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Event:<br />
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Dickinson County All<br />
School Show draws quite a crowd.<br />
New releases for the<br />
big screen and good new rentals.<br />
Sheldon’s annual Golden<br />
Egg Hunt starts Friday, March 22.<br />
Other Happenings: Other<br />
must-see area events to check out.<br />
Taste: From Plate to Palette<br />
takes kids on a journey to Ireland.<br />
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Contents | 3<br />
Side Trip:<br />
How was your spring break?<br />
When I was in college all those<br />
many years ago, my spring breaks<br />
were focused on picking up extra hours at<br />
my part-time job until my senior year when<br />
I made a daring trip<br />
by Greyhound bus<br />
to Detroit to visit my<br />
sister and tour two<br />
large-scale printing<br />
operations as part of<br />
my credits toward independent<br />
study that<br />
I needed for graduation.<br />
While I thought I<br />
booked a nonstop<br />
route, I ended up on a<br />
bus that took the side<br />
roads, not four-lanes.<br />
It took eight hours longer to make the journey<br />
than expected, and since there were no<br />
cellphones at that time, my poor sister had<br />
to make a few calls from her end to learn<br />
my whereabouts when I didn’t get off the<br />
bus she expected.<br />
Oh, how things have changed! Does anyone<br />
still take the bus?<br />
Spring break is now road trips to Florida<br />
with more people crammed in one car than<br />
could possibly be comfortable, flights and<br />
weeklong stays at all-inclusive resorts in the<br />
Caribbean and even visits to France, Spain<br />
and Italy.<br />
But spring has been deceiving this year,<br />
with such a short ice season on our lakes,<br />
and local weather high temps in March<br />
coming in warmer than those in snowbird<br />
locations like Arizona and Texas.<br />
Even so, given the opportunity, I don’t<br />
think spring break in Iowa will ever be able<br />
to top the allure of visiting someplace new,<br />
and even if the temps aren’t typical, precipitation<br />
when it comes will not be in a form<br />
that needs to be scooped.<br />
Here’s to March in Iowa.<br />
10<br />
MYRNA<br />
WAGNER<br />
One of the longest-running exhibits is on display once again at the Pearson Lakes Art Center.<br />
The Dickinson County All School Show features more than 300 works of art by K-12 students.<br />
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RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
SCHOOL’S<br />
IN SESSION<br />
Dickinson County All School Show draws<br />
crowds to see artwork of K-12 students<br />
One of the most well-attended<br />
and longest-running exhibits<br />
is on display once again at<br />
the Pearson Lakes Art Center in<br />
Okoboji.<br />
The Dickinson County All School<br />
Show annually showcases more<br />
than 300 works of art by K-12 students<br />
from the Graettinger-Terril,<br />
Harris-Lake Park, Okoboji and<br />
Spirit Lake school districts.<br />
The show is up through April 13<br />
and is one that visual arts director<br />
Danielle Clouse Gast says the art<br />
center truly enjoys hosting each year.<br />
“It’s something the art center truly<br />
looks forward to putting on each<br />
year,” Clouse Gast said.<br />
“It’s always fresh because<br />
there are always<br />
new things happening<br />
in these classrooms. It’s<br />
truly a show that spotlights<br />
what’s happening<br />
in our art classrooms<br />
with our art teachers<br />
and their students.”<br />
She notes that those<br />
teachers probably have<br />
the most difficult job as<br />
it pertains to the show.<br />
“They might have<br />
80 students in kindergarten<br />
through second<br />
grade and can only select<br />
20, so to be selected<br />
for this show is a big<br />
deal and fun for those<br />
kids to see their work<br />
on the walls,” Clouse<br />
Gast said. “Another<br />
piece to this is that we<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Dickinson County All School<br />
Show<br />
WHERE: Pearson Lakes Art Center,<br />
2201 Highway 71, Okoboji, IA<br />
WHEN: March 8-April 13<br />
COST: Free<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-7013<br />
ONLINE: www.lakesart.org<br />
do hire a professional judge to<br />
come and select honorable mentions,<br />
judges choice and in the<br />
case of high school, best in show.<br />
There is a lot of great art happening<br />
in the schools, so I can’t<br />
imagine how hard it is for those<br />
teachers to pick these pieces.”<br />
Visitors will see pieces made<br />
from all kinds of mediums<br />
including watercolor and oil<br />
paintings, ceramics with a variety<br />
of glazing techniques and much,<br />
much more.<br />
It’s another highlight on the<br />
opportunities the students have to<br />
try all kinds of artistic avenues in<br />
school.<br />
In addition to seeing all the fun<br />
and unique projects students have<br />
created, Clouse Gast said the art<br />
center looks forward to a month full<br />
of high traffic at the art center.<br />
“It’s a fun month for the art center<br />
because the sound level in the<br />
building goes up with all the people<br />
in here and we have so many visiting<br />
for the first time,” Clouse Gast<br />
said. “It’s a great introduction for<br />
those families to see the art happening<br />
throughout Dickinson County<br />
as well as everything we have going<br />
on here at the art center.” F<br />
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The<br />
SEARCH<br />
is on<br />
Make your way through Sheldon<br />
next week and you’ll<br />
likely see folks out and<br />
about.<br />
They won’t just be out for a spring<br />
stroll either, they’ll be searching high<br />
and low for a shiny prize.<br />
The community’s annual Golden<br />
Egg Hunt is set for March 22-29 with<br />
a prize of up to $500 in Sheldon dollars<br />
on the line.<br />
“This is the 31st annual Golden<br />
Egg Hunt, and it’s actually the<br />
longest-running event Sheldon has<br />
had,” said Shanelle Matus, interim<br />
director of the Sheldon Chamber<br />
and Development Corporation.<br />
The fun begins at 10 a.m. Friday,<br />
March 22 when the first clue is released<br />
at participating businesses.<br />
Those seeking the egg will have the<br />
weekend to find it based on the<br />
first clue and will receive the $500<br />
prize.<br />
If the egg remains at large another<br />
clue will be released at 10 a.m.<br />
through March 29 and the prize<br />
package will drop by $25 each day<br />
the egg remains hidden with $350<br />
being the minimum prize amount.<br />
Matus says it’s always a fun challenge<br />
and great way to get people out<br />
and about in the community.<br />
“The clues aren’t on social media<br />
or anything, just posted at participating<br />
businesses to create foot traffic to<br />
those places, and it’s just a great way<br />
to get out and be active,” Matus said.<br />
“It’s like a big scavenger hunt and<br />
fun challenges that makes you really<br />
put on your thinking cap.”<br />
The clues might start out fairly<br />
vague and building in specificity<br />
over the course of the week.<br />
Sometimes the search doesn’t end<br />
with finding the actual physical egg.<br />
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Event | 9<br />
Sheldon’s annual Golden<br />
Egg Hunt starts March 22<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Golden Egg Hunt<br />
WHERE: Sheldon, IA<br />
WHEN: March 22-29<br />
COST: Free<br />
CONTACT: 712-324-2813<br />
ONLINE: www.sheldoniowa.com<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
Businesses:<br />
Blossom & Bride Boutique<br />
Cain Ellsworth & Co.<br />
Choice Chiropractic<br />
JESS Food Service<br />
Maintainer Corporation of Iowa<br />
Morgan Collision & Tire Center<br />
Neal Chase Lumber<br />
North Star Community Credit<br />
Union<br />
Northwest Decor & Furniture<br />
Prins Insurance<br />
Scooter’s Coffee<br />
Stammer Liquor<br />
It could be a photo of the egg. One<br />
year it entailed pulling on a string<br />
that revealed a banner saying “You<br />
are the winner of the Golden Egg<br />
Hunt.”<br />
“It’s a lot of fun. People in the<br />
community get excited about it and<br />
so do the businesses involved,” Matus<br />
said. “And wouldn’t want to win<br />
500 bucks?”<br />
Gather your best problem solvers<br />
and join in the great Sheldon<br />
Golden Egg Hunt. F<br />
More Egg-citement:<br />
In addition to the Golden Egg Hunt, Sheldon will be hosting it’s<br />
20th annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, March<br />
30, at Sheldon City Park.<br />
The event is for children ages 2-12 divided into four age groups with<br />
more than 10,000 eggs spread out and eight bicycles given away —<br />
two per age group.<br />
A registration form must be filled out to be eligible for the bicycle<br />
drawing.<br />
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Other Happenings<br />
Nature Center hosts<br />
day of fun on March 29<br />
Kiddos have no school?<br />
No worries.<br />
The Dickinson County Nature Center<br />
has you covered.<br />
They will be hosting a No School Camp Day<br />
from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, March 29, for kids<br />
in grades fifth-eighth.<br />
The theme will be Nature’s Makers, where<br />
youth will make a difference in nature.<br />
Not only will kids get to make a difference<br />
in nature, but they will also get to make some<br />
fun projects and develop valuable skills to<br />
take home.<br />
Some projects include creating prairie seed<br />
bombs to launch into the prairie, making a<br />
DIY natural chapstick for the summer season,<br />
learning fire-building skills, and more. Youth<br />
will also assist with a public service project<br />
within Kenue Park to further conservation efforts.<br />
The cost of the camp is $15, and registration<br />
can be found under the Programs/Events page<br />
at www.dickinsoncountynaturecenter.com.<br />
Registration closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March<br />
27.<br />
For a day of fun and learning, make sure to<br />
sign up the kids for No School Camp Day at<br />
the Dickinson County Nature Center.<br />
WHAT: No School Camp<br />
WHERE: Dickinson County Nature Center,<br />
22785 Nature Center Road, Okoboji, IA<br />
WHEN: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, March 29<br />
COST: $15<br />
CONTACT: 712-336-6352<br />
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Taste | 11<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: From Plate to Palette<br />
WHERE: Pearson Lakes Art Center,<br />
2201 Highway 71, Okoboji,<br />
IA<br />
WHEN: 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March<br />
28<br />
COST: $20 for members, $25 for<br />
nonmembers<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-7013<br />
ONLINE: www.lakesart.org<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
Cyndee Dather leads a children’s<br />
cooking class at the<br />
Pearson Lakes Art Center in<br />
Okoboji. The center has widely<br />
expanded its culinary arts offerings.<br />
PHOTO BY RYLAN HOWE<br />
Luck of<br />
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It’s time to get your Irish up. food.<br />
for — potatoes. Shepherd’s pies are we can recreate that<br />
Kids will get a chance to get a taste “I really wanted to incorporate art a great option because kids can learn memory<br />
of Ireland at an upcoming cooking into these classes because it is another<br />
to individualize them to their tastes. into art.”<br />
class from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March<br />
28.<br />
From Plate to Palette is a series of<br />
classes that will offer kids a chance<br />
to cook dishes and study artists from<br />
other cultures. The class is aimed at<br />
kids ages 7-12.<br />
The first class took kids on a<br />
trip Down Under to Australia, and<br />
they’ve been traveling all over the<br />
world since. This class will be focused<br />
on the great country of Ireland.<br />
The classes will be led by Cathie<br />
Critchett who cooks at the Monarch<br />
Art Cafe and works with local favorite<br />
Chef Susanne Bicknese.<br />
When she was coming up with the<br />
format for this class, Critchett knew<br />
way for the kids to learn about<br />
these cultures,” Critchett said. “For<br />
each class, we will get our hands on<br />
knowledge of the food of a culture by<br />
making a dish from that country and<br />
then we will study the work of an artist<br />
from that culture.”<br />
This month will focus on the work<br />
of Jack Butler Yeats and the students<br />
will be learning to make shepherd’s<br />
pies.<br />
“I chose Ireland because it is perfect<br />
for the month of March. The<br />
kids will be making individual Irish<br />
shepherd’s pies, and we will create<br />
art based on Jack Butler Yeats work,”<br />
Critchett said.<br />
You couldn’t offer a taste of Ireland<br />
After the pies get into the oven, the<br />
kids can turn their attention to painting.<br />
“We will be painting on canvas<br />
boards as Yeats was known mostly<br />
for his landscape paintings based on<br />
his childhood memories of growing<br />
up in Ireland,” Critchett said.<br />
Even though the landscape might<br />
not be as vibrant as we wish for a<br />
painting, Critchett says not to worry.<br />
She will be having the kids do just<br />
what Yeats did — use his memories.<br />
“Yeats used his memory to paint.<br />
He has been quoted saying, ‘No<br />
one creates — the artist assembles<br />
memories.’ He painted landscapes<br />
from his memory,” Critchett said.<br />
S h e ’s<br />
hoping<br />
that the<br />
power of<br />
memory is<br />
something<br />
the kids take<br />
with them<br />
from this class.<br />
“The lesson<br />
I hope that<br />
they learn<br />
from this class is<br />
to know that their<br />
memory of a beautiful<br />
sunrise they saw<br />
last year they can<br />
recreate and paint it<br />
she wanted to share her love for the without including one of the ingredients<br />
“Our minds have an amazing ability from their own mem-<br />
visual arts together with her love of<br />
the country is most famous to recall a moment in the past and ory,” Critchett said.<br />
F<br />
From Plate<br />
to Palette<br />
takes<br />
kids on a<br />
journey to<br />
Ireland<br />
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