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Article: Tiny Iowa church a popular place to get married.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2002
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Byline: Mike Conklin
NASHUA, Iowa _ The bride and groom wore spandex shorts with extra padding in the seat, polyester jerseys, sweat socks, and shoes with metal clips on the soles. They did have someone hold their helmets, however.
Rev. Linda Myren said presiding over the marriage of Norman Aubin, 53, and Betty Williams, 51, was "great fun" and to the 50 or so bicyclists gathered in the picturesque Little Brown Church in the Vale, all clad in similar, colorful biking attire, the ceremony made perfect sense.
This year, for the first time since 1982, the route for the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) _ the ...