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Jeffrey Brown from Hastings, rides the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area mountain bike trail Friday with his dad, Ryan. Father and son were spending the weekend biking the Crosby-Ironton recreation area. (Brainerd Dispatch/ Steve Kohls)...

Jeffrey Brown of Hastings rides the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area mountain bike trail Friday with his dad, Ryan. Father and son were spending the weekend biking the Crosby-Ironton recreation area. (Brainerd Dispatch/ Steve Kohls)

By Steven L. Kohls

April 24, 2016 at 4:32 PM

Jeffrey Brown from Hastings, rides the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area mountain bike trail Friday with his dad, Ryan. Father and son were spending the weekend biking the Crosby-Ironton recreation area. (Brainerd Dispatch/ Steve Kohls)

By Steven L. Kohls

I was raised on a farm in western Minnesota where I participated in 4-H, high school sports, and everything that farm kids do for fun after chores. Graduated from Ridgewater Community College with an AA degree and my first taste of newspapering. I worked a summer on the Ortonville Independent as a reporter and photographer.