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<p>In this photo taken Monday, April 30, 2012, Jim Deitz poses with a grin and a can of paint in front of his house in north Grand Forks, N.D. The retired house painter on Tuesday was putting the final polka dots on his home-turned-apartments, where passers-by have been gathering to watch him work and to request colors from his palette of a dozen cans of brightly colored paint. (AP Photo/Grand Forks Herald, Eric Hylden)</p>

<p>In this photo taken Monday, April 30, 2012, Jim Deitz poses with a grin and a can of paint in front of his house in north Grand Forks, N.D. The retired house painter on Tuesday was putting the final polka dots on his home-turned-apartments, where passers-by have been gathering to watch him work and to request colors from his palette of a dozen cans of brightly colored paint. (AP Photo/Grand Forks Herald, Eric Hylden)</p>

May 2, 2012

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Polka dots burn N.D. city officials
May 2, 2012 5:44 a.m.

Polka dots burn N.D. city officials

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Jim Deitz believes he's creating a Grand Forks landmark, but the downtown apartment house he's painting one polka dot at a time is making a city planner cringe.