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Chuck Offenburger's avatar

This column goes right to the heart of living right in small town Iowa. And yet it has a lesson for all people everywhere: Extend your hand to someone who needs it. Great piece, Richard!

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KENNETH M QUINN's avatar

Richard, As with all of your pieces, this article has a poignancy that touches the heart and stimulates the memory. Your description of moving during high school and arriving "friendless" in a new setting, brought back my own experience in 1956 when my family moved from central Illinois to Dubuque just a week before I started high school. Ken

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