In New Richland is her fame,
Nancy Jane’s Bakery is the name,
Bakery goods galore,
Are right through her door,
Buns, rolls, bread and such,
Made with her great touch,
When you stop and see,
Your taste buds will agree,
Her products are the best,
In the great Upper Midwest.
In September of 2010, we received 11 inches of unwelcomed rain in a 24-hour period ending Thursday evening, September 17th. There were pontoons, boats, paddle boats, docks and various things floating all over Beaver Lake. I retrieved our dock plus a pretty yellow paddle boat as I thought I knew who the owner was. In returning it, I was very surprised as a yellow paddle boat was tied up to the dock I thought it belonged to.
I propped the pretty yellow paddle boat against our shed where it could easily be seen. We left the lake in October with the pretty yellow paddle boat propped against the shed. We came back in April, still there. May, still there. I’m now thinking we got a pretty yellow paddle boat. I was curious as to the Maritime Law on unclaimed property.
We decided to go to the Albert Lea Library and research through the Maritime Law section. We found the answer under water squatter’s rights as follows:
“Any item found on water becomes the property of the finder as long as the finder has said property under care, custody and control of the finder for a minimum of one year from the date of the find.”
Translated to English, this meant the pretty yellow paddle boat will be ours as of September 18, 2011.
I was sitting in a chair half asleep last week when a female voice wakes me up with, “I’ve come to get my yellow paddle boat.” I replied, “Bye, pretty yellow paddle boat.” (This story is most certainly true.)
The bite is on at Beaver Lake, mosquito bite that is. (Seriously, the bluegills are still biting very good only in deeper water.)
What is worse than one mosquito? Two mosquitoes, of course. What is worse than three mosquitoes and so it goes on and on. How high can you count? You’ll run out of numbers before you run out of mosquitoes at Beaver Lake.
What one word describes mosquitoes the best at Beaver Lake? “Ferocious.”
A reminder to all you readers: There are two social events of the year you must attend. One is the soup and pie supper at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church Monday evening September 26. The other is your local county fair.
There are only two reasons not to attend the above:
1. You’re in the hospital.
2. You’re at a funeral — your own.
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Bob is a retired AAL (Aid Association for Lutherans) agent. His wife, Genie, is a retired RN, currently working on her doctor’s degree in volunteering. They have two children, Deb in North Carolina, and Dan in Vermont. This is the Hanson’s 36th summer at Beaver Lake. They leave the lake in mid-October to go south — to Albert Lea — and return in April. Bob says if you enjoy his article, let him know. If you don’t enjoy it, keep on reading, it can get worse. Words of Wisdom: There is always room for God.