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Author Archives: Jeff
Oct
13
A plea for sanity on HD news graphics
The background behind the anchors or the text does NOT have to move. The images do NOT have to rotate. Chyrons/text elements do NOT need a lens flare around the borders, much less a moving one. KWWL, you did it … Continue reading
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Oct
12
Wait, what? (Sport crossover edition)
On the football schedule for Saturday: NAIA: Lindsey Wilson at Campbellsville I knew the former ISU women’s basketball player was tough, but taking on an entire football team singlehandedly? In other news, Lindsey Wilson College is a thing.
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Oct
12
Progress in Bremer County
Assorted construction news around the state: Count this as another “de-clinching” of US 218 for me: New 218 around Janesville opened today, with an interchange at C50 and a closed intersection a mile south at the county line. The entire … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Highway Miscellaneous
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Oct
10
License Plate Countdown — ZZL
The odds are pretty small that I’m going to be the first person to spot the rollover. The AAA assignment is likely completely random and I bet has already rolled off the prison manufacturing line. Keep an eye out and … Continue reading
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Oct
09
Old Iowa City bridge to be replaced
The Rochester Avenue bridge, called the most structurally deficient in Johnson County, will be replaced next year. When the bridge was built in 1934, Rochester Avenue carried IA 1 on the way to West Branch. IA 1 was rerouted at … Continue reading
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Oct
05
Class distinction
When the IGHSAU said it was creating five classes and using “5A” as the top designation instead of adding “A” for the smallest, I thought there might be the potential of a school designated A for football but 2A for … Continue reading
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Oct
03
They call it progress
“My father had a farm in eastern Dallas County…” — “Progress,” Robert John Ford (from the musical “Utopia”) The sight last week was so incongruous I couldn’t pass it up. Three bins, one tractor, one cornfield, just like so many other … Continue reading
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Oct
01
A history of gas prices around Oct. 1
Since I travel a lot, I have steadfastly kept a table of gas prices since college. Mostly, this was to calculate my mileage. However, as time went on, the chart became less of a personal measurement and more a log … Continue reading
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Oct
01
The worst part about the Texas Tech loss
It’s not that Iowa State’s path to a bowl is now much harder, or that there’s another quarterback controversy, or the fear that West Virginia is going to imitate the Nebraska teams of the ’90s and drop 70 points. It’s … Continue reading
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