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Hoop dancer Robert Parot wowed the audience during the Lake County Centennial Celebration. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)

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Lake County: A century old and looking to the next 100 years
August 24, 2023 midnight

Lake County: A century old and looking to the next 100 years

Retired District Court Judge Jim Manley reminded an audience of several hundred Saturday that the 1923 election that created Lake County was probably “the first time most women here ever got to vote,” thanks to the 19th Amendment, passed in 1920.