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From the quiet hometown hero to the up and coming entertainer, each American town is full of people with interesting stories.

Instilling Values on Horseback

by Karen Karvonen

Michael McMeel, 57, remembers one of the first places where he gained self-confidence, learned respect and experienced magic.

first appeared: 10/14/2007

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first appeared: 10/14/2007

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first appeared: 10/7/2007

Leading an Inspired Life

by Beverly Burmeier

On his daughter Lana's wedding day in 1994, Bill Hyche surprised her with a special gift he had been working on since she left home to attend college five years earlier.

first appeared: 10/7/2007

Bill Kurtis: In Praise of the Prairie

by Marti Attoun

On his ranch in the Flint Hills of Kansas, Bill Kurtis walks among cows grazing on big bluestem and other prairie grasses.

first appeared: 9/30/2007

Building Reservation Homes

by Denise Glaser Malloy

Robert Young once was a successful Seattle business owner who thought poverty was "someone else's responsibility."

first appeared: 9/30/2007

Ask American Profile 9/30/2007

first appeared: 9/30/2007

Class Reunion

by Marti Attoun

Mark Harenberg walks into the Chaparral Country Club in Clovis, N.M. (pop. 32,667), and picks up a conversation with classmates he hasn't seen in 20 years as if it were yesterday.

first appeared: 9/23/2007

Healing with Rhythm

by Nancy Henderson

Eddie Tuduri of Carpinteria, Calif., coaxes his new friends to sit in a circle facing congas and bongos.

first appeared: 9/23/2007

Ask American Profile 9/23/2007

first appeared: 9/23/2007

Ask American Profile 9/16/2007

first appeared: 9/16/2007

Ken Burns: The Man Behind The War

by Michael McCall

Award-winning documentary moviemaker Ken Burns admits to two obsessions: film and family. "There's really little else that occupies my time," says Burns, whose seven-part series titled The War begins Sept. 23 on PBS.

first appeared: 9/13/2007

They've Got Spirit

by Marti Attoun

An hour before kickoff, Nic Maloukis suits up in the locker room at Texas State University in San Marcos (pop. 34,733). He zips up his furry costume, steps into floppy feet, wiggles into paws with claws and pulls on the head of Boko the Bobcat.

first appeared: 9/9/2007

Ask American Profile 9/9/2007

first appeared: 9/9/2007

Home on the Ranch

by Elizabeth M. Johnson

Rhonda Stangrover, 44, has fond memories of growing up in a 1956 ranch-style house on a large corner lot in Alamo, Calif. (pop. 15,626).

first appeared: 9/2/2007

Carving Totems for Healing

by Heather Larson

As he chips away at the 300-year-old log in his yard on the Lummi Indian Reservation, the outline of a salmon takes shape with each slice of his homemade carving tool.

first appeared: 9/2/2007

Ask American Profile 9/2/2007

first appeared: 9/2/2007

Finding the Real John Henry

by Alanna Nash

John Henry, the mighty railroad worker with a sledgehammer who beat a steam-powered drill in a spike-driving contest, long has been a celebrated folk hero.

first appeared: 8/26/2007

The World's Oldest College Graduate

by Marti Attoun

When Nola Ochs graduated with a history degree in May, she made history herself as the world's oldest college graduate. But the 95-year-old hasn't packed away her book bag yet.

first appeared: 8/26/2007

Little Girl, Big Heart

by Tracy Leinberger-Leonardi

When Kennedy Kulish's baby brother, Kaeden, was born in 2003 with a hole in his heart, she spent a lot of time in hospital waiting rooms watching other children and their parents come and go.

first appeared: 8/26/2007

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