ENCORE: Alice's Spaghetti Land Fundraiser Tonight at St. Boniface

Hard to believe that a city with a history as rich as Waukee's has never had its own historical society.

Well, it hasn't. Until now.

Thanks to a project by students in the 2012 Waukee Leadership Institute class, the will now have its own historical society charged with gathering and documenting the timeline of this 134-year-old city in eastern Dallas County.

Terry Snyder, president of the Waukee Area Historical Society, first announced the newly formed non-profit at a February meeting of the Waukee school board.

At the meeting, Snyder told the board the group was collecting artifacts, documents and other items and scanning them into a computer in order to document the history of Waukee.

According to the Waukee Area Historical Society's membership application, the vision of the group is to — along with the — "have plans of adding on to the current library with a historical room or museum with artifacts from the mining and railroad industry, as well as farming."

Members of and contributors to the Waukee Area Historical Society include: Chad Airhart, Dean Austin, Melinda Behn, Teresa Broderick, Pat Dawson, Rachel Harrison, Rachel Henderson, Rick Huscher, Jarren Hummel, Kirk Johnson, Sue Ellen Kennedy, Eric Krieger, Gary Lewis, Jim Llewellen, Jeff Longman, Kellie Masters, Isaiah McGee, Mitchell McMahon, Bill Peard, Terry Snyder, Erik Surber, Connie Tow, Brandon Winston and Brenna Young.

If you or someone you know has items you'd like to have scanned or archived or maybe you have a story you'd like to tell, you're encouraged to contact Terry Snyder at (515) 987-5308 or by e-mail at tasphoto@aol.com.

A Fundraiser for the Waukee Area Historical Society

The Waukee Area Historical Society will host its first fundraiser on April 15 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at in Waukee. The evening will include a dinner and silent auction with all proceeds benefiting the Waukee Area Historical Society.

The dinner menu will feature Alice's Spaghetti Land's famous spaghetti as prepared by her nephew, Jim Nizzi. Brenna Young and Perry Young of Italian Villages of Adel will also be catering a meal of chicken alfredo, a garden salad, garlic bread and triple chocolate brownies.

Cost to attend the fundraising dinner for members of the Waukee Area Historical Society is $12 for adults and $5 for children. For non-members the cost is $15 for adults and $6 for children. Walk-ins are welcome.

Tickets to the fundraiser are available at the Waukee Public Library and Italian Villages in Adel or by calling Terry Snyder at (515) 987-5308, Brenna Young at (515) 371-1993, Teresa Broderick at (515) 987-1689 or Pat Dawson at (515) 987-1234.