__Milford wreck sends two to hospital__
A wreck in Milford the morning of April 8 sent two individuals to Lakes Regional Healthcare. The accident occurred at the intersection of 11th and L Avenue.
__Dusch arrested for paraphernalia__

The race of the meet came early on for the Spirit Lake Park boys' track and field team Tuesday, April 7 at the Dutch Relays in Orange City. The Indians quartet of Tyler Gustafson, Jesse and Alec Baldwin and Brandon Griffin challenged Okoboji right down to the final 50 meters in the 4x800 relay. The Pioneers clipped the Indians by seven-tenths of a second for the overall race title, but ended up winning the Class A title with a time of 8:16.13.

The Spirit Lake Park girls' track and field team jump-started its outdoor season on a solid note with an impressive 29.5-point victory over host MOC-Floyd Valley Tuesday, April 7 at the Dutch Relays in Orange City.

The Spirit Lake-Okoboji girls' tennis team came out of the gates strong with an impressive 7-2 victory over Lakes Conference rival Spencer Tuesday, April 7 at River View Tennis Courts.

The 4x800 team of Milan Johnson, Austin Millard, Madison Delaney and Tyler Peterson knew that they had a golden opportunity to turn in a strong showing Tuesday, April 7 at the Dutch Relays in Orange City.

The Spirit Lake-Okoboji boys' tennis team played defending Lakes Conference champion Spencer tough despite losing all nine matches in its season debut Tuesday, April 7 at Speier Park in Arnolds Park.
SL-O gave the Tigers all they could ask for in the first two singles matches, and then dropped two heartbreaking doubles matches that could have gone either way.

April 30, 1931 - March 19, 2009
Funeral services were held March 25 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux Valley, Minn. for Earl F. Von Holdt, 77, who passed away Thursday, March 19, 2009 at a Minneapolis, Minn. care facility.
Rev. Gerald Gauthier II officiated. Interment was at Silver Lake Cemetery in Lake Park.

The Pearson Lakes Art Center presents indie-folk duo The Pines on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pomerantz Hall of the PLAC. For FREE tickets and more show information call (712) 332-7029 or visit www.lakesart.org.

Spirit Lake Noon Kiwanis is sponsoring a Community Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11 at the Memorial Park in Spirit Lake. There will be three different age groups: age 2 and under, ages 3-5 and ages 6-10. There will be lots of eggs filled with candy and three grand prizes in each age group. Contact the Spirit Lake Mainsail Chamber of Commerce at (712) 336-4978, or e-mail mainsail@mchsi.com for more information.

{http://www.monstersvsaliens.com "Monsters vs. Aliens"} (2009, PG, 94 min.) was the number one movie at the nationwide box office last week, after it opened on March 27. It's the latest feature from DreamWorks Animation, whose first release, "Shrek" (2001), became a modern classic.

Mr. Parks, of Okoboji Boats, continues to entertain with newsletters of exaggerations only he can devise. His current April issue pleads, "We just ask to be left alone and we will continue to run a respectable business and to be good citizens and taxpayers."

__To the readers of the Dickinson County News,__
It's very interesting from the outside, to see that a bill like this would be introduced for the Lakes region by someone like Rod Roberts from Carroll. Finding out that he has property next to Okoboji Boat Works makes it very clear -- and I would agree with Butch, along with many many other people who enjoy the lakes during the summer and winter, that it seems self-serving.

Each time we say the Apostles or Nicene creed, we say that Christ descended into hell. We acknowledge the event on Good Friday. The "Christ descended" concept is in the Bible. Our round earth view of the world, as opposed to the ancient flat earth view, leaves Christians in confusion about hell and heaven. Where is hell? The center of the earth? Not likely! Scripture and creeds are frozen in time and cannot be updated? Christ ascended? Where? These images distort the truth.

Upon my recent visit to the Okoboji area it was brought to my attention that the "Fish Shack" located outside of Okoboji Boat Works is currently at risk of being shut down. I encourage all whom read this to send your opinion on this matter to State Representative Rod Roberts in hopes of keeping the Fish Shack afloat. He can be e-mailed at rod.roberts@legis.state.ia.us

Here is my letter which I sent to Rod:

__Rod,__

Imagination has never been in short supply in my life.
With supportive parents, creative sisters and a knack for trouble, I had what I consider to be a wonderful childhood -- my parents rarely (if ever) argued in front of the kids, sisters who (mostly) played well together, pets of all kinds and the freedom to explore the farm and beyond.