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...Walter Barbknecht bursts from his seat, saying, "I got to go tell Carlton the grocer that...
...Doris. Opening day was Feb. 1, 1986. They served 134 people in their new $34,000 building. Last year they took in $51,000, about $11,000 of that a clear profit. Today they owe only about $5,000 on their mortgage. "We're a nonprofit organization," volunteered Walter Barbknecht, who owns a striking resemblance to Mortimer Snerd. "When we're making money and not owing money, it has to be spent in the community. The park needs some equipment. And we just voted $1,000 to a feller that had a heart-bypass operation...
About here Walter Barbknecht, seeing that a visitor's head was spinning, offered a tour of town. "Orville's real proud of this sidewalk," the tour began, then abruptly turned conspiratorially candid. "The restaurant inspector is giving us a bad time. They want us to make the doors to the restrooms bigger, for the handicapped. And shields over the lights. Tiddly things. They don't want fluorescent bulbs to break over the food. We did our own plumbing and wiring, just volunteers. We have a good plumber, but he doesn't have a license, so they're hacking on that...
...less than a minute, plain-speaking Barbknecht ticked off all the dirty linen. Then he moved over to the positive side of the ledger. Havana, it turns out, is a town that just won't die. Farmers are in terrible straits, as everyone knows, but Havana's farmers keep on plugging. This week they were sowing barley and wheat. More important, every other ounce of energy was directed toward keeping Havana on its feet. They had formed a development corporation that had, among other things, brought in a grocery store by providing attractive incentives, like free space. "You want...
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