By Margaret Cullison

When I returned to college after a spring vacation spent in my home town, a girl I knew from New York's Westchester County asked if I'd had a good time. I gave her my usual response, saying that I'd had fun. She wondered what could be fun about spending spring break in Iowa. I've encountered the misconception that nothing much happens in small towns every so often since then and understand how people who haven't lived in smaller communities might have that impression. The pace is decidedly slower.