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To the moon ... and back
Black Hawk bus driver Dick Schliem hands in the keys after traveling nearly 1/2 million miles in 50-plus years
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Dick Schliem, 89, retired as a Black Hawk school bus driver this fall after more than 50 years behind the wheel.
SOUTH WAYNE — Relatively speaking, 50 years is a long time. A half million miles of driving is more than most people do in a lifetime — and it is more than the distance to the moon and back (approximately 477,800 miles).