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Author Archives: Jeff
Dec
20
An idea that has run its course?
Part of a series. In my previous posts about my creation of a school directions booklet and the issues I have encountered updating it, I’ve danced around the elephant in the room. And that is the fact that in the … Continue reading
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Dec
19
Dance of the school administrators
Part of a series. In the booklet of directions to schools from North Tama (the PDF, as always, is downloadable in the sidebar on this blog), I made it a point to include the names of school officials — superintendent, … Continue reading
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Dec
18
The last AppleWorks user on Earth
Part of a series. An Eagle Scout project is not an individual endeavor. It requires leadership and delegation, coordination and compromise. Making a booklet of directions to area schools was going to take a lot of time — and I … Continue reading
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Dec
17
The ninth, and possibly last, school directions booklet
This map, working off the 2005-06 Iowa Dept. of Ed. districts map, shows all the public schools covered by the directions booklet in white. Previously included but now removed districts are in gray. First in a series. At the end … Continue reading
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Dec
14
Another Exit Zero
I am a fan of Exit Zero. Not everyone is. Mile markers begin at the south or west terminus of a route or the state line. When the route has an interchange at that terminus, it should follow that the … Continue reading
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Dec
13
Albion school is gone
August 10, 2008: Cornerstone of the Albion school, Marshall County. I couldn’t tell you how many times I passed by the Albion school building on the way to/from Ames or Des Moines and beyond. It was such a fixture that … Continue reading
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Dec
12
Final leg of IA 100 opens today
As many as 15,000 vehicles per day are expected on the new 1.3-mile segment of Highway 100 in northeast Cedar Rapids which opens at 11 am Wednesday. The $3.2 million highway is an extension of Collins Road NE, connecting Interstate 380 and Edgewood Read NE. The … Continue reading
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Dec
11
San Antonio-Austin suggestions
January 25, 2012: Reconstructed boyhood home at Lyndon Baines Johnson National Historic Park near Johnson City, Texas. Let’s say you’re an Iowa State fan who is going to the Alamo Bowl, but don’t want to be among the crowd who have … Continue reading
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Dec
10
Warren County Courthouse: Everything must go
Everything not nailed down, and some things that are, at the Warren County Courthouse in Indianola will be auctioned off Dec. 14. (Link: KNIA/KRLS, but tipped off on WHO.) The 1939 courthouse will be replaced next year. Warren County is … Continue reading
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Dec
07
Dubuque Southwest Arterial update
Between this story from KWWL and a video from the city of Dubuque, we can see that the Southwest Arterial is making progress. The related project on US 20, an intersection with the new Menards frontage road and Old Highway … Continue reading
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