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.
[TO READ THE STORY, AND TO SEE THESE AND OTHER PHOTOS IN LARGER FORMAT, CLICK HERE]
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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.''
FOR THE LATEST UPDATE, CLICK HERE.
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Chuck Offenburger's
new book on sports
legend Gary Thompson
gets excellent reviews
FOR INFORMATION ON WHERE & HOW TO BUY THE BOOK, CLICK HERE!
 ''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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Click here for the story of our farm in Greene County, Iowa.
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
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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 OffenburgerMay 30, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMay 23. 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMay 16, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMay 9, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMay 2, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerApril 25, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerApril 18, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerApril 11, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 28, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 21, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 14, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 7, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 28, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 21, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 14, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 7, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 31, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 24, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 17, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 10, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 3, 2005 By Carla OffenburgerDecember 27, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerDecember 20, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerDecember 14, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerDecember 6, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerNovember 29, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerNovember 22, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerNovember 15, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerNovember 8, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerNovember 1, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerOctober 25, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerOctober 17, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerOctober 11, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerOctober 4, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerSeptember 27, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerSeptember 20, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerSeptember 13, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerSeptember 6, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerAugust 30, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerAugust 23, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerAugust 17, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerAugust 9, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerAugust 2, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJuly 26, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJuly 19, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJuly 12, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJuly 5, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJune 28, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJune 21, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJune 14, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJune 7, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMay 31, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMay 24, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMay 18, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMay 11, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMay 4, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerApril 27, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerApril 19, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerApril 13, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerApril 5, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 31, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 22, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 16, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 8, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerMarch 2, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 23, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 16, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 9, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerFebruary 2, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 26, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 19, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 12, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerJanuary 5, 2004 By Carla OffenburgerThe First Few Months By Carla Offenburger
To read Chuck's original column about buying the
farm, click here.

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