I've got a suggestion and a question to the Victoria Fire Department about the annual Ice Fishing Contest.  Is there a possibility that you could serve fish at the fishing contest instead of hamburgers and hotdogs?  I'm thinking in particular of sunfish filets, crisp and crunchy, salted and seasoned, fried and served on the spot.  On the lake.  At the annual Victoria Ice Fishing Contest.
Back in the old days, Arnold Noter-mann could have supplied enough sunnies for the occasion all by himself.  And he could have supplied pickled northern and bullheads as appetizers to boot. 
When you go to the Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, you eat fish and chips.  When you go to Red Lobster, you eat lobster or crab and shrimp.  When you go to Touch of Bavaria, you eat brats and kraut.  When you go to the Mandarin Yen, you eat a Fu Fu Platter.  When you go to Taco John's, you eat tacos and enchiladas.  When you go to Yummi's, you eat sushi.  When you go to McDonald's, you eat a Big Mac.  When you go to Floyd's, you eat pizza.  When you go to a Smelt Fry, you eat smelt.  When you go to Belgium, you eat waffles.  Doesn't it make sense that you'd eat fish when you go to a fishing contest?
It also makes sense that if you submit your name to this monthly Hook, Line & Sinker Contest that you'd occasionally pull in a ten dollar bill.  Such as it is, the winner this month is Sandy Clapp of Excelsior.  Congratulations, Sandy.  Yes, the fishhook was hidden last month in the whirlies surrounding that globe in the Drazan ad on page 18.
This month the fishhook is hiding in wait for spring.  If you find it in this issue of the Gazette, drop a line telling of its location and sinker in the mail to Box 387, Victoria, MN 55386.  When you go to the mailbox, you go mailing.  When you go to the lake, you go laking.  When you find spring, do you go springing?