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No One Wants Your Organs
On the anniversary of my mother’s death, I received a brochure in the mail advertising cremation services. Is this the epitome of irony? I suppose it is some sort of sign that I need to complete my last will and testament, as well as my living will. I have come within a few words of…
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The Vail Independent Basketball Tournament
The Vail Independent Basketball Tournament was a cornerstone of our youth in Vail, Iowa; a waymark in the passage of every year, for every kid growing up in Vail. The Tourney was sponsored each January by the Knights of Columbus, and it was extremely popular in the region. Growing up in the late 1950s and…