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The Best of Cedar Rapids Entangled in Travel Tales
A mixed hometown column recalls Miami Beach, dockside banana loading, and a Davenport and Des Moines visit, then shifts to Front ier Night artwork by George Farah and a misnamed movie scene. It notes KHAK-FM DJ banter, a Copeland Williams ranking jab, and a Cedar Rapids trio traveling Lebanon to Beirut for studies and marriage plans. The piece closes with a tongue in cheek tax-time lament and teaser for a fictional hero’s banana boat quest from Ecuador toward the Miss Universe pageant in Florida.
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Miami Beach
Davenport
Des Moines
George Farah
George
Joe Abodeely
Khak-Fm
KHAK
Iowa