Nothing seems to go as I plan in this life.
I had to take my son-in-law to the Des Moines Airport last week. He was flying back home to Salt Lake City.
It was a horribly windy day (gusts up to 60 mph).
I got him delivered to the airport in good shape and headed home. I was...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Apr. 8, 2021
As most of you know, my wife passed away recently. So far, it’s the worst time of my life.
I met her 60 years ago at the Newton skating rink. Some of us young guys used to go up there and look at all the girls and try to talk to them and maybe take one...
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Serving U.S.: Tonya Horn
Tonya Horn, 35, was raised in Oskaloosa, the daughter of Randy Horn and Charlyce (Martin) Weeks, with her older siblings Amber and Dustin. In the summer of 2001, Horn moved to Montezuma, where she was a 2004 graduate.
Active in band and volleyball, Horn was a hard worker and a team player. She offered people respect,...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Mar. 4, 2021
I had an experience a couple of weeks ago besides the 18-below- zero cold.
I got up and felt a little fuzzy like I always do. I went out to the garage and started fiddling with something I had probably broken the day before.
Things started to get strange. I became dizzy as a loon. I started...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Feb. 25, 2021
I’m writing this article on a morning that is eight degrees below zero. I can take a joke as well as the next guy, but I am absolutely, positively sick of it.
I was throwing some trash into a metal dumpster uptown this morning because I missed the garbage truck. There were four inches of snow...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Feb. 18, 2021
I am a hard-core insomniac (a person who can’t sleep). It’s five o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10. I have not slept one minute yet tonight.
Most nights, I can get three or four hours of sleep, but now and then I hit a night like this.
The one place I used to feel like sleeping was...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, February 11, 2021
Well, the first thing I have to do is gripe about the weather. Holy cow! Lynnville registered 23 below zero Tuesday morning. A lot of people in Iowa have an extra refrigerator in the garage. I do. Now, I put food in there to keep it from freezing.
I hate snow. I could live without ever...
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