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Send us Fan Mail The 4th of July is a special time in our town. Grampa Jim's letter to Brett in Afghanistan brings back memories from generations ago. It describes our lives in peace because of the selfless dedication of those who serve in the services. God bless our soldiers.

Send us Fan Mail The 4th of July.  Summer is peaking out.  Commerce is blooming and the kids are making the most of every minute.  It's also a time of serious thought.  A time to contemplate, to remember, to reflect on what our nation stands for.

Send us Fan Mail Cats were brutally killed.  People screaming.  National news and TV go wild.  Others scratching their heads -- what's the big deal?  The GREAT CAT TRIAL happened right here. 

Send us Fan Mail What on heaven's earth would cause grown-ups in our town to fight?  The transition from a one-room schoolhouse to a modern school was not smooth and still rankles neighbors.   Grampa Jim digs up the story for us.

Send us Fan Mail Not much going on this week till the Department of Transportation showed up to do a project on Main street.    We were on TV waving and shouting encouragement.   We're OK.  The firemen have left.

Send us Fan Mail Out in the country and in the farmland, good-paying jobs are scarce.   We've had our ups and downs with the economy like everybody else but we want to do something about it.  This is America, the land of opportunity, and with that comes BIG IDEAS.  A letter to Brett reveals some hometown news and the latest Big Idea.

Send us Fan Mail A song of love, a song of wonder brought to you by grampa jim.

Send us Fan Mail It's springtime once again in our town.   We clean up all the debris that has been accumulating on the roads through the winter and even have a "Cleanup Day" where volunteers help dispose of old appliances or anything else people want to get rid of.   We kick off the process with a meeting at the Gas & Grill.  You're invited to listen in.

Send us Fan Mail     Gangs, shoot-outs, Ray in jail: it's all too outlandish to believe, or is it?  Vickie told us the story at the Gas & Grill after Ray went home to rest.

Send us Fan Mail Big Joe isn't Emmie's only problem.  Blood is about to flow.

Send us Fan Mail Outrage of outrages: McCallisters picked a fine time to get even with Frenchie but they may have underestimated Emmie-Loy.

Send us Fan Mail Adventure, Politics, Fight to the Death, and Love Story; where can you find such a tale but in Harry Nation? 

Send us Fan Mail The war was raging, and everyone was busy attending to their jobs.  We were left on our own a lot -  all the kids were.  It was exciting and sometimes scary.  We were growing up quick.

Send us Fan Mail Homeless for a while in Portland.  Wartime activities everywhere.  Hustle here, hustle there, ships, airplanes, adrenaline all around.  Trips around the area to see what it's all about stretched imagination to the limits.  A whole town built in 110 days.  Three shipyards are building ships as if they were cars on an assembly line.  The world had never seen anything like it. ...

Send us Fan Mail World War II was raging.  Workers were streaming west to take jobs in the shipyards along the Columbia River.  The whole world had gone mad, and yet a child's world was just forming.  It leads to a fictional story that isn't all that fictional.

Send us Fan Mail There are treasures everywhere you look.  Today I'm visiting with a treasure.  A brief dialogue and pure gold.

Send us Fan Mail Love endures in many forms, though close or far away.

Send us Fan Mail Slave State/Free State fights right and left.   A band from Harry Nation caught stealing honey.   Missouri Sheriff arrested in Iowa.   Boom!  War is declared.  Iowa's history is as exciting as any other nation-state carved out of the wilderness, and sheer determination. 

Send us Fan Mail Every year the men of our county have a get-together at Southfork.  This year's no different.  The snow was deep, the temperature below zero, and the stories were flying.   JB Efferin, the storyteller from Harry Nation is coming.   Don't miss it!

Send us Fan Mail Winter is here in force.  Wrap yourself up and come with me on a tour of our town.  we are excited about the new year and busy, busy, busy.

Send us Fan Mail It's New Year's Eve at the Gas & Grill.  A terrible snowstorm is bearing down on the area.  The lights go out all over town.  A desperate man stumbles in the door ...

Send us Fan Mail Life goes on with everyday events, special events getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas and then there was the bank robbery.    

Send us Fan Mail Decisions, decisions, decisions; life is full of them - some good, some bad.   When someone from our town makes a big one you can count on comments.

Send us Fan Mail Rites of passage on the farm include driving equipment.  It means you're old enough, strong enough, and responsible enough to take on major responsibilities.  It is a momentous occasion, and occasionally, a lifelong story will be born.

Send us Fan Mail Homeless for a while in Portland.  Wartime activities everywhere.  Hustle here, hustle there, ships, airplanes, adrenaline all around.  Trips around the area to see what it's all about stretched imagination to the limits.  A whole town built in 110 days.  Three shipyards turning out ships as if they were cars on an assembly line.  The world had never seen anything like it.  I...