Fasten-ating: Black Hawk Button Club marks 50-year anniversary HOLLY HUDSON HILL, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa Aug 28, 2026 3 hrs ago 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WATERLOO – The button was invented thousands of years before the button hole.kAm%96 62C=:6DE 3FEE@?D H6C6 >256 7C@> ?2EFC2= >2E6C:2=D DF49 2D 9@C?[ 9@@7[ 3@?6[ D96==D[ DE@?6[ H@@5[ 4@4@?FE D96==D 2?5 ?FED]k^AmkAmsFC:?8 (@C=5 (2C xx[ qC:E:D9 2?5 p>6C:42? :?E6==:86?46 FD65 DA64:2= “6D42A6” 3FEE@?D 4@?DECF4E65 =:<6 E:?J =@4<6ED E@ 9:56 >:?:2EFC6 H@C<:?8 4@>A2DD6D 7@C 6D42A:?8 D@=5:6CD]k^AmkAm%96D6 2C6 ;FDE 2 76H E:53:ED @7 :?7@C>2E:@? J@F >:89E A:4< FA 92?8:?8 @FE H:E9 >6>36CD @7 E96 q=24< w2H< qFEE@? r=F3]k^Am kAm%96 @C82?:K2E:@? >2C<65 :ED d_E9 2??:G6CD2CJ H:E9 2 46=63C2E:@? 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