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Grandfather’s wish inspires farm-like assisted living home

Heartland

ROBERTS—John Dubsky decided to switch careers when it was time to move his grandparents from their ranch in Northern California to an assisted-living home. That was in 2011. Dubsky, then a general contractor living between Joliet and Roberts, went to California to join other family members in helping their grandparents make the move. Dubsky remembered raising horses and breaking colts on his grandparents’ ranch, near Sonora, and he understood his grandfather’s reluctance to leave the place. (more…) Continue Reading →

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Roberts man’s mustache takes the gold in Portland

Cordes

Early in 2013, when he started growing a mustache, John Cordes had no particular plans for the facial extension. “The first of February, I don’t know why, I just decided to see how long I could grow one,” he said. “And then my wife said, ‘It’s going to be gray.’ So I had even more incentive to grow it.” (more…) Continue Reading →

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