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How the donut man from Bunkers Dunkers in Jefferson helped land RAGBRAI XXXVI for an overnight stop here!
Our hometown of  What’s the deal with the black & white saddle shoes?  Click here for the story of our farm in Greene County, Iowa. Here's looking at life at Simple Serenity Farm  It's been quite a year for gardening at the farm, and here are some photos of the late bounty Follow the link below for additional details. Click here for larger format Earlier photos in this series 
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The route for the 2008 RAGBRAI -- that's the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa -- included our Greene County seat of Jefferson as an overnight stop on Monday, July 21. More than 20,000 people came to Jefferson, pop. 4,600, that night. Read the amazing story here about a chance encounter three years ago in Florida, where our vacationing local donut king Randy Bunkers warmly greeted a stranger who was wearing a RAGBRAI T-shirt. The fellow happened to be RAGBRAI director T.J. Juskiewicz -- and in the summer of 2008, hurrah! RAGBRAI came our way!
There’s the annual Cooper Prom (for all ages), concerts, basketball, suppers, ice cream socials and people coming through all the time on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. Here is the story on the little community in Greene County, Iowa, that is now home for the Offenburgers.
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Here’s 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.
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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