The story goes that George Benatz Sr. did all the lighting for the town. He would use the fire department’s ladder. However in the1990’s he was not well enough to light the bandstand so the FD dropped the ladder off at Janice Benatz's home. She hauled that big ladder to the bandstand and George had noted all the lights and where they went. Janice says when she was on the bandstand roof it was creaking and unstable, but she got it done. Janice remembered that at one time they used big colored bulbs and Jess Valdez said the kids threw rocks at them to see how many they could break!  George Benatz Sr., Janice's dad, remembered  the original bandstand was closer to Main Street.

contributed by Jeanne Baird