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Society of Iowa features articles and activities for elementaryschool students. This summer issue focuses on the topic of lake life.The issue includes the following features: (1) "Where the Lakes AreMap"; (2) "Letter from the Lake"; (3) "Lake People"; (4) "SpiritLake"; (5) "Lake Manawa"; (6) "Clear Lake Scrapbook"; (7) "How toBuild a Super Sand Castle"; (8) "The Roller Coaster Discovery"; (9)"Arnolds Park"; (10) "Great Lakes Maze"; (11) "Wild Rosie Goes to theBeach"; (12) "The Ice Harvest"; (13) "Ice Harvest Game"; and (14)"How Clean Are Our Lakes?" Among the magazine's regular features (or"Departments") are "History Makers"; "Who's Who"; "Answers"; and "TheRoost." Subscription information and facts about a new contest aisoare included. (SG)

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We've highlighted Iowa's major lakes in the map above. The single little blob in thenorthwest part of the state that we call Iowa's Great Lakes is actually made up ofmore than a dozen lakes includingWest Lake Okoboji and East Lake Okoboji. Turnto page 23 for a more detailed 111,p (and gamel) of Iowa's Great Lakes.

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of an Iowa lake receive free Goldfinch subscriptions forthe next year. The only catch: On your postcard, tell usone thing you learned about Iowa lakes from this issueof The Goldfinch! Send your postcards to: Lake LifeContest, The Goldfinch, State Historical Society ofIowa, 402 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.4

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GoldfinchVolume 14, Number 4Summer 1993

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EDITOR: Deborah Gore OhmPUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR: Christie DaileyFICTION EDITOR: Steven BlasklCONSULTING EDITORS: Michael Carrier,administrator. Parks and Preserves, IowaDepartment of Natural Resources: StephenKennedy, curator. Iowa Great Lakes MaritimeMuseum. Amolds Park: Steven Ohm, historicsites coordinator. State Historical Society ofIowa.EDUCATOR'S ADVISORY BOARD: Jan Carlson,South Clay School. Gillett Grove: Mar,le Hood,Horn Elementary, Iowa City; Pat Rod. North HillElementary, Burlington.CHILDREN'S ADVISORY BOARD: Audrey AnnCoffield, Montezuma Elementary. Montezuma:Mathew Kendall. Taft Middle. Cedar Rapids:Amber Massa. Roosevelt Elementary. IowaCity; and Jill Pennington, Horn Elementary,Iowa City.

THANKS TO: Barb Gigar, aquatic educationcoordinator, Iowa Department of NaturalResources. The characters of Wild Rosie andGoldie by Jerry Brown. exhibit designer, StateHistorical Society of Iowa.

COVER DESIGN: Christopher Buchait GraphicDesign Services. Front cover photograph fromState Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.Back cover photographs from Deborah GoreOhm and Christie Dailey.

The Goldfinch (ISSN 0278-0208) is publishedquarterly by the State Historical Society ofIowa. 402 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa52240-1806 (319-335-3916). Second-classpostage paid at Iowa City, Iowa. Subscriptionsare $10 for four issues.

Postmaster: Send address changes to: TheGoldfinch. State Historical Society of Iowa. 402Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240-1806.

State Historical Society of Iowa, 1993No portion of The Goldfinch may be reproducedwithout prior permission.

Front cover: Two children play atLake MacBride in eastern Iowa in19431 Some things never changelike kids having a primo time atIowa lakes. Photograph from theState Historical Society of Iowa,Des Moines. Back cover: When wewere kids: editor Deborah Goresteers her family's boat in 1972and publication's director, ChristieDailey (far right), shows off herbeach ball in 1959.

carneys: a slang wordfor people who workfor a fair

Lake dictionary: Your key tounderstanding tricky words. Thewords in blue appear throughoutthis issue.

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Arnolds Park: Wheel Hold on tightas we take you into the past for astory about one of Iowa's mostfamous amu5ement parks, seepage 22.

IN THIS ISSUE

FeaturesWhere the Lakes Are Map 2

Letter From the Lake 4

Lake People 5

Spirit Lake 10

Lake Manawa 11

Clear Lake Scrapbook 13

How to Build a Super Sand Castle 16

The Roller Coaster Discovery 18

Arnolds Park 22

Great Lakes Maze 23

Wild Rosie Goes to the Beach 24

The Ice Harvest 26

Ice Harvest Game 27

How Clean Are Our Lakes 28

DepartmentsHistory Mailers

Who's Who

Answers

The Roost

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LIETTElt FRO" THE 14111Cl)ear Reader.If I close my eyes and concentrate I can hear the waves lapagainst the dock. Motor boat engines hum in the distance. Acool breeze sweeps off the lake and ruffles the leaves. In thehot summer sun, the dark water looks refreshing. Then Ijump in. Brrr!

Every summer as a kid, my family drove north to TheLake. The Lake was Leech Lake in northern Minnesota. Likemany Iowans. we crammed into cars for an all-day drive. Mylittle sister. Nancy. and f read Archie comic books, tooknaps, and played license plate gamesto survive the lung journey.

We were always hot and crankyby the time we arrived. We'd tumbleOut of the big old car, smell the pinetrees, and run to the top of the hillbehind my grandparents' cabin.Below. we'd see the wooden stairsdown to the minnow tank. the boathouse, the dock. and that unforget-table viewdeep blue lake and clearsky.

Three weeks at Leech Lake flewby as quickly as the loons (living forfish. The good weather days werefull of swimming, floating in oldinner tubes, and fishing we hookedperch, walleye. northern. andbullheads). On rainy days, we stayedinside and played cards. I liked to curl up and read Tarzanand Dark Shadows paperbacks. Sometimes I played with myIndian doll from the Trading Post Gift Shop.

remember one summer, when it was time to come hometo Des Moines. I didn't want to leave! So I dug a hole in thedirt driveway and buried my pink plastic Batman ring. Ifigured that if I left something of myself at Leech Lake. itwould be proof that I'd be back next summer.

I did return. but I could never find that Batman ring. But Istill remember the ring and The Lake. I remember my

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family and the people whe aren't here anymore (mygrandma and grandpa). And I remember all of the fun weused to have together at The Lake.

My family's experience at a lake in Minnesota isn't toodiffer, t from that of people who go to Iowa's lakes. Boating,picnicking, swimming, fishing, water-skiing, campingthese are just a few of the reasons why bajillions of peoplespend time at Iowa's 31 major natural lakes. In this issue ofThe Goldfinch, we've interviewed one family who has been

going to lake Okoboji for fivegenerations!

You'll read more about thetime when people started goingto Iowa's Great Lakes. In the late

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MO's. there were no cars andfew roads in Iowa. People wentto the lakes in trains! Railroadswere the main developers of lakeresorts at Lake Okoboji. Theweathiest people who went tolive for the whole summer livedin big expensive homes. Othersstayed at resort hotels or insmall cottages. Over time, moreand more people could afford togo to lakes. People began to goon day trips for picnics andweekend getaways for relaxation

and some fishing. Today many people head to Iowa lakes forpeace and quiet!

Bathing suit fashions sure have changed, too. WildRosie becomes a paper (loll and models a few suits.

Since so many people have spent time at Iowa lakes, wewondered what affect tourists and residents have on ourlakes. The results may surprise you.

Gotta motor, DebP.S. Nice jawin' with you!

Pad, Mom, Grandma Gore, my sister Nancy, andme vacationing at The Lake in the late 1900e.

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Alex Pedersen, 13.

remembered

spending summerclays at the lake

catching frogs amongthe trees at Gull Pointwhen he was three

years old.

Alex's father. John,

spoke of catchingsmall turtles amongthe reeds, thenselling them for about24 cents each along

the highway near the

lake. The price, he

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pended on the turtle's size.

Ask John's mother about her

earliest memories of summers at

the lake and the images carry her

back to a time when she

Lake PeopleYear after year the people come.

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White Flag Stops

Before the days of cars,

how did people get around the lake?

There were no roads around West Lake

Okoboll when Helen Pedersen's grandparents,

William and Addle .Smith, first went to the lake.

Most people arrived on foot or by train. Once

there, they depended on steamboats for

sat on her grandmother's lap in

one of the big rockers on thefamily cottage's porch.

Going to the lakeWest LakeOkobojiis nothing new for

A photograph of an early steamboat

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Alex's family.They've been

doing it for fivegenerations.

It all started a

century ago whenAlex's great-great-grandparents,

Wiliam and AddieSmith, fell in lovewith the lake.'They'd walk overfrom Sheldon inthe summer with acow for their cwnfresh milk andpitch a tent to

camp.- John Pedersen recalled. In

1896 the Smith's bought a lot with

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transportation. Eight to ten steamboats operated

on a system much like buses in cities today. To

catch one of the boats, a person stood at the end

of a dock on the designated route and waved a

white towel or a white flag on the end of a cane

pole. Passengers rode around the lake to a

nearby grocery story, or stopped at a friend's

dock, the train station, the campground, or hotels

along the shore.

Among the favorite desinations for steamboat

passengers on Lake Okoboli in the early 1900s

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..11ftword;!'"IAlex Pedersen (on the far right) hangs out with some of his friends at West LakeOkoboji. Many people who go to the lakes every summer make life-long friends.

two small cottages on it. Theyjoined the two units into onecottage. The cottage remains in

were the dances. In her mother's day, Helen

recalls, The Queen would pick people up at their

docks and take them to one of five dance halls

on the shores of West Lake Okoboji.

Helen attended summer dances at the lake

during the Big Band era. But by then steamboats

no longer made white flag stops. The age of

steamboat travel ended in the early 1920: when

Model A's and T's appeared on newly built roads

around the lake. Soon passenger trains were

obsolete, too.

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the family, now owned by John'smother, Helen Pedersen ofWaterloo. Today it stands as the

People still remember The Queen because

she outlasted all of Lake Okobojl's other

steamboats. Built with a steel hull In 1884, The

Queen became an excursion boat after the

steamboat transportation system dissolved. The

other boats, constructed with wooden hulls, each

served about 15 years before being replaced or

retired. The Queen carried passengers until

1973.Today, a replica of the 1884 Queen takes

passengers on I 1/2 hour tours of West Lake

oldest cottage on West LakeOkoboji.

Life according to AlexFor Alex, summer days at the

lake are filled with swimming,boating, and a little fishing. Alexand his family make the four-hourdrive from their home in Waterlooto Lake Okoboji many times eachyear.

"We go up for six or sevenweekends, plus a ten-day stretchevery summer." John said. He andAlex also go to the lake by them-selves once or twice a year. Alexand his dad sometimes hire aguide to take them out on the lakeand show them where the fish are.They catch northern, walleye, andperch.

"When I was about six, I usedto dig up worms then fish from thedock," Alex began. "Sometimes

Okoboji. Her captain, Stephen Kennedy, tells

stories about Indians, pioneers, the old hotels

anything having to do with the history of the

lake. "Sometimes people will stand In their yards

and wave dish towels at us," he says. That gives

him a chance to tell the story about white flag

stops and the faithful Queen.

Millie K. Frets

my next-door neighbor and 1he's my agepack a lunch, take alittle row boat with a six horse-power engine out, and go fishing.Once I caught a muskie with aworm, but mostly I don't have avery good luck with fish."

Boat ridesespecially the fastonesare moreAlex's speed. Hismom, Dona, saidhe started drivingthe speedboatwhen he was twoyears old. With alittle help. sheadmitted. For his12th birthday, Alexgot a Lasersailboat which hedescribed as being"fast, but tippy."

The summerfollowing thatbirthday, he said,"I sailed it tlyeetimes. And tippedit over nine times."

When he's notonor in--thewater, Alex spendshis time withfriends from thelake playingbasketball. going

to Arnolds Park (the amusementpark on the east side of LakeOkoboji), playing miniature golf,and riding in go-carts.

"One of my favorite things istaking the boat over to KentuckyFried Chicken for lunch," Alexsaid.

Life according to Alex's parentsAmusement parks. Fast food.

Shopping centers. Speedboats. Afew things have changed at LakeOkoboji since Great-great-grandpaSmith pitched a tent on the shoreand tied up the family cow.

"There are so many more

It's a family tree with Alex at the center. That's a nice fish you caught there, Alex! These five generationshave all spent time at the Iowa Great Lakes, What do you think William and Addle Smith would thinkabout Alex and his experiences at West Lake Okoboji?

Great-great-grandparentsWilliam and Acidic Smith

Great-grandparentsAva Smith and Lacey Patterson

Grandma and GrandpaHelen Patterson and

William Pedersen

Dad MomJohn Dona

SistersMelinda and Julia

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cottages and docks around thelake than when I was a kid 30years ago." John said. "Places\vhere there used to be reeds andmarshes have all been developed...That put an end to gatheringturtles along the shore. liedescribes the lake as being "aboutas clean and clear as it ever was,but there are a lot more boats.Bigger and faster boats."

Amidst all the obvious changes.some things stay the same acrosstime and generations.

-Ile cottages don't changehands that often." T-,hn said. "Thekids I played with at the lake whileI was growing up come back nowand bring their kids. You reallysee the generations of familieswhen they come together at thelake."

Life for Alex's sistersIlex's live-year-old sister. Julia,

does her best to add excitement tovacations at the lake. "When shewas two." Dona recalls. "she wasat the end of the dock and droppedher pacifier into the lake. Shejumped right in after it." Julia hadher life jacket on. but didn't enjoythe cold lake water. (See the boxabove for water safety tips.)

Nlelinda. Alex's eight-year-old

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Water Safety Tips for Kids0 Learn to swim. The stronger a swimmer you are, the safer you willbe.0 Life Jackets and personal flotation devices (PFDs) may not looktoo cool, but they're the law. Every boat needs to have one for everyperson, but they won't do you much good if you don't wear them.Even an excellent swimmer can be knocked overboard or hurt andneed a PFD. Wear It.0 Be careful on docks and piers. They can be slippery or the woodcan be rotten. And often the water underneath them is rocky andshallow.0 Never go swimming or boating alone. You should be with a grown-up or lifeguard at all times.0 If you are in a boat and It tips over, don't panic. Stay with theboat until help comes.0 Never dive into unfamiliar water. There could be rocks or shallowwater there. Always go slowly and with feet first.0 Don't stand up In a small boat, you could easily fall overboard.

sister, is a "real fish." according toDona. Swimming, boat rides, andplaying on the sand beaches areher favorite summer pastimes."Last summer I tried waterskiing."Melinda said. "But I kept falling."Perhaps the best thing aboutgrowing up in a family of lakepeople is that there will always beanother chance to try again.another summer tilled with newadventures.

Melinda and Julia celebratesummer birthdays. "We alwayshave a birthday party at thecottage with the kids up there."

Dona said. The children gather onthe porch which wraps around thecottagethe same porch wheretheir grandma sat on her GrandmaSmith's lap so many years ago.

Lake traditionsThe lake holds memories and

creates new ones. It also pre-serves tradition. Swimming acrossthe lake is a customa rite ofpassagechallenging those who"grow up" at the lake. Whensomeone is old enough and strongenough, the two-mile swim is "thething to do." John said. "It's about

a mile across." he remembers.You swim to Arno Ids Park and

back."

Alex's dad swam the lake whenhe was about ten. His brother andsisters swam the lake when theywere kids. Grandma swam thelake when she was 12. As for Alex:"I haven't yetbut I will some-time." he said. He'll have a chorusof lake-swimmers in the family tocheer him on.

It's in the bloodSomething about Lake Okoboji

keeps them coming back. Everysummer the Pedersens gettogether at the lake with John'stwo sisters (one comes from as faras Colorado), one brother, theirfamilies, and his mother. Donasaid its in their blood. "They(John. his brother, and sisters)have this urgethey just have toget. to the lake!"

What keeps them coming back?Maybe it's the the chance to enjoybeing young, or to rememberbeing young. Maybe it's thebeautiful scenery. water, the thrillof high speed boat rides, the lazydays. Or it's the time spent withfamily and lifelong friends in aplace offering change from thestuff of everyday life.

Last summer. the yellowcottage that William Smith built onlake Okoboji was completelyrenovated. So whatever it is thathas kept Alex's family coming tothe lake for nearly WO years, thecottage stands ready to continuehosting the family year after year.Generation after generation. '

O What does Alex like doingat the lake? What does hisfather, John, enjoy?9 How are these activitiesthe same or different?

What kinds of traditions oractivities do you share withyour family?

The Pedersens pour over family photograph albums. These pictures hold treasuredmemories of people and events at Iowa's Great Lakes.

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Spirit LakeSpirit Lake. The name iswrapped in mYsterY. Why do

you think it's called Spirit Lake?European American history bookssay that Indians gave it that name.But no one knows for sure. Whatwe do know is that it's a sacredplace for many Indians.

"Spirit Lake is reserved for theCreater," said Maria RunningMoccasin Pearson, a DakotaIndian, who lives in Ames. Shesays it is a special place forIndians. Medicine people, or holypeople. went to Spirit Lake to pray.Sick people were often taken thereto be healed.

Rut when European Americansarrived in the area in the 1850s,they began to build cabins andhomes. Settlers built towns andeventually roads. Vhen therailroad arrived in the 1880s,businesses and tourists flocked tothe area. Today thousands ofpeople live and vacation there.And it's this kind of developmentthat keeps Pearson away fromwhat is a special place for Indians.

Pearson first heard about SpiritLake when she was a child. Hergrandparents and parents told herabout the sacred lake. As in mostIndian families, important storiesare passed from generation togeneration. Said Maria RunningMoccasin Pearson, "It is importantfor the young people to know ourstories." xio

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Steve Thunder-McGuire, who is Seminole Indian and Irish, made thisfishing pole in celebration of fishing. It is made out of a real bank), part ofan oar, and fiberglass. The poem (below) appears on the fishir ^ pole.

A Fishing Poemby Steve ThunderMcGuire

When my Great Grandad, John Foster, went fishing It was hiscustom to go to a particular place on the Neosho River [in Kansas],when the sky appeared a certain way. There he would rememberstories of storms at the river's edge and for him a kind of miraclewould transport him back through the ages to primitive days of thelandscape. His body would get goosebumps of pure physical delight.He stood very close to the great drama.

Later when my Daddy, Mick, had occasion to witness restlesscumulus clouds rush madly upward into the sky and explode in hugemasses against the southwestern horizon, he would go to the banksof the Neosho and be gratified by an innate craving for an intimacywith the tremendous roll of the sky and equally immense roll of theearth.

Some years later, still, while fishing on the Neosho, I was solidlygrasped by a threatening storm whose approach had been hiudenmost of the afternoon behind the west bluffs. The sun stopped shiningand I looked up to witness the roll of a squall line. Somehow, Iactually felt the boundlessness of the drama of life. I took comfort inthis sky because it reminded me that part of you keeps moving onforever without coming to an end. 4,

What did kids one hundred

years ago do for fun duringthe summer? They didn't have airconditioning andOh, no!theycouldn't even visit Disneyland!Disneyland didn't exist back then.

But many Iowa families did goto Lake Manawa in Council Bluffs.There, you could go up in a hot airballoon, see elephants take a bath,and at night watch a daredevilwoman light herself on tire andthen high dive into the water.CONVABUNGA!

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was a whole different ballgame!

Lake Manawa was formed inthe great flood of 1881. TheMissouri River had a tight bend init, and when the flood made theriver overflow, the two parts of theriver came together and formed alake. Because the original channelformed the state boundary, onepart fell in Nebraska, the other inIowa. At first nobody thought thelake would be permanent, and itwas just called "Cutoff Lake."Some people began to notice itsbeauty and began to call it "Lake

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Manawa." (Possibly from anIndian language meaning "peaceand comfort.") In 1886, GeorgeClark of Council Bluffs noticed itsbeauty and began to plan.

Slides of joyFirst, Clark built a fancy hotel

complete with ballrooms andrestaurants. Boats and ferriesbegan to travel from one side ofthe lake to the hotel on the other.Special horse drawn carriagescalled "Tallyhos" carried people

All kinds of people and animalssplish-splash in Council Bluffs LakeManawa, By the end of the 19thcentury, more than Just wealthypeople spent time at lakes. Cheaperhotels and cabins were built. By the

II beginning of the 20th century,working people had more leisuretime than in the past to picnic, fish,and swim at Iowa lakes.

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from Council Bluffs and Omahaback and forth to Lake Manawa.By 1887, people regularly began togo to Lake Manawa for picnics andsummer outings.

So many people began to visitthat a mini-railway was built just tocarry people from Council Bluffsto Lake Manawa. Bathhouses andother special buildings were builtfor the increasing crowds who

'tered every summer at LakeManawa.

High toboggan slides were builtover the water and the biggest onewas called the Toboggan of Joy.Boat races started and peoplebegan to call the beach at LakeManawa "Manhattan Beach" andone of the small islands, "ConeyIsland." after the famous recre-ation areas in New York.

There was truly something foreveryone at Lake Manawa. Hugecrowds swam around the newdiving rafts floating in the water.Soon Lake Manawa had a merry-go-round, a rollercoaster (thelargest one in the West), and ashooting gallery. Children lovedriding the mini-railroad builtespecially for them. Outdoorconcerts, and later even outdoormovies, were shown. Circusessometimes visited. Boxing

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bathhousesbuildings withdressing rooms

matches and other sporting eventsalso att-- acted large crowds. Youcould watch wild stunts (like thelady who set herself on fire) orwatch hot air balloons.

Camping with servantsMany of the well-to-do people in

Iowa camped along the shores ofLake Manawa for much of thesummer, but their idea of campingis probably different from our'stoday. They didn't exactly "roughit." Servants usually came alongand lived in a separate tent. Thesesuper huge tents often hadfurniture in them. They didn'thave fresh water to wash in and somany local children earned moneyover the summer time by luggingpails of water from the pumps tocamping families.

DisastersLake Manawa became famous

for its disasters as well as itsamusements. Tornadoes hit thelake and destroyed buildings. Astorm sunk a steamboat and threemen were killed. But the worstdisaster of all happened when TheKursaal fell.

It happened on July 4th, 1906,at 11:00 o'clock at night whenhundreds of people waited on a

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e21.;special dock for boats to pick themup and take them over to the otherside of the lake. This two-storystructure, called The Kursaal. wasnot built to hold so many people.All of a sudden it collapsed,plunging more than a hundredpeople into the water. The scream-ing could be heard all across thelake. Because there were nolights, the darkness added to thehorror. No one was clear about theexact numbers, but about 17people died.

By 1927 most of the big attrac-tions were closed. Today, much ofthe lake shore has been developedinto a state park where thousandsof families once again return toenjoy the lake. Some people thinkyou can still hear the ghosts ofLake Manawa's many visitors ifyou listen hard enough.»Susanna Ashton

0 What did people do for funat Lake Manawa in the early20th century?0 How is that the same ordifferent from what people dotoday at Iowa lakes?

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We KNOW you KNOW the basics.Make a pile of wet sand, dig some holes,make some walls, and there you are...an excellent castle.

How about making the kind of sandcastle that will stun your friends andshock your parents? How would youlike to be the BKOB (Big Kid On theBeach)? Try some of these tips.

Hot Tips

1. Those molds you buy in the toy storearen't really that interesting. They alwayslook exactly the same. You can carveexcellent shapes with a plastic breadknife or even a flat piece of shirtcardboard.

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2. You might want to start by digging ahole in the sand until you reach water.That way you'll have water right thereand you won't have to lug water withyour bucket. BONUSyou get an instantpile of sand to build your castle on.

3. To build an extra TALL castle tryworking with really wet sand. Scoophandfuls and pile them like flatpancakes one upon each other. Thismakes a strong base which you can maketaller and taller.

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This activity was adapted fi-cSand Castles: Step-by-Step

.n.cinda Wierenga with Wa1MCDonald, New York:Meadowbrook Press, 1990.

4. To make super strong and tall walls,try building them like the pros. Actuallymake sand "bricks." S,_oop out a handfulof wet sand and mold them with yourhands into bricks.

5. If you make a wall, why not make it astaircase leading up to a tower? Just puta tower at one end and use the edge of aplastic knife to cut out a slopingstaircase.

For experts only: Try building two fat towers near each other. Let them lean justa little bit towards each other. Then bridge the gap between them with the backof your free hand. Pile wet sand over your hand. Keep your hand there. Thengently put one flat handful of sand over the place where the two towers meet.Keep your hands there for a few seconds while the sand dries. Then slowly takeyour hand out. If you're lucky, you should have an arch that will amaze the othersand castlers on the beach! Susanna Ashton

The RollerCoaster

DiscoveryAudrey and Jacktake a ride that

will change theirlives forever.

iiacky! Audrey! C'mon, let'sgo! We'll be late. Don'tyou want to be the first

ones through the gates?" Dadhollered up the stairs.

"Why does he always have tocall me 'Jacky?' He knows I'm 14,and too old to be called by such asissy name," Jack Randallmumbled. He tucked in his whiteT-shirt and cuffed his dark bluedenims, the cool thing to wear in1954. "Where's my coonskin cap?Audrey! Have you seen my DavyCrockett hat?" Jack yelled downthe hall.

"No, silly, I haven't seen yourcoonskin. But didn't you sa, youwere going to put it on yourbedpost so you'd be sure toremember to wear it today?"

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Audrey reminded him as she wentdown the hall. Jack felt pretty sillyfor forgetting where his hat was.And sometimes it was hard forhim to remember that Audrey wasblind because she was as sharp asa tack and could remember almostanything.

"Why did Dad have to picktoday to go to the amusement parkin Arnolds Park. did he forgetabout the Giants game ?" askedJack. "Everyone's going over tothe Hamilton's Radio and Televi-sion shop in Spirit Lake to watchthe game on the new TV. They saythat TV is like radio with pictures.And I have to miss it just to go to adull old amusement park that I'vealready been to. What a drag."

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Jacky," Audrey said, hooking herpinky through Jack's belt loop asthey walked clown the stairs sideby side. "I've never been toArnolds Park, and I'm counting onyou to show me around." Jackdidn't mind when Audrey calledhim by his childhood nickname.After all, she was only ten. As heremembered his first trip toArnolds Park and how excited hewas to get there, Jack felt a littleguilty about being such a grouch.But he was missing one of thebiggest games of the season, andhe wanted to see the new TV.

Jack and Audrey climbed intothe front seat of their dad's green1952 Pontiac. Jack sat in themiddle and Audrey sat close to thedoor with the window rolled down.

She dragged her hand through thewind while her hair flew aroundher face. She could feel thewarmth of the morning sun on herskin.

"How much farther till we getthere?" Audrey asked, bouncingon the seat and making thesprings squeak in time with theRosemary ClooneY tune playing onthe radio.

"It's not too far," Dad said. Hegave his daughter a grin, eventhough she couldn't see himbecause she told him once thatshe could hear his smiles. "Ourcabin is closer to the park than ithas been any other year. We'll bethere in five minutes."

Jack was quiet the rest of thetrip. He lagged behind when Dadbought 50 ride tickets from avendor in the small ticket boothnear the center f the park.Audrey held Dad's hand andseemed to be trying to shake it offas she jumped up and down withexcitement. Audrey could smellthe popcorn and cotton candy, andshe heard laughter and screams asthe Giant Roller Coaster roareddown the famous big dip. Sheheard music coming from thecalliope in the merry-go-round,and jumped at the shriek of thesteam whistle on The Old Queensteamboat as it docked. Shewanted to do everything at once.

"Mr. Randall!""Oh, hello, Herb," Dad smiled

as he pried himself loose from

Audrey's grip to shake his friend'shand. "How are you?"

"Swell. Good to see you up hereagain this year."

"Thanks," Dad said. Audreystood by his side, turning backand forth to hear sounds thatcaught her interest. She bouncedon her toes restlessly, makingJack think of a car he once saw ina drag race. Audrey seemed to berevving her engines. Jack stood a

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Lfew feet away from Dad andAudrey with his arms crossed,looking down at his feet. Hewondered if the game had startedand if there had been any runs yet.

Audrey tugged at Dad's hand totell him to hurry up. Dad didn'tseem to be in any hurry, though.

"Jack, here's 20 ride tickets foreach of you. Why don't you takeAudrey on a couple little rides? Iwant to catch up on the news withHerb." Jack frowned as Audreyspun around searching the spacearound her for her big brother.When she found his limp hand,she began tugging him toward thesound of the roller coaster.

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Goldfinch Fictionby Jen Guttenfelder

"I want to go on the GiantRoller Coaster, Jacky!" she cried,spinning her wheels trying to getJack to move faster.

"I don't think that's such a goodidea, Audrey," Jack said absently."How about a ride on the merry-go-round? You could do that byyourself," Jack said as he lethimself be led by his sister."Besides." he said as he foundhimself getting closer and closerto the roller coaster, "Dad said togo on little rides."

"Please, Jack. I want to go onthe roller coaster. You rode it tentimes in a row when you wereeight years old. I'm ten alreadyand I haven't ridden it once. I'mnot scared. I promise to hold on tothe bar," Audrey begged.

Jack sighed. He was disap-pointed about missing the gameand he wasn't in any mood toargue.

"AB right. Let's go," Jack ledthe way to the roller coaster line. Itwas pretty long, even though itwas early in the day. The GiantRoller Coaster was the mostpopular ride in Arno lds Park.

Audrey almost tripped whenshe climbed into the car, but theoperator didn't seem to notice.Jack put Audrey's hands on thebar in front of them.

"Hold on tight, and don't letgo," he instructed, hooking the lapbelt across their legs. Jack put hisarm across the back of the seat,like Dad had done when Jack rode

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the roller coaster for the first time."You can lean on me if you want."

"That's okay," Audrey smiled.looking straight ahead as shealways did.

The ride began, and Audreycould feel the car climb up the firsthill. The metal cars whined on thetrack, and the wooden framesqueaked and creaked under theweight of the cars. Audrey wasexcited and sat up straight in herseat. Jack noticed the sign at thecrest of the hill that read, "Thepoint of no return." When the carbegan its fall down the hill Audreywas thrown against the back of theseat and slouched against his arm.Jack saw her knuckles go white asshe gripped the safety bar.

"Jacky! Make it stop! I want toget off," Audrey screamed.Suddenly Jack wished that hehadn't taken his little sister onsuch a big ride.

"Instead of taking care of mysister. I was being selfish andspoiled," thought Jack. The forceof the roller coaster pressed hersmall body close to Jack's, and herhead bumped against his shoul-der. He tightened the arm he hadaround her and held her close tocomfort her. Jack saw tears beingblown from her eyes that stilllooked straight ahead. He won-dered if they were from the wind,but he knew they were tears offear, and suddenly the missedbaseball game didn't seem soimportant. As the ride ended,

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Audrey began to slide away fromJack's side, adjusting to the bumpsand curves of the ride. When theride bumped to a halt. Jack feltAudrey's stiff body go limp.

"I'm sorry, Audrey. I shouldn'thave let you go on such a big ride.I wasn't thinking. I didn't realizethat it would be so scary for you. Ican see what's coming and bracemyself. But you don't know whatto expect. C'tnon, I'll buy you anice cream cone for being sobrave," said Jack as he guidedAudrey down the exit ramp.

"No," said Audrey. "I want to goagain. You used to always tell mehow exciting and fun the GiantRoller Coaster was. I was scared.But I want to have fun like you andeverybody else. I want to ride ituntil I get used to the hills and thetwists and the turns so they're funfor me too. Please, Jacky. Take meagain."

Jack looked at his sister inamazement. "What?!" he ex-claimed. "Don't you think once isenough?"

"No. I want to like it the sameway you like it. Let me ride again,please."

Jack looked carefully atAudrey's face and saw that shemeant what she said. It wasimportant to her to be able to dowhat people who could see did,even though sometimes it wastwice as hard for her. Jack remem-bered when he was little how hehad wanted to ride a bike like his

older cousin, but the bike was toobig for him, and he couldn't reachthe seat. It took him twice as longto learn how to ride because hehad to learn to ride standing up.Several hours and many bumpsand bruises later, Jack could ridethe bike just as well as his cousin,and he remembered how proud hefelt.

He smiled as he rememberedand said, "Okay. let's go again."

Audrey smiled back andgrabbed his hand.

The second time, Audreyscreamed again, but she didn'tlean into Jack as much. She couldremember some of the twists andturns and even laughed. Jackwondered what it was like forAudrey to ride the roller coasterand not be able to see how highabove the park they were and seehow blue the water was and howgreen the trees were. On theirthird trip, Jack closed his eyes andtried to feel what Audrey felt. Hefelt the car shake as it climbed thefirst hill, and he was expecting toclimb higher when suddenly thebottom seemed to drop out of thecar. He nearly screamed, grippingthe safety bar, he felt like he wasflying out of his seat. It was hardto keep his eyes closed the rest ofthe ride, but he squeezed themtight. When they got off andheaded back to the end of the lineto ride again, Jack was determinedto master the roller coaster withhis eyes closed. The pair rode the

roller coaster until they could bothlaugh the entire ride.

"I've had enough." said Audrey."That was fun. How many times doyou think we rode the Giant RollerCoaster?"

"At least 15," said Jack, grin-ning as lie put his coonskin capback on his tousled hair. Thewhole world looked different now.He squinted at the bright sun andsuddenly noticed things Ile hadnever bothered to look at before.The mechanical clown on the FunHouse seemed bigger than it didbefore, and the children andgrown-ups at The Majestic, theopen air skating rink, seemed tofly around the turns. The carnevswho ran the game booths seemedto be calling twice as loud, "Stepright up!" And the music from theRoof Garden. the dance hall,seemed lighter than cotton candy.The two wandered silently hand inhand from booth to booth listeningand watching the people and rides.

"There you are!" cried Dad."I've been hunting for you two forhalf an hour." He looked at theirshining faces carefully. "Whathave you two been up to? You-looklike you conquered the world."

Jack grinned while Audreyproudly announced, "I rode theGiant Roller Coaster, Daddy. Itwas fun, and I wasn't scared abit!"With Bill and Trish Johnson and StephenKennedy

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0 Why do you think it wasso important to Audrey toride the Giant RollerCoaster?0 Why was Jack deter-mined to learn to ride theroller coaster with his eyesclosed?0 How Is the amusementpark at Amolds Parkdifferent from parks today?How is it simIllar?

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Arnolds ParkIn the early days, you could rent a bathing suit, ride in a giantsugar bowl, and zip around on the roller coaster at Arnolds Park!

I is back! Arno Ids Parktheamusement park that is.In the 1870s, W.B. Arnold

bought the land where thepresent-day park is located. Thefirst railroad, the Chicago,Milwaukee. and St. Paul.came to the lakes in 188:1.

Their depot was located(di ly it short distance from

the :Vito Ids home. Amok!added on to his home andcalled it the Arnolds ParkI fowl. The first visitorswere people who fished andhunted. Families came inlater summers.

People from around thearea would come to ArnoldsPark in the 1880s to seewho was at the hotel orcamping near by and tohear fishing tales. Arnoldencouraged the public tovisit his hotel. He sold popcorn.candy, shells, trinkets, andpostcards. People swam, fished.and picnicked. Visitors took part inshooting competitions and potatosack races.

Kids loved the large water slide

built near the park in I,akeOkoboji in 189(1. At the time few

people owned a bathing suit. Soyou could rent one at the bath-house for a dime. They even

pavilion: °building or port Of a

with )pen sides it is used for

exnio:ts, concing,ond entertainment

and Stevens Park.Arnolds Park, people danced

and watched movies at the newPavilion built in 1915. Later itbecame the fun house, a place

where kids could play allday on a variety of rides. Aliumungous sugar bowltwirled you around.Children could spend allclay in the fun house in the1950s for 25 cents.

The two parks had justabout two of every type ofentertainment: two rollerrinks, two roller coasters,two spook houses, twobumper car rides, and eventwo fortune tellers. Guessyou could get a second()pillion.

The parks merged in1974. In 1987, Arnolds Parkclosed at the end of the

season. But in 1989, Arnolds Parkwas rebuilt and reopened. Nowyou can ride the roller coaster!'Stephen Kennedy

Crowds line up at Arnolds Park, the amusement park. in 1959.

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stored your clothes while youswain.

In 1905, Arnold died and leftthe park property to his twodaughters. They each developed aseparate amusment park rightnext to each other. Arnolds Park

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reit akes)/(ctzIt's a beautiful day for boating on SpiritLake, but you've left your boat In Arnold'Parkl Can you find the path aroundIowa's Great Lakes that will lead you toyour boat? (P.S. You won't find theseIle _ at the lakesthey're made upi)

Answer on page 30.

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Y ou can help Wild Rosie slip intoa typical swimsuit from 1920.

1940, or 1960. Her beachwear wasdrawn from photographs of Iowanswearing these suits.

Swimwear has always been asymbol of how people think aboutwomen and men at different times inhistory.

The first bathing suits appearedin Greece about 2300 years ago.Until the 18th century, Europeansdidn't really hang out too much inthe water. In the early 1800s.Americans began to flock tobeaches. Swimming became quitepopular on the East Coast by 1850.

In the late 19th century, peopledidn't want to show too much oftheir bodies. Around 1900, an Iowawoman might wear a bathing dress.with a pair of knee-length shorts.stockings, and special little shoes.Sailor suits were popular for boys.

The 1920s was a period ofrebellion and free spirit for women.And their swimming suits showed it.

By the 1940s, suits were evenmore daring. Public interest inswimming and the new sport of"sunbathing" peaked. The first sun-tan fad appeared during this period.Previously people didn't think it wasattractive to get a tan.

A sudden surge In privateswimming pools in the 1960scontributed to the popularity of theskimpy, two-piece bikiniespeciallycool was the polka-dotted bikini. Itwas also a time when women'srights, student protest, long hair.and change was in the air. So themore revealing the suit, the morepopular it became. ,24 The Goldfinch

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5o what did boys wear? The two Iowaguys below show off their 1919 knit one-piece suits. Men could get away withwearing less clothing than women.

0 What do swimsuits todaylook like? How are they thesame or different from thesuits shown here?

What do changes inswimwear say about the roleof women in society?0 What do you think swim-suits of the future might looklike? Try drawing one.

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During the winter, Iowa lakes are alsosuite popular fishing spots!

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The Ice HarvestIis the hottest day in July and you're dying of thirst. You go inside tothe kitchen lOr some pop. First, you till a glass with ice cubes from the

freezer.

Imagine living at a time when there weren't ice cubes or refrigerators.How would you keep things cold? You would use ice from a lake.

In the early 20th century. workers harvested a unique crop from Iowalakes and rivers. This crop was ice. Ice played an important role inhouseholds. It kept the milk, meat, and other foods from spoiling. The iceindustry also provided jobs for many people during the long winters.

The ice season always took place during the coldest weeks of the year.Ice was at its thickest then. Ice companies hired crews to clear the snowfrom a frozen lake. Horses used drags to clear the lake surface by pullingthe snow off the lake. Later machines did this work.

Bathtub chunks of iceAfter the ice was cleared. crews sawed out blocks of ice about half the

size of a bathtub. [sing long poles. they floated these blocks throughchannels of water to the shore. There. horses towed the blocks up a

wooden chute and into wagon sleds.

After the harvest, the companies kept the blocks of ice in an ice house.An ice house looked like a large barn. 'Workers stacked the blocks likebricks. They packed sawdust around each block to keep the ice frommelting until it was sold even through the hottest summers.

The "ice man, who had a route like a mail carrier's, sold the iceblocks. The delivery person made door-to-door deliveries with a horse-drawn wagon. Ice cards in the windows of the houses along the route toldhow much ice was needed. Ice could be delivered in blocks or shavings.(An ice shaver was used to shave the ice.) Shaved ice was more work, butit was a special treat when added to lemonade.

Children often looked forward to the delivery of ice. They ran to meetthe delivery person and often got a small piece of ice to suck on as a

summer treat. 'Jen (itateniid,-

Ice Harvest Gameby Jen Guttenfelder

The snow has been cleared and you're ready to carve out yourblock of ice, but first you've got to find just the right piece. Look for yourblock of ice in the lake below. To help you find it, circle the words listedbelow. (The words go up and down and diagonally.) They'll lead you toyour block of ice.

Next, find the word ICE in the shape of a square and that's yourblock. When you've found your block of ice draw a box around it.Good luck! Don't fall through a patch of thin ice! Answers on page 30.

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It's another fine day at thebeach. Kids run into the water

to swim. It could be any Iowa lakeor reservoir with a beach on a hotsummer day. And at the end of theday, most people take their trashwith them or deposit it in wastecans on the beach.

When most of us think aboutlake pollution we imagine popcans floating in the lake or ickystuff draining into the water. Butthe number one cause of water

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topsoil. We've got a lot of rich dirtclogging up our lakes.

Iowa's lakes are filling up withtine soil, called silt, that turns theclear water into an ugly, muddybrown. Sometimes farm chemicalscalled pesticides stick to the dirtand then the chemicals go in thewater, as well. What happens nextis known as a chain reaction:

0 The soil takes oxygen out ofthe lakes by making water cloudy.Plants in water need light to makeoxygen.

4) The microorganisms, fish,and small water animals diewithout oxygen.

4) When they die,larger fishand wildlife who depend on themfor food also are harmed.

0 Water quality continues todecline.

The scoop on dirtThrough the years, Iowa's

major water pollution problemshave changed. At first, peoplewere concerned that bacteria fromhuman and animal wastes wentinto water and spread diseases.Indoor plumbing and sewersystems helped take care of that.

Then, industrial plants releasedharmful chemicals into rivers andlakes. But federal and state laws

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worked to clean up the water andstop this kind of pollution.

These days, a lot more peoplehang out at Iowa lakes. Ever sincerailroads brought lake goers toIowa's lakes in the 1880s, lakebusiness has boomed. So we'vebuilt roads, restaurants and gasstations, and more hotels than inthe past. Most important, farmingpractices have changed in waysthat increased erosion. As a resultdirt runs off from roads and intolakes. These watersheds areplaces where water runs downhilluntil it reaches a body of water.

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What you can doLet's say you want to go to an

Iowa lake. What can you do to helpkeep our lakes clean? "Keep the areanice, or the way you found it,"suggested Barb Gigar, a watereducation expert for the IowaDepartment of Natural Resources(DNR). "If you see trash, pick it up. Ifyou make trash, take it with you," shetold The Goldfinch. Here are someadditional clean water tips:0 Don't sink pop cans. They make ourlakes dirty. Take them with you.0 Respect Iowa's lakes like yourhousekeep them clean!0 Be careful with fishing line. It canhurt birds or fish. Sometimes evenpeople get snagged In It.0 Leave lake weeds alone. Often,baby fish live In these weeds. we

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NAME: Yaynaha Reece

LIVED: ID225 to presentDESCRIPTION: A self-taught wildlife artistKNOWN TO SPEND TIME IN: Arnolds Park

-e explored the iakes in northern:wa as a ,.d. He drew the birds and animals

old Historical Museum in Desre5 :mere re was young. After designing

-agaz -es r New York for a few years, Reececea to ;cwa to where no continued

-ret':.--"c a, mats. Now Reece lives and paints

KNOWN FOR: His paintings of birds, bluea,es. a'a clean rivers where ducks and geese

. e -as won many national awards and7.: 5 5 :;aritirlgs to people all over the

tea States.LAST HEARD SAYING: "My favorite subject

pains is water. I'm fascinated *water andilia"..er action. One reason i paint so many...ate-Pcw recause they arc always aroundwater," ".

NAME: Abbe Gardner SiamLIVED: Born in Seneca County, New York,1843. Died in 1921

DESCRIPTION: A child victim and later, asmart PuSinGS5 woman

KNOWN TO SPEND TIME IN: Arnolds Park,(the town)KNOWN FOR: As a child, she was kidnappedby Sioux inaians in 1857. She wrote a vookabout the incident and returned to herCaMily.5 original cabin on the shores of Lake

Okoboji. She turned Gardner Cabin into amuseum and gift shop and it became one of:ova's first tourist attractions. The StateHistorical Society of Iowa acquired thenlytoric site in 1959.LAST HEARD SAYING: The darkest cloudhas its silver lining, if not its golden border. ill

I had known sorrow, I did not, could not, know

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NAME: J.N. "Ding" DarlingLIVED: 1876-1961DESCRIPTION: Editorial cartoonistKNOWN TO SPEND TIME IN: Born inNorwood. Michigan, but spent most of hisearly years in Sioux City, Iowa. Except for abrief time in New York. he lived in Iowa and

worked for The Des Moines Register.KNOWN FOR: His work to protect land ariawildlife. His cartoons drew attention to theneed for carefully using and protectingnatural resources such as soil, forests, lakes,and wild animals. Darling helped to raise fundsthrough the Duck Stamp Act, a federal laWwhich required the sale of a federal stamp toevery hunter of migratory waterfowl. Themoney from these stamps is used to managemidlife refuges and enforce hunting rules. Dingalso helped form the National WildlifeFederation to nelp educate the public.LAST HEARD SAYING: "A puddle for everyduck." '

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publications (on the right, holding up the beach ball) loved going to 'The Lake'O Why do people like going to Iowa Lakes?

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