2003 is the community of Clarinda's sesquicentennial. That, plus the fact that since the Newsletter was started in 1989 and the web site was begun last year, we are reaching a lot of new people, it was decided to start a feature on the history of the A's program and a little bit about our town. We hope this will be of interest and that if any of you have ideas, articles or pictures to share with us, you will feel free to do so. You can either send them to Dugout News, 225 E. Lincoln, Clarinda, IA 51632 or e-mail them to memrse@heartland.net.