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No, Really, The Wait IS Worth It! |
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Back in 1973, The
Kewanee Day Care Center, needed a revenue-raising idea for its
organization. Kewanee had just finished work on the new
Municipal Airport outside of town and the idea was to do a
pancake breakfast. And since it was being held at the airport, it
wouldn't be promoted as just any pancake breakfast but rather
a "fly-in" pancake breakfast! Get in your airplane and come
on down to the airport for Hog Days and have breakfast. And, of
course, if you wanted to come out to the airport the old fashioned
way, by car, that would be okay too! Well, it worked. The airport was inundated with people and the day care center was off and running with a new annual fund-raiser. Eventually the day care folk could no longer do the breakfast and it was passed on to other organizations. Currently the Kewanee Community Volunteer Fire Department hosts what's now called the "Fly-in Drive-in Pancake Breakfast." But here's the interesting part. The picture to the left could have been taken any year from 1973 through now because every year the airport is flooded with people wanting their Labor Day pancakes from the airport! Literally, hundreds and hundreds of people line up and are served during a 4 hour period (usually 7 to 11 AM) and like the Swallows to Capistrano they just keep coming back every year and stand in line through sun or clouds or rain just because it's Labor Day morning and by golly we ALWAYS have pancakes on Labor Day morning at the airport. Period. WOW! Talk about loyalty! While your waiting for your food, there's usually something to check out (planes on display) or in recent years, helicopter rides are available for a nominal fee. So if you're in need of a new tradition in your life, jump in the plane and steer toward Kewanee on Labor Day morning. Or you can still come the "old fashioned" way too! |
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