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Published September 02, 2009, 12:00 AM

Uff Da Days '09


Cooper, at left, and Carter O’Neill of St. George, Utah, watched the parade in their Viking horned hats. They were visitng Nevis relatives. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)

  • Cooper, at left, and Carter O’Neill of St. George, Utah, watched the parade in their Viking horned hats. They were visitng Nevis relatives. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • Hayley Pekarek of St. Paul wasn’t interested in the kids games when she discovered grandma brought bubbles. The 2-year-old was visiting her grandmother, Kathy Lahr. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • Lena chokes her cheatin’ spouse, Ole, in one of the parade floats. The ongoing saga, an annual play, resumes next year, when we’ll know whether she will get her divorce or she will forgive the filandering lout. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • A cappuccino and two ice cream sundaes threw candy to throngs of kids at the Uff Da parade. Although the brightly colored costumes were cumbersome to march in, they were a big hit with the audience. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • “Lutefisk Lady” Karen Rich prepared pans of the pungent white fish. Long lines formed at the Catholic church well before the lutefisk and Swedish meatballs came out of the oven. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • The beer garden at the Nevis “muni” got off to a slow start, but was a raucous environment by late Saturday afternoon. Beer and Norwegian humor flowed freely. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • Lorraine Johnston, a seasonal resident from Seattle living on Third Crow Wing Lake, proudly displayed her Norwegian heritage. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • Russell Doke has played his polka accordion music at most of the season’s summer festivals. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • Devan Lindow, 2, of Nevis, was happy with the free stuffed animal he was given by the band. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)
  • Tony Johnson of Laporte invited his Iowa parents to Nevis for their 50th wedding anniversary. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)