“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 · 3 item(s) in this section.
Lakes & Outdoors
The adults left during fair week. Both juveniles remain on Big Pelican, flying every morning and feeding on their own. Greta Solberg’s LEAVING page has room left on it.
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Fair week gave the lake a rest. This week gave it people back. The water is cooling, the deep-summer pattern is loosening and Tim Brevik has stopped pretending a jacket at dawn is optional.
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Labor Day closes the State Fair, the family-vacation season and, unofficially, the part of summer when somebody is always backing a trailer down the landing.
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