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Throughout the book, parts of Pella are referred back to as examples.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.The median income for a household in the city was $45,496, and the median income for a family was $56,321.

The population density was 1,437.4 people per square mile (555.0/km²).

The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.95.The population is spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 17.6% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older.

About 3.2% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 13.9% of those age 65 or over. Kory DeHaan — former Major League Baseball player Kyle Korver — forward/guard for the Utah Jazz Dave Keuning — guitarist for The Killers Louis LeCocq — Pella native, WWI era auto racer, killed in 1919 Indianapolis 500 Wyatt Earp — lawman and gunfighter of OK Corral fame, spent most of his childhood in Pella Paul Emerick - professional rugby player, 2006 MVP In his 1989 book, Travels in Small-Town America, travel author Bill Bryson stops in Pella, recounting his childhood visits to the town, and remarking different aspects of the town with his usual wry humor.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population.There were 3,497 households out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families.

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"Me, I have a lot of years of experience, but I can get a little hot at times. Louis (3-8), 5 p.m., ESPN: The Packers have gone 19-8 over the last two years, and remarkably, one of their losses has come to the Rams--and at home Now the poor Packers must travel to St. No word yet on whether he'll have his touring buddy, the recently retired Ricky Williams, in tow.*One team in serious need of a stadium upgrade is the San Francisco 49ers, whose Candlestick Park lease is up after the 2007 season but who almost certainly could break the lease immediately because of the decrepit condition of the crumbling venue.About six years ago, the city scrubbed its plans to build a stadium-mall, and the commitment of a $100-million bond for a new home for the 49ers has long since expired.John York, who owns the team with his wife, Denise DeBartolo-York, recently has been in lease discussions with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and the club is committed to spending about $4 million on immediate stadium upgrades, with the promise of getting that money back on future rent credits.But the uncertain stadium situation raises the specter that -- strange as it sounds -- the team could eventually leave the city that has embraced it so tightly all these years.Former owner Eddie DeBartolo was asked whether he thought the 49ers could wind up in Los Angeles."Their lease is up, let me put it that way," he said, leaving the rest to interpretation.Asked how San Francisco would react to losing the team, DeBartolo said, "It's not my business, it's not my team, I can't speculate. Our players have to cross it to get from their dorms to practice."River Falls otherwise is a typically pleasant Midwestern town with a lot of green grass and leafy trees."They let you park free for 12 minutes in greater downtown River Falls," said a Chief spokesman, Bob Moore."Movies are only $2--and they change every Thursday night."The state's 12 UW towns and their campuses are basically similar, though occasionally distinctive. His oldest sister is 51."I've been standing in poverty ever since I was a baby," Evans said.

The Trail Blazers made one of eight shots in overtime.New York 96, Atlanta 84 -- Nazr Mohammed had 18 points and 13 rebounds at New York in his first game against his former team Mohammed was traded to New York last month.. 27 incident with a Miami valet parking attendant.After a long standoff, he was waived Monday."We are hoping for something good to happen, but I can't comment on anything further than that," his agent, Billy Ceisler, said.The two parties have had discussions, but as of Tuesday no deal had been reached.Parker would probably be signed to the prorated veteran's minimum salary of $1.2 million.Before signing with Miami, Parker played two seasons with the Lakers, starting during much of his time there and averaging 11.3 points.The Clippers have targeted another NBA veteran point guard since buying out Sam Cassell's contract last month and after Ronald "Flip" Murray passed them over to sign with the Indiana Pacers.---TONIGHTat Orlando, 4 PST, Channel 5.Site -- Amway Arena.Radio -- 710.Records -- Clippers 21-41, Magic 41-24.Record vs. Barkley has displayed humility and poise in dealing with his increasing public profile that comes from being in the media spotlight."I just have the mind-set [that] me and my teammates are there to play football, and I have to shut everything else out," Barkley said.Added his father, Les: "I think Matt has always been a pretty unflappable kid since he was young.