Bob Peterson of Cedar Rapids is the only person in Iowa and among just a handful in the United States …
Dave Rasdal People & Places May. 10, 2010 7:00 am5770d ago
Bob Peterson of Cedar Rapids is the only person in Iowa and among just a handful in the United States …
Dave Rasdal People & Places May. 7, 2010 7:00 am5773d ago
The birth of three sets of twins to three separate women on April 20, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar …
Dave Rasdal People & Places May. 5, 2010 7:00 am5775d ago
When Allen Johnson of rural Watkins went to Belle Plaine to buy a pair of boots, he wound up buying …
Dave Rasdal People & Places May. 4, 2010 7:00 am5776d ago
Back in 1964, at 5:30 a.m., Don Orris walked into his Sinclair service station at the corner of First Avenue and 14th …
Dave Rasdal People & Places May. 3, 2010 7:00 am5777d ago
I never thought my automobile technician would retire. Sure, Don Orris is 80. But you can stop by his D&L …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 30, 2010 7:00 am5780d ago
What was the first scale model you built? I don’t recall. At 57, I grew up with Revell models of …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 28, 2010 12:00 am5782d ago
In 1963, when Mark Meyer was only 16, he began building an electric guitar that he never imagined would take 47 …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 26, 2010 7:00 am5784d ago
I wrote today’s Ramblin’ column in The Gazette about Marshall Leonard and the friends he’s made on the Center Point-Urbana High …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 25, 2010 12:00 am5785d ago
John had tried to be particularly careful about his language as he played golf with his preacher. But on the twelfth …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 23, 2010 7:00 am5787d ago
I’ve always wondered about those folks smiling from the side of a Hy-Vee truck. Kind of like the people Walmart …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 20, 2010 1:06 pm5790d ago
If you count Lisa Huntington and/or her husband, John, among your friends, your heart had to feel heavy Monday morning when you …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Jan. 27, 2023 9:55 am1125d ago
The St. Donatus Body & Paint shop, in a town of 140 people, seems an unlikely spot to find a Ferrari, …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Apr. 18, 2010 7:00 am5792d ago
It’s spring and time to think about golf again. I haven’t been out yet, but friends have. I hope to …
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