app02 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:25:01 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Registered - Episodes Tagged with “Iola Theatre” https://registered.fireside.fm/tags/iola%20theatre Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0500 Registered explores the people and places that make Allen County, Kansas a special place to live. The views from Allen County, produced by The Iola Register. en-us episodic A podcast exploring the people and places of Allen County, Kansas. Hosted by Tim Stauffer. Produced by The Iola Register. The Iola Register Registered explores the people and places that make Allen County, Kansas a special place to live. The views from Allen County, produced by The Iola Register. no The Iola Register, Kansas, Iola, Allen County, community, journalism, newspapers The Iola Register timstauffer@iolaregister.com Maureen Olson remembers the Iola Theatre https://registered.fireside.fm/maureen-olson 890a3209-a4b5-4117-8514-89b0a8d710ad Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0500 The Iola Register full The Iola Register In this week's episode, we talk with former Iola Theatre manager Maureen Olson about her time at the theatre, what the movies meant to Iola back then, and why theaters are still necessary today. 27:06 no <p>Maureen Olson and her family came to Iola in 1995. Almost immediately, she began managing the Iola Drive-In and the Iola Theatre.</p> <p>Maureen left those positions in 1999 to become the director of Christian ministry at Iola's First Presbyterian Church. She later attended Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa and was ordained as a minister at First Presbyterian Church in Yates Center in 2014.</p> <p>In this week's episode of "Registered," we talk with Maureen about her time at the Iola Theatre, what the movies meant to Iola back then, and why theaters are still necessary today. </p> iola, iola kansas, movies, iola theatre, iola drive in, allen county, kansas Maureen Olson and her family came to Iola in 1995. Almost immediately, she began managing the Iola Drive-In and the Iola Theatre.

Maureen left those positions in 1999 to become the director of Christian ministry at Iola's First Presbyterian Church. She later attended Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa and was ordained as a minister at First Presbyterian Church in Yates Center in 2014.

In this week's episode of "Registered," we talk with Maureen about her time at the Iola Theatre, what the movies meant to Iola back then, and why theaters are still necessary today.

]]> Maureen Olson and her family came to Iola in 1995. Almost immediately, she began managing the Iola Drive-In and the Iola Theatre.

Maureen left those positions in 1999 to become the director of Christian ministry at Iola's First Presbyterian Church. She later attended Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa and was ordained as a minister at First Presbyterian Church in Yates Center in 2014.

In this week's episode of "Registered," we talk with Maureen about her time at the Iola Theatre, what the movies meant to Iola back then, and why theaters are still necessary today.

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