Lease, who would have celebrated his 93rd birthday Sept. 8, died on July 2. But with . a reputation for knowing everyone and everything about Worthington, he won’t be soon forgotten in the region.
Kathy and John Fick remember hearing the helicopters flying overhead, loudspeakers screeching through the air as the flood waters rose. "All residents must evacuate!" It was April 19, 1997, and the residents of the Burke Addition south of Grand F.