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April 6, 2012

Strong Community Values

Diane and Gary Holst Journal-Express The Zope Gazette Fri Apr 06, 2012, 10:42 AM CDT

Oskaloosa —

To the editor:

Hello, my name is Dianne Holst. I currently live in Oskaloosa with my husband and sons. I want to write you to let you know that there is so much to be thankful for but one thing in particular is the great people of Knoxville.

I was born and raised near Knoxville and attended K-through 12, graduating in 1977. Most of my family live in Knoxville and I will always call it home.

My husband and I were in Des Moines as we often do go there on weekends for shopping. Unfortunately, our car broke down. Stuck in Des Moines on a Saturday getting near noon, I knew we were limited on who would be able to look at and repair the car. We called and found a tow truck that arrived within an hour and took us to Goodyear on Ingersoll.

After over two hours of not being able to figure out the problem, I realized that I needed to find someone that could possibly tow our car home to Oskaloosa, I cringed at the thought of the cost but I knew it was the best avenue to get us home and the car back to trusted repair person that could fix.

I remembered Mike's Towing in Knoxville. I called and they gladly agreed to help us out.

We needed a part that would require towing back to Knoxville. So, all four of us squeezed in the cab of her big truck and our car went for its second ride on a tow truck in one day.

God blesses us in many ways. These two individuals went out of their way to save us from a very long day. They got us back to Knoxville, and Hube's garage even fixed our car that evening so we would have a vehicle for an important appointment.

Good strong community values and just good people. They are number one in our book and I will be sending everyone I know their way! God Bless them both!

Dianne Holst

Gary Holst

Oskaloosa

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