30 Years Ago
July 1989
Craig and Cathi Summers opened The Shirt Stop at 1 N. Jefferson. The couple use the silk screen method to imprint T-shirts with company names and other wordings. In addition to the imprinted T-shirts they sell art work by Iola artist Rick Barkdoll.
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Iola locksmith Roy Stoops has a sign posted in his backyard office: Lock work, $5; If you watch, $20; If you help, $30; If you worked on it first, $50. Stoops has been a registered locksmith for 16 years and is in high demand from those who lock themselves out of their homes or cars or need a lock of any variety repaired. Im a legitimate burglar, he declares.
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Allen County youths were paid premiums totaling $17,730 during Thursday nights 4-H and FFA Lions Club Livestock Auction at the Allen County Fair in Riverside Park.
