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Iowahawk: Farm Boy (serious tribute to Norman Borlaug)
Iowahawk
| September 17, 2009
| David Burge
Posted on 09/18/2009 8:16:42 AM PDT by EveningStar
State Highway 9 is a two lane strip of asphalt that cuts across the northernmost tier of counties in Iowa, from Larchwood to Lansing. If you drive its 320 miles, as I have done many times, you will not be dissuaded from the stereotype of Iowa as a flat boring expanse of cornfields. The few points of interest include Lake Okoboji and the headquarters of Winnebago in Forest City. It takes you near Mason City, the model for "River City" in Meredith Willson's The Music Man, and the site of the plane crash that claimed Buddy Holly after a February 1959 concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. About an hour of cornfields east of there, when you reach the outskirts of Cresco, you will see a sign welcoming you to the hometown of Norman Borlaug.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: agriculture; borlaug; cresco; farming; humanitarian; iowa; iowahawk; normanborlaug; obituary; starvation; tribute
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To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/18/2009 10:19:20 AM PDT
by
arthurus
("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
To: HereInTheHeartland
I was thinking Obama. It's hard to be king of 300 million people. Sometimes they won't go along with the program, y'know?.
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posted on
09/18/2009 10:37:49 AM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
To: EveningStar
This man is considered to have saved a billion lives.
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posted on
09/18/2009 11:30:57 AM PDT
by
happygrl
(Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
To: happygrl
To: EveningStar
I was moved enough to feed the Beer fund/tip jar. (Usually I just shamelessly steal.)
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posted on
09/18/2009 12:59:40 PM PDT
by
Dutchgirl
("What I believe about God is the most important thing about me." A.W. Tozer)
To: EveningStar
wishing to be pinged, please and thank you
To: holly go-rightly
To: Dutchgirl
I was moved enough to feed the Beer fund/tip jar. Thanks for the idea. I just now did the same. :)
To: EveningStar
Incredible tribute to a great American. Many thanks to Iowahawk and to you for posting.
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posted on
09/20/2009 4:50:16 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: EveningStar
The biggest hero that no one knew.
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posted on
09/21/2009 5:14:43 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Rurudyne; steelyourfaith; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; xcamel
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09/22/2009 7:24:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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