Don’t hold the applause?
Toastmasters is Chad Hauge’s hobby. “My speech was, ‘I’m nobody special,’ ” says Chad Hauge. Years ago, as a Christmas gift, one of Hauge’s seven daughters gave him a book [...]
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Posted December 05, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
Posted October 31, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
High strangeness
You want answers? UFO investigator is working for the truth. “Iowa is known as a hotbed for triangles, although we have other shapes as well.” — Beverly Trout, Iowa MUFON’s [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
And then there was light!
Behold. 100-plus antique lanterns are a sight to see. Power outages are perfect. That’s how Cain Kremitzki sees it. Stints without electricity might seem like an odd thing to root [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
This is a true story
South Des Moines Sculpture Park Art Festival is Sept. 15 The outhouse doesn’t work, at least not as originally designed. Instead, the worn and weathered wooden box hides the smoke [...]
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Posted August 01, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
Two decades of music
Gloom Balloon frontman shows off his favorite albums. For any fan of Iowa music, Patrick Tape Fleming should be an instantly recognizable name. If you don’t know him as a founding [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
The McVicker is risen
Altoona engine expert saves a rusted-out relic from going postal It looked like a cannon, and assuming the old engine wouldn’t run again, the man’s plan was to transform it into a [...]
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Posted June 06, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
Strongman
Graham Steffes-Clayton loves lifting heavy stuff Strongman Graham Steffes-Clayton likes calculus, his hometown of Pleasant Hill, being a college student, playing tennis and eating food. But most of all, Steffes-Clayton [...]
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Posted May 02, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
Historic pages
One small step for man and one man’s mission to touch history Most people know Paul Revere for his famous late-night horse ride while proclaiming, “The British are coming! The [...]
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Posted April 04, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
Batter up!
Mushroom bats, sawdust baseballs, Spiderman masks and a passion for America’s game During the summer of 1968, Mark Mahoney fell victim to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. The Iowa [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
Player 1? You are up!
State champion pinball wizard will represent Iowa in Las Vegas at national tournament HISTORY LESSON: Pinball machines were originally made without flippers. Winning was a matter of chance, thus the flashy games [...]
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