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Monthly Archives: April 2017

A dozen of us “average Americans” head to Cuba with spirituality, friendship and lots of curiosity

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, March 28, 2017 – A dozen of us who leave Wednesday on an 8-day trip to Cuba are just the kind of ambassadors that the U.S. needs to have traveling in the Caribbean nation right now – average Americans. That’s the insight of Tom Vilsack, the former U.S. Secretary…

April 25, 2017 in OFFENBLOGGER.

A link for you to listen to our Iowa Public Radio chat with Charity Nebbe

By CARLA OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, Feb. 18, 2017 — My husband Chuck Offenburger and I were invited by Charity Nebbe, the host of the “Talk of Iowa” show on Iowa Public Radio, to be on the air with her Friday, Feb. 17, to tell our cancer stories.  Our 30-minute conversation with Nebbe has subsequently received…

April 24, 2017 in OFFENBLOGGER.

Our columnist sees a Vandy cancer specialist and now plans the way

By CARLA OFFENBURGER  COOPER, Iowa, March 7, 2017 — There are a lot of thoughts going through my head right now – so many are being sent directly to my heart.  It’s all mindboggling really.  They’ve exhausted me.  But I’m writing them down to share with you in a later column. What I want to…

April 23, 2017 in My View from the Front Porch.

Don Poggensee’s report from spring migration of birds through Iowa

IDA GROVE, Iowa, March 15, 2017 — Photographer Don Poggensee says “spring came early this year,” and the proof is that the annual north-bound migration of ducks, geese, eagles and many smaller birds has been “in full swing the last several weeks.”  Poggensee observes that winter “has tried its best to hang on,” and thus…

April 21, 2017 in Feature Photo.

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