When Iola City Council members learned Monday the city’s budget would not support another $1,000 worth of free water for the Elm Creek Community Garden, they told organizer Val McLean to return in a month to see if they could raise the funds privately.
The answer took less than a day.
Iolan Earl Croley, who has benefited from other benevolent gardeners as much as anybody, phoned City Councilman Aaron Franklin with a $1,000 offer.
Croley’s donation was given in honor of his…
