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The News from October 11, 1980

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Garrison Keillor
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October 11, 1980

As Homecoming season approaches in Lake Wobegon, so does the cooler weather. Cooler weather means people sleep harder and tend to doze off — even at the Chatterbox Cafe (pitching face first into their food) or at the Sidetrack Tap (falling off bar stools) or in church, where the snoring becomes the main topic of the service.

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