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May 26

Carnforth Inn Supper Club shutting its doors

Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 21, 2013: The Carnforth Inn Supper Club. The Carnforth Inn Supper Club, an eating establishment west of Victor, will close on June 28. Carnforth, on old US 6 east of IA 21, is a map dot so extinct it’s not … Continue reading →

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May 25

We Stick Together

Posted on Monday, May 25, 2015, at 3:49 PM by Jeff

After the very short Memorial Day service at the Traer Memorial Building, I felt a little more was needed. Here is a tribute to the Sullivan Brothers of Waterloo.

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May 25

A ‘Star Wars’ quote that needs context

Posted on Monday, May 25, 2015, at 10:09 AM by Jeff

Leia: Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way? Where, in the Star Wars movies, do we ever see carpet, and more specifically, 1970s-style shag carpet? The joke to film audiences in 1977 is obvious, but slightly less so … Continue reading →

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May 22

Iowa’s hardest-working 1930s concrete going under

Posted on Friday, May 22, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 19, 2015: US 63 in Malcom, with a construction project literally just over the horizon. Concrete from the earliest decades of Iowa’s highway era still exists and is often drivable. To the best of my knowledge, there’s only one … Continue reading →

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May 21

As we go on, we remember all the times we had together

Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at 10:21 AM by Jeff

Now you have a 15-year-old one-hit wonder stuck in your head, too.

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May 20

US 218 between Waverly and Janesville could get interchange

Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 10:43 AM by Jeff

Construction of an interchange for US 218/IA 27 at County Road C57, which just started, will make the corridor between Janesville and Cedar Falls a full controlled-access freeway. Now the state is making moves toward sealing off the last at-grade … Continue reading →

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May 19

Urbana IA 150 curve will be removed

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

May 20, 2003: The curve seen here heading left (north) will be removed in 2018. In the decade since IA 363’s decommissioning, the ex-state highway has only been known by its county and city names, 55th Street and Sunset Street. … Continue reading →

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May 18

Traer shaker gallery featured in Gazette

Posted on Monday, May 18, 2015, at 10:18 AM by Jeff

Traer’s Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery was featured in Sunday’s Gazette. Read here (or better yet, if you still can find a Sunday paper, buy it 🙂 ).

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May 16

TEDx Okoboji

Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Thought Leader of Businesstown pays a visit. (You may need to see the whole set of posts to get the context, and you should. Listen to Weird Al’s “Mission Statement” at the same time to maximize synergy.)

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May 15

‘West Scott’ school district split?

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This isn’t a horse of a different color, it’s a horse off the spectrum of visible light: Mayors of Blue Grass, Buffalo, and Walcott are interested in splitting their towns away from the Davenport school district, report the Quad-City Times and … Continue reading →

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