First National Bank is

holding an Adult/Youth

Golf Tournament July 8

at the Akron Golf Course.

St. Mary's Parish

monument dedication

July 8.

The Akron Area Museum will be having a display of Akron's history. Do you have artifacts, stories, photos, anything that would be interesting you would lend to the museum? Contact Brenda Groon, 568-2400, for more information or if you have anything of interest.

A special council meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, July 5, 7 p.m.,

at City Hall to discuss the County Urban Renewal Plan.

The Union County Fair will be celebrating 40 years. The fair committee invites you to participate in the tractor pull August 3. The parade will begin at 4:30 p.m. with registration and line-up starting at 3 p.m.

• Judging for the cutest

baby for the Quasquicentennial continues at Thorson

Drug. Keep filling those jars until Aug. 1! • Parade is August 11 beginning at 2 p.m. Forms for parade entries

are available from Barb

Johnson, Akron Hometowner, or City Hall. A form will also be in the Hometowner in an

upcoming edition.

When twin sisters Florence and Fern Peterson left monetary gifts to the City of Akron, they had no idea of the effect they would have on one Akron woman. “I think the Peterson sisters, neither of which I ever

knew or saw, set a wonderful example with the (charitable) foundations they set up with their money,” said Mary Lucken of Akron. “I was really impressed with that when it happened. I'd like to think they started something.” “Some people have time to give and talents, sometimes property or money or stuff,” she told the Akron City Council at their June 26 meeting. “That's what provides for the quality of life in a small town like Akron.” “Thank you, Petersons,” she added. At that meeting, Akron Mayor Harold Higman Jr. and the councilpersons were thanking Mary and her husband, John Lucken, who donated their first home in Akron to the city that evening. On Tuesday, the Albert E. Hoschler American Legion Post No. 186 members, the Akron Historical Society, the Freedom (Masonic) Lodge No. 434, and the Akron Children's Center all added their appreciation for the gift that led to each of those organizations having an opportunity to accomplish their goals. At a public signing of documents Tuesday afternoon, the Luckens, legionnaires, masons and officials of the Akron Children's Center and City of Akron signed documents transferring property ownership as follows: • Lucken's home, a historical Victorian mansion located at 250 S. Sixth St. and also known as the Boyson Ross House, is the new home of the Akron Historical Society's museum. The Lucken property was transferred to the ownership of the City of Akron with the understanding it will be transferred to the Akron Historical Society when that organization achieves its 501.C (3) tax-exempt status. • The museum, which was housed in the Masonic Temple at 100 N. Fourth St. and owned by the masonic organization, is the new home of the Albert E. Hoschler American Legion Post No. 186. • The current American Legion Hall, located at 251 N. Fifth St., was donated by the Legionnaires to the City of Akron until such time as the Akron Children's Center needs the property for expansion. At the signing, the Luckens presented the Akron Historical Society with a United States flag bearing only 48 stars, the original abstract dating back to 1904 and a compact disc containing photographs of the 18 original blueprints of the Boyson Ross House taken by Taylor-Mortensen Studios. “We've had the fortune here in the city to have a number of different real estate transfers that can potentially accomplish a lot of organization's goals,” said Akron City Attorney David Stuart. “It started with Luckens making an offer of a gift of their home to the Akron Historical Society.” John Lucken was quick to credit his wife, saying, “It was Mary's idea. She's very devoted to the children's center.” Mary, who is an Akron Children's Center board member, wanted to free up ground for its future expansion, he said. “I just want the ability to be there and to have the ability to expand, you have to have land,” said Mary, adding her second motivation for donating their home was the Peterson sister's gift to Akron. “I think if you live some place, it's nice to give back to the community. This was just something we could do and it took us so long because we wanted to be sure it didn't burden or create any problems for any of the entities.” “I hope (the Legionnaires) find it a positive to be on Main Street, which is Reed Street,” said Mary, “and I hope the museum is able to broaden its base of support because they will find the new site to be interesting and dynamic.”

Union County's gorilla is growing. At a June 7 press conference, Hyperion officials said they had

more than 5,000 acres in Union County with real estate purchase agreement options. Prior to the conference, only about 1,050 acres were filed upon. On June 21, 22 and 25, six more Real Estate Purchase Agreements were signed between the Elk Point Economic Development Corporation's authorized agent Richard E. White, who is a member of the Hyperion Resources Inc.

Agreeing to sell their lands were

• Lyle and June Wagner of Vermillion, 597.25 acres;

• Norrel and Virginia Quam of Elk Point with Ben and Kristie Quam, Barbara and Orin Selby, 320 acres.

• Roxanne and Maxine Bird of Elk Point, 680.95 acres;

• Allen and Terri Pace of Elk Point, 159.01 acres;

• Craig and Leona McInerney of Elk Point, 160 acres; and

• Craig A. and Marie S. Eidem of Elk Point, an additional 234.15 acres; bring their total optioned to

465.72 acres.

The total acres agreements filed upon is 3,200.97.