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Dave Rasdal began writing Ramblin’ With Rasdal in 1982 for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a newspaper with more than 220,000 readers in a 17-county area of Eastern Iowa. His blog coincides with his column, Ramblin’, that appears on the Metro Iowa cover of the newspaper Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. You can also read Ramblin’ periodically at www.gazetteonline.com

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  • Robert Ingalls
    March 21, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    We just moved to Cedar Rapids from Saint Louis. Our guide to the area was Bill McClelland, in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

    Are you published???

    How would you suggest is the best and quickest way to learn about our new home. I am in hospice care at Keystone Place in N.E. Cedar Rapids.

    Thanks for your guidance and help

    Robert Ingalls, 6126 Rockwell Drive NE, Apt #222, Cedar Rapids IA 52402

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  • Deborah Herdlicka
    April 6, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    Hi Dave,
    I have enjoyed your colums for many years, in fact, I always read them 1st when our gazette arrives. Your piece today was truly heartwarming. No one can know how much love and companionship a pet gives until they have such a relationship. We lost our beloved cat when he was run over on the highway last fall, we were both devastated and told each other, no more, we can’t loose another pet. After a week of more crying than I can tell you about, we answered an ad in the gazette, went to a nearby farm, and came home with 2 sweet sister kittens. They took over our home and our hearts. Keep up the great columns. You are truly one of the best human interest writers I have ever read. You remind me of a show that used to be on t.v. “everybody has a story” about a reporter who went to different towns, picked a name from the phonebook, went to them and talked until he found a story about them. It is true, everyone of us truly has at least one remarkable story.
    Sincerely, Deborah Herdlicka

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