Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:19:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "onthelake2@tds.net" <onthelake2@tds.net> Message-ID: <1394188572.328235624.1536765558888.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Taste of Norway & Lost Arts Fair/Chamber Gift & Craft Show @ Iola Historical Society Saturday, Oct. 6
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Greg Loescher, onthelake2@tds.net, 715-445-24
56; or Cliff Mishler, mish@eclecticpursuitsiola.com, 715-445-5050 9th Annua
l Taste of Norway/Lost Arts Fair and I-S Chamber Fall Craft & Gift Show on
Oct. 6 at Iola Historical SocietyIola, WI: Watch Norwegian pastry making, l
efse making, and Lost Arts artisans ply their crafts at the 9th Annual Tas
te Of Norway & Lost Arts Fair to be held Saturday, October 6, at the Iola H
istorical Society at 210 Depot Street just west of downtown Iola. The Iola-
Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce’s 19th Annual Fall Craft & Gift Sho
w will be hosted on the grounds as well. The event is free, with the Taste
of Norway demonstrations and sales from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., while the
Fall Craft Show vendors will open at 9:00 a.m., at the society’s Hi
storic Iola Village complex. Proceeds from the event are being used to pay
for the restoration of the historic Iola & Northern Railroad depot, built i
n 1894, along with other Iola Historical Society needs. Taste of Norway pro
vides visitors with tastes of Norwegian pastries as well as demonstrations
on how they are made. Historical society members and local residents experi
enced in preparing Norwegian goodies, ranging from lefse, smultrenger (fry
cakes), krumkaka, sandbakkels, rosettes, and fattigman, will explain and de
monstrate how to make them. The demonstrations run from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.The pastries and other homemade baked goods -- will be available to pu
rchase, while supplies last, in dozen and half-dozen increments. Taste Of N
orway samples with coffee will also be available for $1.50.Iola’s f
amous Crystal Café will also be selling pies by the slice as well as w
hole pies, pulled pork sandwiches, and homemade chips and dip. Iola
s bakery, Taste of Elegance, will have specialty breads for sale. The L
efse Shack will be offering fresh lefse for sale. The Iola Lions will be ho
lding a brat fry, along with grilled hot dogs from Pine Grove Meats of Iola
, with an option to have the hot dog placed in lefse, rather than in a bun.
Troop 631 (Iola) of the Boy Scouts of America will be selling soda and wat
er. The Taste of Norway food court will be located inside the Machine Shed
.Taste Of Norway raffle tickets are being sold locally by Iola Historical S
ociety members and will also be available on site the day of the event. The
price per raffle ticket is $3, or two tickets for $5. Prizes included a $5
00 first prize, 2017 Green Bay Packers team-signed football is the second p
rize, and $100 is third prize, plus more than 30 other prizes donated by ar
ea businesses and organizations. The drawing will take place at 1:45 p.m.
Winners need not be present. Lost Arts FairThe popular Lost Arts Fair aspe
ct of the event brings artisans to the Village showing how things used to b
e done. Lost arts ranging from jewelry making , rosemaling, rugweaving, woo
dcarving, and tin-type photography, among others, will be demonstrated. Som
e of the artisans have items for sale. Children’s activities & Wau
paca County Humane Society“One-Room Schoolhouse Kid’s Activ
ities” will take place in the replica vintage schoolhouse, sponsore
d by the Sons Of Norway’s Norskeland Lodge 5-580 of Iola. Beginning
at 10:00 a.m., craft projects and snacks will be part of the activities.
Kids and adults can try out the vintage corn sheller that will be in place
in front of the schoolhouse. The Waupaca County Humane Society will also h
ave animals for children and adults to pet – and adopt. Chamber
s annual Fall Gift & Craft ShowThe Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commer
ce’s 19th Annual Fall Gift & Craft Show, which runs from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m., includes vendors selling wool mittens, scarves, runners, ma
ts; handmade soaps; Norwegian wear; jewelry; embroidery; decorations for H
alloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas; soy candles; quilted items; handmade
caramels, doll cloths; metal garden-art sculptures; framed pictures and pr
ints from local photographers, and many other items. Vendors interested in
exhibiting can pick up an application at the Iola Car Show office at 160 N.
Chet Krause Drive. 10’ x 10’ spots are $30 each and are lo
cated under two large tents next to The Machine Shed at 222 Depot Street.
Tours of on-site historic buildingsIola Historical Society docents will pro
vide information on the historic buildings on the grounds, which include th
e Helvetia Town Hall; a replica of Iola’s first fire station; repli
ca of a one-room schoolhouse; a circa-1920s log cabin, originally used loca
lly by hunters; the original Iola & Northern Railway depot and a vintage ca
boose. All buildings will be open for tours.The society’s museum wi
ll also be open during the event. The displays include the recently complet
ed Wayne Towne Native American artifacts exhibit; vintage Norwegian immigra
nt items; the Stromberg violin collection, and many other items of local hi
story.Also featured is a display dedicated to Lee Nelson, Iola’s
“Humble Hero.” Nelson was a B-17 bomber pilot who flew seve
ral dozen missions over France and Germany in World War II. His autobiograp
hy, published by the Iola Historical Society, is available for sale at the
event, along with other local history books. There is also a developing exh
ibit for Chester L. Krause, world-renowned publisher and philanthropist, wh
o passed away in 2016. The Machine Shed contains vintage farming and manufa
cturing equipment used locally, including the recent acquisition and dedica
tion of machines from Iola’s R.I. Anderson Machine Shop. Also featu
red is the Bestul Sports Car that was custom crafted in the 1950s by Iola n
ative Lee Bestul, and a 1923 Case 12-20 farm tractor, that was acquired new
and has spent its entire life on the Oscar Goli farm in the town of Harris
on.Fire extinguisher check and vintage tractorsThe Iola & Rural Fire Depart
ment will be holding its annual fire extinguisher check at the 1901 vintage
Iola fire station at the Iola Historic Village. The department has arrange
d with licensed fire systems supplier Fire Pro to provide, at a nominal cha
rge of $5 per unit, on-site fire extinguisher checks from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Department personnel will check and service personal handheld fire extingu
ishers to be sure they are current for use and insurance purposes. The repl
ica station contains Iola’s first three pieces of mechanized firefi
ghting apparatus, dating from 1913, 1926, and 1942. Members of the Central
Wisconsin Tractor Club will have classic tractors on display.Visitors can a
lso take a nice Fall walk along the nearby Iola Lions River Walk that follo
ws the Little Wolf River from North Main Street to Townline Road. The Walk
is accessible at its mid-point behind the Machine Shed. The historic Iola M
ills, built in 1860, is located at the east end of the trail. For more info
rmation on the event, go to www.iolahistoricalsociety, www.ischamber.com, o
r visit Iola-Scandinavia Chamber on Facebook.###
