PHOTO OF THE DAY: SUNDAY EVENING VISIT

This was the scene inside the historic Bethel Church on the Heritage Hall Museum & Archives campus Sunday evening, Sept. 19 as Marnette Hofer, executive director at the museum, visited with Lois Thieszen Preheim, an author with ties to the Freeman community, about her book, Trailing the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard. The hour-long program featured a candid conversation between the two, several readings by Thieszen from her book and a Q&A with those on hand to hear more about the famous Jan. 12, 1888 blizzard. For more on the program — and Thieszen Preheim’s book — see this week’s Courier.