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The latest issue of The Iowan is so
I am new to Iowa, and your
I just received the September/
impressive! The nostalgia of one
September/October issue was
October issue of The Iowan with
of my most favorite movies!
outstanding. You will help me learn
the Last Issue notification stuck on
Remembering when The Music Man
about my new home state! My
the front. I am not happy with that
cast and Meredith Willson came to
Iowa highlights thus far include
method. I was slow and careful in
Mason City! Be still my heart! The
discovering Pella, Grinnell, the
trying to remove the notification so
whole magazine is a smash hit!
American Gothic House/Museum,
I could enjoy the magazine. Even
Thank you!
the Sheaffer Pen Museum (who
with that, I ripped it in one place,
knew?!) in Fort Madison, the Lewis
and worst of all, I have a very sticky
and Clark museum in Sioux City, all
strip down 80% of the front. I can’t
A PUZZLER
that is RAGBRAI, the amazing legacy
remove the sticky junk. Not nice!!!
The inclusion of the Villisca Ax
of the Storm Lake Times, baseball
I don’t want to waste any more of
with the Sioux City Explorers and
my time so will cover the sticky area
the Iowa Cubs, and the beauty and
with Scotch tape. This may be a
history of Wartburg Seminary in
very cheap way for you to notify
Dubuque. I think the best thing in
subscribers of their need to renew,
Sioux City is the Sioux City Public
but it is impractical for storage and
Museum — especially the surround
just plain icky when trying to read it.
sound/multivisual experience that
Please rethink this method.
— Reet Tidman, Hampton
Murder House to the Seasonal Celebrations section of the September/October 2013 issue is quite a puzzler to me. This is the scene of a horrible tragedy in which six people were brutally murdered. For your publication to attempt to treat this with some kind of ghoulish humor (“Don’t axe — don’t tell!”) seems to me to be beneath the usual quality of The Iowan. I wonder what the descendants of the victims would think of this house being used
is the introductory 18-minute movie
— Susan Spurgeon, Warsaw, Indiana
about the history of Sioux City. Thanks for your good work — we’ll
Thanks for letting us know! Actually,
keep reading!
glue-on faux covers are a fairly
— Rev. David Halaas, Sioux City
expensive renewal reminder for us, which is why we save them for the
A LOT — OR NOT?
last notification (of three) that we
Here’s something you can
your attention, but we’re sorry that
explore a little. On page 30 of the
the glue — which our supplier said
REALLY PLEASED
September/October issue you write:
would make the faux cover easy to
I was really pleased with your latest
. . . including the hit song “‘It’s
remove and would leave no residue
Beginning to Look a Lot Like
— didn’t perform as advertised.
Christmas.’” Everything I have here
We’ll look for a different glue.
has it “It’s Beginning to Look Like
Meanwhile, we’ve sent you a new
Christmas.” One Wikipedia author
copy of the September/October issue
calls that the “original” title, but
at no charge. There is one way to
that’s pretty thin gruel. Met
make sure you never get a glued-on
Meredith Willson once. Darn, I see
cover again, however: renew early!
as a tourist attraction. — Gene Ulses, Papillion, Nebraska
issue with the cover story on The Music Man. I did not know that Meredith Willson was so talented. The overall feature had great photos and info about this man and his work. It was a fine feature, among many others in your publication. — Al Holliday, publisher, Pennsylvania Magazine
send subscribers. We’re glad it got
now I should have asked about that.
— Ed.
— George Hamlin, Clarksville, Maryland
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