(Estherville)– Iowa Lakes Community College will be hosting a ceremony Wednesday in conjunction with the observance of Veterans Day. It gets underway at 11am in the Janice K. Lund Performing arts center at the Estherville Campus. Tim Ireland, Director of the Iowa Lakes Veteran’s Center, says two of the keynote speakers are veterans who work at the college…
“Our aviation instructor, he’s an U.S. Airforce veteran and Dwayne Hoss, he’s going to be the emcee, and Doug Zemler, our electrical instructor at Iowa Lakes Community College is going to be the guest speaker. He’s a veteran of the Army.”
Ireland says the ceremony is intended for the entire community…
“Our band and choir are involved in it. We get one of the VFW’s to present the colors, so it’s kind of a community thing. Estherville’s seventh and eighth graders will all be there this year so it will be well attended. And so we like to recognize veterans for their service.”
A lunch will be served for veterans and their spouses following the ceremony.
The ceremony itself Wednesday is free and open to the public. It will also be live streamed through Iowa Lakes Community college’s website.
