It’s been a great summer of short trips and visits from family and friends, and it’s not over yet. Helping make July extra enjoyable for us were, for instance, visits to our home from friends Sandy, who lives in the Atlanta area, and Dan and Jini, who live in a Salt Lake City suburb. Sherry [...]
Archive for July, 2009
It’s been a super summer of trips and visits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Candy Kitchen, Dyersville, Field of Dreams, Friends, Iowa, visits, Wilton on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Moline businessman headed to Utah for run at land speed record
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Everyone should have some goals in life. And it doesn’t hurt to have a few dreams, too. A Moline businessman has a dream of going fast — real fast. And he’s inching closer and closer to achieving it. John Knaack’s dream is to set a world land speed record in a vintage coupe at the [...]
Remembering Charlie Moffit
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My buddies and I grew up in the 1960s in Davenport, Iowa, a city located along the Mississippi River on the Iowa-Illinois border. We played sports in school and followed major league teams to some extent, but we generally didn’t have many major league heroes. Our heroes were people many folks had never heard of [...]