•Museum volunteer's curiosity leads to readers theatre production

She wasn't that interested in history as a child, but Kathy McNeill of Spirit Lake now finds herself behind the wheel of an event steeped in it.

McNeill has sifted through stacks of fragile, yellowing letters penned by one of Spirit Lake's often-overlooked founders — Orlando C. Howe. Some of those letters will be brought to life by local figures next month during a live reading.