Mayor John Carder announced members of his Mayor’s Economic Task Force, as the initial steps to establish a Main Street Program. Members are Chuck Readinger, owner of Iola IGA; Bob Johnson, Register city editor; Jerry Skidmore, who, with his wife, Betty, owns Skidmore’s Davis Paint Store; Charlotte Petty of Klotz Realty and chairman of Iola’s PRIDE Committee; Jim Gilpin of Iola Bank & Trust Co.; Nancy Mechling, who, with her husband, Jim, owns Otasco; and Kent Lawrence, who owns Iola Abstract.
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Barbie and Jim Daugharthy opened the Allen & Wright…
