Svea arts center gets a face-lift

Kyle Hoehne, left, and Dale Tormondsen, right, scrape and tape the west side of the Svea Schoolhouse Monday in preparation to apply a primer coat. Built in 1907, the building on U.S. Highway 71 south of Willmar is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has housed DEMO (Developing, Exploring, Maintaining, Originality) for the past 20 years. DEMO will hold a fundraiser at 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Willmar Education and Arts Center, during which a live and silent auction will be held. (Gary Miller | Tribune)