Author Archives: Jeff

Jun 23

US 66 tourism article

By Reuters.

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Jun 23

License Plate Countdown — ZMF

On a miscellaneous note, were there any KD’s through KX’s? It seems odd that I would never see one on any of my trips.

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Jun 22

Corn Carnival

We really love our corn! July 16, 2004. It’s been a few years since it was moved up, but it still feels very wrong to have Corn Carnival in June. (Especially this year, being the fourth of five Fridays.) Tonight is … Continue reading

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Jun 21

NBC Sports’ blogs need a copy editor

“A sneak peak at Maryland’s new basketball uniforms?” Peak? Really? (Also note: Mismatched socks are a thing now, at least if you’re Maryland. It could be worse.)

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Jun 20

ISU, BCS loner

CBS Sports adds up the BCS finishes by conference from the past five years based on 2014 conference memberships and “Iowa State is the only [Big 12] member without a Top 25 BCS finish since 2007.” However, that status is due to Texas … Continue reading

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Jun 19

Minor page updates

Photos taken in the past year have been added to IA 38, 186, 234, 273, and 359. The US 18 page now has the plaque that stands where the old suspension bridge crossed the Mississippi River. (Somehow I never added … Continue reading

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Jun 17

Gazette articles on railroads

Informative articles from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about the importance of the railroads in Iowa’s history and the network “representing arms of urban economic imperialism of Chicago”. Iowa’s past, future converge with railroads Union Station was hub of downtown Cedar … Continue reading

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Jun 17

License plate countdown — ZKQ

I saw that one right after a ZKN with a “for sale” in the windshield. (Then why did they get the plate?)

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Jun 16

Chief Wapello is down

 December 18, 2006 Thunderstorms in Wapello County knocked down the statue on the courthouse in Ottumwa. The rain came the same week that the county was declared to be in a moderate drought.

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Jun 16

Don Bosco gets its own football field

KWWL story here. That reminds me, I still have a school district directory to update…

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