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P.M., 4:00 P.M. IT IS 7:00 P.M. THIS WEEK, WE ARE CELEBRATING ROU FRIEND’S RETIREMENT. DANA HAS BNEE A CORNERSTONE OF OUR FAMILY FOR FOUR DECADES, ON AIR AND BEHIND THE SEEDS -- SCENES. HERE'’ YOUR EYE ON IOWA . >> ONE DAY THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS BALL ON THE TREE AS I DROVE BY DANAYS D LATER, THERE WAS TINSEL ON IT. >> CURIOSITY MADE HIM STOP. >> IT IS 6:00. >> I DID A SHORT SRYTON O THIS CHRISTMAS WE NEED. AND PAUL RD THE STORY AND HE GOES, YOU WILL BE THE NEXT FEATURE REPOEDRT. >> WITHIN WEEKS DANA CARDIN’S , EYE ON IOWA WAS BORNA. LONG-RUNNING SERIES DESIGNED TO SHOW OFF OUR STATE AND DANA’S , WRITING TALES.NT >> IT IS AS THOUGH THE RAINS OF A COMING SPRING ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED THE COLD HEART OF A BITTER WINTER. >> THE IOWA NATIVE FOUND HIMLFSE ALL OVER THE STATE, EVEN RACING ELEPHANTS THROUGH DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. >> LET ME SAY NOW THAT RIDING AN ROMPIED ELEPHANT IS NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS. AND IT LOOKS RIDICULOUS. ALL I CAN SAY IIS NOW NOW WHY TARZAN SCREAMS THE WAY HE DOES. >> THE GIANT POPCORN BALL. I GOT TO TRAVEL ALL OVER IOWA, JUST NEARLY EVERY COTYUN AND HUNDREDS OF TOWNS. AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LEIV THERE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO TELL -- BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORIES. >> IT WAS NOT JUST FEATURE STORIES. HE COVERED HURRICANES. >> HE JOINS US NOW FROM FLORIDA. >> AND THE DEADLY EXPLOSION ON THE BATTLESHIP, USS IOWA. >> ONE SAILOR TOLD ME THAT WHEN THESE HUGE 16 INCH GUNS GO OFF, IT FEELS LIKE GOD IS HITTING THE SIDE OF THE SHIP WITH A SLGEED HAMMER. >> EVEN TRAVELING THE WORLD. GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO THE SOVIET UNION. >> BUTHE T STORIES WERE ALL ABOUT PEOPLE. >> THIS WOMAN CAMEP AND THANKED ME FOR DOING A STORY. YOU DO NOT KNOW THE IACMPT YOU HAVE ON PEOPLE. >> IN 1996, DANA WAS NAMED ����vlog’S ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR, A PROMOTION THAT LET HIM HELP THE NEXT GENERATION OF REPORTERS. >> I LOVE HELPING OTHER PEOPLE REMOVE OBSTACLES OUT OF THEIR Y WATO TELL STORIES TO HELP PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORIES. >> 40 YEARS AT ONE STATION FOR A JOURNALIST WHO NEVER LOST HIS REPORTER’S CURIOSITY. >> THE WAY WE TELL STORIES HAS CHANGED BUT GETTING OUT AND P, FINDING THE STORIES AND FINDING THE HEART OF THE STORIES TISHE SAM