who have,” O’Hern said. “When looking
at my exhibit, one can immerse
their vision in all that nature has to
offer.” F
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LINDSAY KRUSE | STAFF WRITER
All about the eggs
Sheldon hosts annual Easter
Egg Hunt on April 15
Sheldon’s City Park soon will be
bursting with eggs.
Literally.
For the past 13 years, the Sheldon
Chamber and Development Corp.
has hosted a free Children’s Easter Egg
Hunt on the Saturday before Easter
for children ages 2-12, and this year’s
event will take place 10 a.m. Saturday,
April 15, at Sheldon City Park.
But the truly remarkable thing
about this event isn’t the number of
years it has been held or even that it is
free to attend. What’s impressive is the
sheer number of eggs that are hidden
every year — 15,000.
The Easter Bunny and Spring Duck
— along with the help of the SCDC
staff and some volunteers — come at
8:30 a.m. to hide the plastic eggs.
Shanelle Matus, SCDC executive director,
is looking forward to the event.
“I love Easter, and to me, the Easter
eggs out in the park look like a
sprinkled cupcake, and the children
look like little chickens picking up the
eggs,” she said.
The kids and their parents are
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a.m. for the
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Instead of releasing all the kids at
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While parents can watch and take
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of course, but some will contain coupons,
which have been donated by
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The Children’s Easter Egg Hunt also
includes a bike give-away. There are
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At a Glance:
WHAT: Children’s Easter Egg Hunt
WHERE: Sheldon City Park, Highway
18 and Fourth Ave.
WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15
COST: Free
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ONLINE: www.sheldoniowa.com
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A registration form needs to be
filled out ahead of time to enter into
the drawing, and those registration
forms need to be brought to the park
at the time of the event. Those forms
can be filled out at the Sheldon city
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organize the event.
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RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER
Melody Makers
Men’s gospel quartet makes
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Gospel music will be echoing
around the campus of Dordt
College in Sioux Center next
weekend.
Specifically, Southern Gospel music
and more specifically still, the music
of The Dixie Melody Boys.
The men’s quartet will perform at
6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at B.J.
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Jim Driesen is the concert organizer,
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Southern Gospel, has been scheduling
similar spring shows for the past
17 years in northwest Iowa. Each year,
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Haven in Rock Valley.
“I’ve loved Southern Gospel and
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“So, I decided to get different groups
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“They’re good old Southern Gospel,
and people will really love them,”
Driesen said.
He usually schedules a more local
quartet to open up the concert each
spring, and this year, he has lined up
the Masters Voice Quartet out of Sioux
Falls, SD.
Combined in one night, it will be a
fantastic evening of first-class Gospel
music in Sioux Center. F
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DISCOVER! | APRIL 8, 2017
Taste | 9
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER
At a Glance:
WHAT: Luncheon/Evening with
Instruction by Chef Susanne —
Southern Comfort
WHERE: Pearson Lakes Art Center,
2201 Highway 71, Okoboji
WHEN: Noon and 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 12
COST: $30 members, $35 nonmembers
CONTACT: 712-332-7013
ONLINE: www.lakesart.org
Chef Susanne tackles typical Southern dishes
Luncheon with Instruction is taking
a culinary trip to the South
this month. The menu is dubbed
“Southern Comfort” and is full of
soul food staples like collard greens,
chicken and waffles and shrimp and
grits.
Comfort foods have always had a
place at tables throughout the country
and have even become trendy recently
at high-end restaurants in big
cities from coast-to-coast, which is
part of what Chef Susanne Bicknese
looks for when putting together a
menu.
“Food is trendy like clothing is
trendy, and comfort food is a huge
thing right now,” Bicknese said. “I
like to get ideas from my audience
and then look at things people are
doing throughout the U.S.”
The next classes take place at noon
and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12,
and will cost $35 for nonmembers of
the Pearson Lakes Art Center.
Comfort Food
Bicknese likes to lay out the themes
for an entire year’s worth of classes
first. Then she focuses in on each specific
menu.
“That gives people an idea of what
classes they’d like to attend,” she said.
“I like doing regional classes where we
can focus on different areas in different
classes.”
Next up is researching specific recipes
for each dish and finding ways to
make them work for people in northwest
Iowa.
“I’ll do research state by state,”
Bicknese said. “From Virginia through
Texas or Alabama to Georgia, a lot of
people have recipes for the same thing
that are just a bit differnt, like with
Brunswick Stew and Spicy Shrimp
and Grits.”
Bicknese makes sure to use recipes
in each Luncheon and Evening with
Instruction class that people can produce
at home with products they can
get in local grocery stores.
Every month, Chef Susanne also
goes over some cooking basics, including
common skills everyone
should know and ingredients that
should be on everyone’s shelf at
home.
She imparts her lessons on about
20-25 people in each class. About 20
is the maximum for the Luncheon
with Instruction, which lasts about
two hours, while 25 is about the cap
for the evening class, which goes a bit
longer.
“The max number is for expediency
and feeding everyone. I want
to be able to maximize what each
person gets out of the class,” Bicknese
said. “I’m so fortunate to work with
Pearson Lakes Art Center. They’re so
accomodating and make everyone
feel comfortable. It’s a great environment,
and the classes are almost
always full.”
During the classes, attendees get to
watch Bickneses prepare each item
on the menu as well as try each dish.
Guests also are invited to assist from
time to time and are encouraged to
ask plenty of questions and give feedback.
Each guest also receives one
complimentary beverage, including
wine, beer and soft drinks.
Chef Susanne noted that the classes
have the feel of a lunch or evening
out with friends, and she is thrilled to
see new faces.
“The dinner class gets a lot of couples
now, so it can be kind of a date
night thing,” Bicknese said. “We have
a lot of fun and a good, social time
with good food.”
Chef Susanne also states her goal
with each class is to make sure nobody
leaves hungry.
With macaroni and cheese, buttermilk
biscuits and honey, Southernfried
chicken and waffles, chess pie
and much more on the menu, it’s
safe to say that goal will be fulfilled
once again. F
Menu
Pimento Cheese
Buttermilk Biscuits and Honey
Macaroni and Cheese
Spicy Shrimp and Grits
Brunswick Stew
Southern-Fried Chicken and
Waffles
Collard Greens & Bacon
Chess Pie
Student Exhibit
The Dickinson County All
School Show is the Pearson
Lakes Art Center’s most attended
exhibition of the year.
Dickinson County is filled with aspiring
young artists that are looking
for ways to display their talents.
This show provides an avenue for
young artists to begin creating an
exhibition portfolio.
Students from kindergarten though
high school from all schools located
in Dickinson County are invited to
display their best works at this annual
show.
Schools represented are Lake Park,
Okoboji, Spirit Lake, and Terril/
Graettinger.
— www.lakesart.org
Dates: March 9–April 22
Where: All Galleries
Okoboji | Iowa

DISCOVER! | APRIL 8, 2017
10 | Pieces
At a Glance:
WHAT: Clay County and the Automotive
Business: You Build a Business
with People
WHERE: Clay County Heritage Center,
7 Grand Ave., Spencer
WHEN: Exhibit opens April 5
COST: Free
CONTACT: 712-262-3304
ONLINE: www.parkermuseum.org
Sidebar:
The Clay County Heritage Center
opened in July 2012 after
the Parker Historical Society of
Clay County became so successful
at collecting local Clay
County history that room to
store and exhibit artifacts was
becoming limited at the Parker
Museum and the Duroe Building
on Third Street. Permanent
exhibits including:
“Conflagration: The Great Spencer
Fire of 1931”
“This Land We Call Home: Settling
Clay County”
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER
Arnold &
Autos
Open hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday
and Monday.
Car lovers and history buffs both
will enjoy the next exhibit at the
Clay County Heritage Center in
Spencer.
Celebrating a local business story,
the facility is presenting “Clay County
and the Automotive Business: You
Build a Business with People” in
conjunction with Arnold Motor Supply
and showcasing the business’s 90
years of operation.
It all began with a book.
Three years ago, Eric Johnson, vice
president of The Merrill Co., wrote
“You Build a Business with People.”
“The purpose was to tell the story
of the company and E.P Arnold, his
leadership and entrepreneurship,”
Johnson said. “I worked closely with
the museum during research for the
book and asked about their interest in
doing an exhibit since I thought there
would be plenty of artifacts we could
find.”
Clay County Heritage celebrates local business
The timing worked out well, as Arnold
Motor Supply celebrates its 90th
anniversary this year.
The exhibit opened April 5 and is
free to the public thanks to a sponsorship
from the Spencer Hy-Vee.
“We thought what a great way to
show what the impact of a business
can be in a community our size not
just at the local level but state and
even nationwide,” said Ryan Odor,
director of the Clay County Heritage
Center.
And Johnson was right about being
able to find plenty of artifacts for the
exhibit. He said they put a call out to
the company’s 600 employees, who
he noted already are “car people” and
collectors themselves.
The exhibit includes the company’s
papers of incorporation, the 5 points
letter from E.P. Arnold, many photos,
a replica 1940s gas station, the 1927
replica of E.P. Arnold’s delivery vehicle
and family and personal history of
E.P. Arnold. The exhibit also will have
artifacts on the Bulldog Foot Accelerator
and will feature several artifacts on
loan from Vander Haag’s, Inc.
There also is E.P. Arnold’s desk
from the Fourth Street store as well as
typewriters used in the offices. There
also are examples of the company
calendars that have been put out every
year.
“We’re celebrating 90 years, and
why we’ve been so successful — one
of the largest parts distributors in the
U.S. — is the culture of Arnold that’s
service-driven and customer-first.
Years after he was gone, that is still
there,” Johnson said. “We really want
to look forward and also pay homage
to the foundation Arnold got us on.”
It’s a foundation not just for Arnold
Motor Supply, but one that they
want to share with the entire community
of Spencer and beyond.
“We want to grow apprecation for
Clay County and invite local high
school classes in entrepreneurship,
FFA, automotive and more to come
take a look and foster an appreciation
of entrepreneurship,” Odor said.
Odor’s grandfather, Gar, actually
was general manager of Arnold Motor
Supply at one point as well, so he
knows firsthand how connected the
auto parts business and the community
are to each other.
It’s something both he and Johnson
hope people come to see and appreciate
at the Clay County Heritage
Center.
“Some people don’t realize what’s
here under their noses,” Johnson
said. “We think it’s important to be
a good corporate citizen and foster
growth in the community, draw
interest in the Heritage Center and
show how important we all are to
each other.” F
Spencer | Iowa

Happenings
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Local school exhibition
Arts on Grand welcomes area high schools
to display student work starting the first of
April. The exhibition is set to open April 1
(no fooling!) and run through April 22. The following
student show is the Spencer preschools,
and the reception for this exhibit is April 27, with
the show concluding on May 8. It has been a few
years since Arts on Grand has exhibited the work of
these mini Matisses, so it should be fun for family
and friends to see this public display.
WHERE: Arts on Grand, 408 N. Grand Ave., Spencer
WHEN: Now through May 8
COST: Free
CONTACT: 712-262-4307
ONLINE: www.artsongrand.org

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