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It's payback time for our rotten year

IT’S time that we all say something nice to Mother Nature.

8-sided barn fills Iowa skyline

IT was a dusty road, the kind you don’t find much these days. The dust was so thick that I could barely see the milkweed pods that were about ready to pop along the roadside. I knew that Secrest Barn, maybe one of the biggest round barns in the United States, was somewhere out here near Downey, Iowa.

My first grade teacher: An unforgettable year

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Long, lonely: Driving 3,652 miles on U.S. 6

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GOOD old U.S. 6 — called the long and lonesome highway — has four very devoted motoring friends. They are heading 3,652 miles across America on U.S. 6 . It’s a slow-moving trip that all of us should envy.

'No problem,' carts are bugging people

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During idling moments we have asked “What’s bugging you?” Well, lazy people who are careless with shopping carts is one gripe. But yup, a current big complaint is the reply of “No problem” to simple wishes.

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It's what's on top that counts at a polo match

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We took only a sidelong glance at what used to be Alfred Boeh’s bean field along Forest Grove Road, Bettendorf, before abruptly stopping. Stretched out in a line were 14 pointed-top white tents that looked like the seat of King Arthur’s Camelot. Horses with wrapped legs and riders in white pants and helmets were dashing around, swatting at a round thing about the size of a baseball.

Rising to the occasion of a summery new week

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THIS whole universe is not made up of atoms and politicians and the Olympics, but stories like a fellow eating 10 ears of corn in three minutes, and a performer breaking a leg on opening night at Circa ’21. Not to mention, one of summer’s best Sven and Oley jokes …