lake city 150th celebration committee

150th committee receives keys to the city

Jan 11, 2023

The Lake City City Council presented the five members of the Lake City 150th Celebration Committee with ceremonial keys to the city Monday, Jan. 9, for their work organizing the city’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2022. The group raised awareness about the milestone and rallied the community to...

‘Hats off’ to everyone who helped make Lake City’s 150th a success

Dec 28, 2022

The members of the Lake City 150th Celebration Committee that worked to bring so many varied activities for Lake City’s Sesquicentennial would like to say “Hats off” to the people that made our job so much easier. There is no way four people could put together the year that we did without the help...

Seashells from around the world arranged for Lake City’s 150th

Aug 3, 2022

Dalia and Julia Farajin, grandchildren of Bob Pope and Pernille Flesche of Lake City, celebrate Lake City’s 150th in seashells collected from around the world. “Show Us Your 150” is a year long challenge with the grand prize of $150 being awarded at the final event in December of 2022. There will...

150th Committee: ‘A village created another village’ at Lakeview Encampment

Jul 27, 2022

The Sportsman’s Club site was recently transformed into a Civil war period military village in celebration of Lake City’s 150th celebration. The day’s events were widely advertised and free for visitors to enjoy. A historical enactment group set up creative stations as a blacksmith shop,...

Lake City alumni pose for group photo

Jul 6, 2022

At around noon on July 2, many of the hundreds of Lake City High School alumni attending the All-School reunion gathered at center court in the high school gymnasium for a group photo. More coverage of the event can be found elsewhere in this issue.

150 cookies for Lake City 150th

Jun 29, 2022

Anne Tabat of Lake City baked these 150 cookies for the “Show Us Your 150” Challenge. “Show Us Your 150” is a year long challenge with the grand prize of $150 being awarded at the final event in December of 2022. There will be five prizes given and there is no limit to the number of entries you can...