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Encore: "My Family and Other Hazards," a Trip Down Putt-Putt Memory Lane

Courtesy of June Melby
Tom Thumb miniature golf course

What did your childhood summer consist of? Swimming pools, games of frisbee, putt-putt golf? For June Melby, a Decorah resident, it was the latter - and only the latter. 

  When she was ten years old, her family bought a miniature golf course in Wisconsin with no employees, no expertise, and no idea of the memories they would create. During this Talk of Iowa interview, Charity Nebbe talks with Melby about her family and her years growing up on the course. 

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa