COLONY — A pyramid of scrapbook albums cover the Luedke’s dining room table. Allene Luedke sits in her quaint Colony home and thumbs through the album pages. She traces her index finger across the yellowing newspaper clippings attached to the pages.
The softly worn books contain 19½ years worth of feature stories that Luedke has written for The Iola Register.
Luedke, 84, began writing for the Register in 1971. She had never written for a newspaper until former owner and publisher Emerson Lynn Jr. asked her if she would.
THE VOICE OF COLONY
