Motocross Photos and Text at Wendy Oaks Club
Eighty riders from Eastern Iowa gathered at Wendy Oaks for the final day of the Iowa Sportsmen's Grand Prix motocross event on Labor Day. The two 20 minute motos on a 1.4 mile dirt track tested rider skill over turns jumps and whoop de dos with riders prize being improved timing. Amateurs dominated the field with few women riders and many balancing day jobs while racing from April to November for camaraderie and love of speed.
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Wolves Are Protected In California Wolf Pens
In Doyle California fourteen wolves are held in pens on the North American Predatory Animal Center property. The nonprofit center, founded in 1970, aims to preserve wolves in their natural habitat and notes that wolves help naturally check herd sizes amid ongoing persecution elsewhere.
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Laughing in Distorting Mirrors From London's Ide Firm
Rufus Ide, head of a long established glass firm, runs the world’s only distorting mirrors business. He notes global demand and a family tradition dating back to the last century as his workers craft mirror walls and comical shapes by molding glass over concave and convex iron forms.
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