GALLERY: 17 years of honor observed at RRMR program
Boy Scouts retire the colors at the end of the Veterans Day program.
Marine Hank Vogelman turns and thanks another military branch member during the salute to service members at Friday's Veterans Day program in Rockford. Press photos by Kate Hayden
Maria Deike, director of Floyd County Veterans Affairs, is recognized along with other veterans of the U.S. Army.
Community members recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock High School.
Maria Deike, director of Floyd County Veterans Affairs, gives the keynote address during Friday's program.
Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock teachers lead students during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Marine Hank Vogelman gives closing remarks, thanking students for 17 years of the Veterans Day program at RRMR.
Boy Scouts retire the colors at the end of the Veterans Day program.
Marine Hank Vogelman turns and thanks another military branch member during the salute to service members at Friday's Veterans Day program in Rockford. Press photos by Kate Hayden
Hang on to your goals. Do not burn your bridges. Your roots will always come back, speaker Maria Deike told students on Friday.
“It’s funny how small of a world it is,” Deike said to a crowd of veterans and Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock students. “Your life will take you in unusual paths, and you’re just going to have to run with it.”
Deike, director of Floyd County Veterans Affairs, was the keynote speaker during the 17th annual RRMR Veterans Day program. The program highlighted the names of 152 area veterans, and the theme of ‘honor’ in military service.
“Life looks very different after you serve,” Deike noted.
Press photo by John Burbridge
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A crew from Johnson Painting in Charles City works on the pergola in the Willson-Lorber Lions Club Rose Garden at the corner of Main Street and Riverside Drive earlier this week. The workers were sanding the wood in preparation for staining later in the week.
The garden was created in 1971 as a Lions Club community beautification project after the tornado of 1968, then renovated in 2013 and at that time named after George Lorber and Eb Willson, two Lions who had been instrumental in starting the project.
The park contains more than 150 rose plants in many varieties, benches and a brick walkway in addition to the pergola.
Lorber was a longtime Charles City school superintendent and Lions Club member who helped lead the way to rebuilding three school buildings after the tornado. He died in 2015. Willson, who died in 1996, was also a longtime Lion and owner of Starr Ice Cream Co. and Riverside Greenhouse.
Press photo by Bob Steenson
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