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Donation jumps building fund

Lyle Kohmetscher donates $150,000

October 8, 2020

Members of the Lawrence Community Center Building Fund gather around the $150,000 replica check donated by Mr. Lyle Kohmetscher towards the fund. Picture are (from left) Mary Schutte, Melissa Cox, Mick Streff, Carla Kohmetscher, Joe Theer (holding the check) Lyle Kohmetscher, Kris Kotinek, Lisa Peterson, Melvin Haba, Selena Laughlin and Paul Dale. Missing from the picture are Kyle Faimon and Allen Ostdiek.

A meeting Sunday evening, Oct. 4, in Lawrence could be summed up with four little words:

* Trepidation . . .

* Surprise . . .

* Excitement . . .

* Hopeful . . .

But then, those four words don't explain much, so we'll use more words to explain what is meant by their use.

* Trepidation . . . Feelings and emotions experienced by a dozen Lawrence Community Building Fund Committee members ranged considerably Sunday evening. The committee met at the Lawrence American Legion Hall for the first time in seven months because of several factors. One being the COVID-19 pandemic, the other being...

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