Park the place to be

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July 25, 2017 - 12:00 AM

Riverside Park took center stage for much of Monday’s Iola City Council meeting.

Council members unanimously agreed to provide city support for the upcoming Rotary Day at the Park and Neil Westervelt Memorial Car Show as part of the Allen County Fair.

The Iola Rotary Club will host the barbecue cookoff and car show all day long.

Rotarians Judy Brigham and Bob Hawk asked Council members to allow overnight camping Friday, provide added trash dumpsters, increase police patrols of the park during the day, install panels for increased electric service to accommodate the large crowd, and give up to 100 free swimming pool passes for cookoff participants. 

Most of those services are provided anyway, Council members noted, because of the fair, which kicks off tonight with a Friends of 4-H Picnic and Style Revue. Activity goes into high gear at the park Thursday and runs through next Monday.

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