Along Our Way

The third annual membership banquet of the Raccoon River Valley Trail Association was a huge success Saturday night, February 20, at the Panorama National Conference Center. About 200 people attended. Auctions and a few cash donations helped raise $10,604 to help market and promote the RRVT, the paved rec trail in west central Iowa that's in the midst of an expansion, 56 to 89 miles.
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A conversation

COPING WITH CANCER

with the Offenburgers

Chuck Offenburger was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins, follilcular lymphoma cancer on July 10, 2009, and is undergoing treatment. We post updates weekly here, including brief insights from Chuck, Carla and at least one of you readers.

''The Lord will overshadow you, and you will find refuge under his wings.''

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Chuck Offenburger's
new book on sports
legend Gary Thompson
gets excellent reviews


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''GARY THOMPSON: All-American'' is the new, 352-page biography of one of the state’s genuine sports icons. From 1950-’53 Gary Thompson led the Roland Rockets to high school sports glory in basketball and baseball, giant-killers from one of Iowa’s small schools. Then he led the Cyclones at Iowa State from 1953-’57, becoming the college’s first two-sport All-American. He’s had major success in broadcasting and business, from his home base in Ames. And he and his wife Janet have a family as solid as they come. “I’m the luckiest guy around,” Thompson says.


TO READ CHUCK OFFENBURGER'S COLUMN ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE ''BOOK LAUNCHING'' HELD EARLY IN DECEMBER, CLICK HERE.

TO READ DES MOINES REGISTER SPORTSWRITER RICK BROWN'S REVIEW OF THE BOOK, CLICK HERE.

TO READ CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE SPORTS COLUMNIST JIM ECKER'S REVIEW OF THE BOOK, CLICK HERE.

TO READ AMES DAILY TRIBUNE SPORTSWRITER DICK KELLY'S STORY ABOUT THE BOOK, CLICK HERE.

TO READ DOUG BURNS' STORY ABOUT THE BOOK IN THE CARROLL DAILY TIMES HERALD, CLICK HERE.

TO READ ANDY GOODELL'S STORY ABOUT THE BOOK IN THE OSKALOOSA HERALD, CLICK HERE.

WANT TO SEE AND HEAR THE OLD ROLAND HIGH SCHOOL FIGHT SONG PERFORMED? CLICK HERE!

FOR INFORMATION ON WHERE & HOW TO BUY THE BOOK, CLICK HERE!


FOR PHOTOS FROM OUR BOOK LAUNCHING EVENTS, CLICK HERE!

SEE BOB MODERSOHN'S PHOTOS OF OUR BOOK CHAT AND SIGNING AT BEAVERDALE BOOKS IN DES MOINES!


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Here's looking at life
at Simple Serenity Farm


After the toughest, snowiest winter that either of us can remember, we have now reached the point in early February where snow is stacked everywhere. Piles are six or seven feet high. The dogs can drop full-body into snowdrifts if they're not moving fast enough. Some drifts are five or six feet tall, and 30 or 40 feet long. Whew!
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Earlier photos in this series


The Simple Serenity Farm columns

Here’s the archived updates from the farmstead and three acres in southern Greene County, Iowa, that the Offenburgers bought in the fall of 2003, had rehabbed and, in the summer of 2004, now call home.

June 23, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

June 6, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

May 30, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

May 23. 2005
By Carla Offenburger

May 16, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

May 9, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

May 2, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

April 25, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

April 18, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

April 11, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

March 28, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

March 21, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

March 14, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

March 7, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

February 28, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

February 21, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

February 14, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

February 7, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

January 31, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

January 24, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

January 17, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

January 10, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

January 3, 2005
By Carla Offenburger

December 27, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

December 20, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

December 14, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

December 6, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

November 29, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

November 22, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

November 15, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

November 8, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

November 1, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

October 25, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

October 17, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

October 11, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

October 4, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

September 27, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

September 20, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

September 13, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

September 6, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

August 30, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

August 23, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

August 17, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

August 9, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

August 2, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

July 26, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

July 19, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

July 12, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

July 5, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

June 28, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

June 21, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

June 14, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

June 7, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

May 31, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

May 24, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

May 18, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

May 11, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

May 4, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

April 27, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

April 19, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

April 13, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

April 5, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

March 31, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

March 22, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

March 16, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

March 8, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

March 2, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

February 23, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

February 16, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

February 9, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

February 2, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

January 26, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

January 19, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

January 12, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

January 5, 2004
By Carla Offenburger

The First Few Months
By Carla Offenburger

To read Chuck's original column about buying the farm, click here.

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