GRAND MEADOW FESTIVAL

Enjoying a chat in the shade, Brian Briese, Correctionville, Iowa, left, Gene Kech, Washta, Iowa, Bernie Rath, MN, and Phil Rath, Sioux Rapids, Iowa, far right, while attending the Grand Meadow Heritage Center festival, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, where various activities such as threshing, lumber cutting, wool spinning and a tractor pull celebrated the area’s past agricultural history. (Photo by Jerry Mennenga©)