Together the neighbors own 30 guinea hens that roam the neighborhood during the day, but come home every night at dusk to sleep. The old church stands apart from the rest of the scenery when entering town. It seems a little out of place amid the small-town convenience store, typical homes and open spaces. The cheese plant was converted from a sugar beet processing plant. When the sugar beet business was thriving back in the 1920s, Munk said the town was home to a hotel and sugar beet company housing where the town park now stands.
People live there now for the rural atmosphere.
She often hangs out here on Federal Avenue, in the valley's only alternative coffee shop. No one stares at Jamie here. No one gives her dirty looks and no one throws her up against the wall. Photo by Kenna Dyches, sister of the author. I'm near the bus station in London, waiting for 8 o'clock.