Dezzerts

From Rofflehaus

Ames' first and only one-stop shop for Jesus and ice-cream.

Dezzerts was opened by Dave Opfermann, a man who had inherited $10,000 from an uncle's death. He used his windfall to open a non-profit...in fact, an anti-profit...ice cream and Christian ministry parlor on Lincoln Way and Stanton Avenue.

The parlor featured old-fashioned ice cream sundaes and root-beer floats, using ice cream purchased in buckets from Hy-Vee, for as low as a buck. But ice cream was only secondary to Opfermann's desire to share the Christian gospel. The business had a mini-library of creationist literature for people to peruse.

The place was a hangout for - and was run by volunteers from - the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

The article, Dezzerts, Campustown's ice cream ministry, may close, in the 11/01, 1999 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 11/01/1999)