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Navigating the cone maze

Come one and all, we challenge you to a new kind of maze!

In place of corn we have cones. That's right, at least a 100 of those orange and white plastic markers line the U.S. Hwy. 281 frontage, and they'll probably remain there until the end of October.

The detour routes have been in place now for about a week, and it sure has been interesting. As residents and visitors approach Hwy. 281, their de...