But there are plenty of entities in the Hawkeye State that could use this champion's support. Herewith, a Top 10 list:
1. Iowa pork chop: Cut 1¼-inch thick with a piece of loin attached
2. Iowa State Fair: One of the largest in the country, where one can watch pie-judging contests and eat a pork chop on a stick in the same day
3. Little Brown Church in the Vale: Only 400 weddings are performed there each year; they could squeeze in a few more.
4. Hy-Vee: Where University of Iowa football games are piped through the speakers in autumn.
5. Field of Dreams: Home of the baseball field made famous by the movie of the same name.
6. No-Wa-Wa Beach: 3 million pounds of sand is trucked in. What they lack in water, they make up in beach.
7. "American Gothic" House: Background of native Grant Wood's painting.
8. Herbert Hoover President Library and Museum: Hey, he standardized the light bulb.
9. RAGBRAI: A bike "ride" from the Missouri to the Mississippi, some 450 miles long.
10. Corn: and lots of it.
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