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Historic bridge restoration expert Vern Mesler, right, leads a riveting workshop with Jack Porter, left, of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Julie Bowers and Tim Weitzel of the Iowa Department of Economic Development in Montezuma on June 30. Bowers' organization, the North Skunk River Greenbelt Association, brought in historic bridge restoration expert Vernon Mesler to instruct Bowers and other friends of the McDowell Bridge so that they would be able to provide much of the necessary labor needed to restore the bridge.