Always evolving in favor of trying new ideas, co-owner of Scatterbrain Café Stephanie Thompson affectionately refers to the quaint destination 6 miles south of Menomonie as her “child.” “My mom wanted me to run this place,” Thompson said. “Basically, from .
we ll give him the small hat. rachel: pete, lawrence will: i like it. rachel: what is your favorite fried food at the fair? it is probably fried oreos. got to go get the fried oreos. i will get the gator. there is fried alligator egg nest. i guess fried alligator eggs. that is new. a little creepy. but i will try it. rachel: we ll check back with you in a little bit, lawrence. maybe it will be a little lighter out there. thanks, guys. rachel: it is dark. central time. will: lawrence, see you later. great job. pete: there is no carrying at the minnesota state fair, tell you that. that is big thing for the state s that way at texas, like the texas state fair. will: big economic event. huge turnout, number of people go through that, two weeks, i can t remember how long it is. of course one of the
would be harvesting alligator eggs and they are indeed doing that although egg production, a little lower or a little slower than usual. this may have more to do with the long and unusually cold winter that they experience. but they re worried about the long-term impact of the oil moving ashore. they ve had a rough go the past few years, last year they were grappling with the tough economy in years prior and the hurricane moving the salt into the marshes and the alligators moving further inland. as more oil moves ashore and into the marshes is that going to kill alligators, reduce egg production or going to drive alligators even further inland? a lot of uncertaintities. they were hoping to recover this year, but now with the oil spill, they face an uncertain future. kelly: yeah, quite a few of the wild life would certainly face an uncertain future at this point in time. jonathan, we thank you for