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I started my first full-time job, a lineman for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, shortly after high school.
I got the job because I applied for it and did well on an aptitude test.
Just a couple weeks after graduating, I reported to work at a large garage in suburban Arlington Heights, where I was issued gloves, hardhat, belt and a small assortment of hand tools.

IOWA CITY– For the second year in a row, the Hawkeye wrestling team won the Big Ten tournament championship at University Park, Pennsylvania.
One hundred and forty-one points, two champions and nine will go to the NCAA championships in two weeks.
I’ll look at the good, the bad and the ugly of Iowa’s 33rd Big Ten title.
The good or great would have to be Brent Metcalf. Three pins, including one in the championship match, a major decision, being voted the Outstanding Wrestler for the second straight year, 33-0 for the year, 65 straight victories… and he’s only a junior.

IOWA CITY– After losing a heartbreaker 60-58 to Ohio State last week, the Hawkeyes won a 75-67 double-overtime heartwarmer last Saturday over Penn State.
One could only wonder how much better Iowa would have been if Cyrus Tate wouldn’t have gotten hurt.
Big Cy went down January 8 against Minnesota with Iowa leading by 13 points. The Gophers came back and beat the Hawks, 52-49.
With Cy out, Iowa was 2-7, since he’s been back they are 2-5 but Jeff Peterson has missed the last six games.

Lola Harriet Borseth, 84, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at Hallmark Care Center in Mount Vernon. Services were held Saturday, March 7, at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Burial followed in the Shueyville Cemetery. Visitation was Friday at Brosh Chapel.
Lola was born July 30, 1924, in Burr Oak, the daughter of Clifford and Ida (Ellingson Moore) Quandahl. She married Mahlon Borseth on Dec. 12, 1939, in Decorah. Lola enjoyed playing bingo and cards, gardening, fishing and spending time with her family, especially her grandkids.

Bonnie Lee Dean, 81, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, at St. Luke’s Hospital after a long illness. Memorial services were held Saturday, March 7, at Conway-Kolbet Funeral Chapel in New Hampton with monsignor Carl Schmitt officiating. Burial was in New Hampton Cemetery. Visitation was Saturday at the funeral home.
Survivors include her children, Lon Ladwig of Sarasota, Fla., Randi Schulz of Ankeny and Scott Ladwig of Ely; and a brother, Robert Leichtman of Baltimore, Md.