Reasoning with Cecil Turns House Upside Down
A husband and wife argue over caring for Heather's ill mother and her son Cecil. The man resists keeping the boy home, but agrees to child care on a precarious plan, while a series of mishaps and miscommunications test family boundaries. Cecil’s antics and the narrator’s supposed restraint lead to comic irony.
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Richard Nixon
Heather
Cedar Rapids
Cecil
Cuba
Castro
Ford
Spike
Cecil Spike
Builder uses old parts to craft a show wagon dream
Hancock based Bob Jacobsen buys four rusty wheel hubs and wagon undercarriage for 27 dollars at a farm sale near Council Bluffs. He partners with cousin Clifford Fischer and retired carpenter Ted Harris to build a Budweiser styled parade wagon over three winters using Hazleton woodwork, redwood, pine floor, and oak cross members. The wagon, 114 feet long and 7 feet high, is pulled by two Belgian mares valued at 5000 dollars. Plans include chrome trim, lamps, rails, endgate rods, and cream wheel stripes for display at parades and fairs this year.
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Bob Jacobsen
Hancock
Bob
Norma
Council Bluffs
Jacobsen
Hazleton
Clifford Fischer
Ted Harris
Fischer
Iowa
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