The history of storytelling was presented by Helen Ambler at See, Hear Iola on Friday morning. Ambler said storytelling promises the audience a dramatic journey.
“Storytelling is as old as man,” she said. “Telling stories is least costly but most effective.”
Stories have been told in families and to friends for many years. Different versions of the same story are passed on from person to person.
“Each person tells a story in a different way,” she said. “Stories are still changing today.”
Ambler told a story of a rag man. He would push his cart around the streets telling people he would take their old rags in exchange for new rags. The narrator followed the man and would watch him take on other people’s problems and make the person better. After taking on everyone’s sickness and problems the rag man went to a landfill and died. The narrator was sad that the man had died but he rose again. This was a different version of the story of Jesus.
The commercial speaker for the event was Cindy Adams for the Allen Community College Endowment. On April 12 there will be a casino night at the American Legion. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $25.
Easter egg hunts are scheduled for April 19. Moran Manor’s Easter egg hunt starts at 11 a.m. People can RSVP at 620-237-4300. Each resident at Windsor Place will be handing out candy from 10 to 11 a.m. for the Easter parade. The Kiwanis hunt will be at noon on the courthouse lawn.
Shelia Lampe, Chamber director, said the Chamber’s new website should be up and running within the next week.
The next See, Hear Iola will be at 10 a.m. on April 25 at the New Community Building.
Ambler shares story at See, Hear Iola
