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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018 According to one web-site In 2015, a storm blew through Amber, Iowa. When it had passed, two hula hoops were dangling off the limbs of a tree on County Home Road. No one is sure if someone put the hula hoops there, or if they were somehow blown in the wind and lodged into the tree during the storm, as the local story goes. In any case, more and more hula hoops began to appear on the tree. There are now more than 250 colorful hoops hanging from the branches. Now with it's own Facebook page which reads, &quot;The tree is in celebration of the joy, warmth, whimsy, and sense of community that our &quot;soon to be famous&quot; Eastern Iowa Hula Hoop Tree brings. The tree is Located on E23 County Home Rd approximately 3.4 miles East of US151 (North of Anamosa and South of Monticello). (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad City Times via AP)

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