Along Our Way

Randy Bunkers, co-owner with his wife Phyllis of the Bunkers Dunkers Bakery on the east side of the courthouse square in our county seat town of Jefferson, has just turned 60 years old. On Saturday, January 14, the Bunkerses celebrated with free ''donut holes'' – the little balls punched out of their famous glazed donuts – and free coffee for much of the morning, and the place was packed. Everybody was telling their favorite ''Bunkers Dunkers'' stories.
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A conversation
with the Offenburgers
Chuck Offenburger was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins follicular lymphoma cancer on July 10, 2009, had six months of chemotherapy & started a maintenance program. Carla Offenburger underwent surgery on April 26, 2010, for removal of a jaw tumor which was found to contain adenoid cystic carcinoma cancer. She underwent six weeks of follow-up radiation in June and July, 2010. Since then she has returned to good health, but she continues to have close medical observation. Two days after Carla finished radiation, Chuck noticed a pain in his left hip, and within days, a small mass near his tailbone was diagnosed as more aggressive large-cell lymphoma. In the fall of 2010, he underwent intensive chemotherapy, and had a stem cells transplant in November, with follow-up radiation in January, 2011. Since then he's been doing well, too, but continues to have regular check-ups. We post updates frequently here, including brief insights from Chuck, Carla and at least one of you readers.
“Chuck, in the past year, I’ve seen you with long hair, no hair and now this short hair. This is best.”
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We've had very little snow so far this winter. Saturday morning, January 14, brought a reminder of just how pretty a light snow can be. Just over an inch fell in the wee hours, and the countryside was beautiful at wake-up time.
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Chuck Offenburger's
latest book on sports
legend Gary Thompson
 ''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.
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Heres 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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