 Well, we're just one day away from the 28th annual Brainer J.C.'s ice fishing extravaganza and this year's event could be the biggest one yet. The Brainer J.C.'s and many volunteers were out at hole in the day bay today preparing the competition area by drilling holes, setting up tents and stocking the coolers just in time for the 8 a.m. competition tomorrow morning. So today we're finishing setting up our tents, walls and things like that, putting up some snow fence just to direct lines in the right direction. And we're drilling 20,000 holes. So there's that. How long does it take to drill 20,000 holes? Last year, just under four hours. So it's really not that bad. You wouldn't believe how fast it actually goes. The event annually draws over 10,000 people to the Gull Lake, but ticket sales this year already indicate that it could be a record-breaking year in terms of participants and attendees. I think they're looking really good, like better than years past. We're really looking at the perfect storm of weather coming here with really good ticket sales coming into the extravaganza week. I'm really hoping that we can maybe try to break a record and donate more money than ever before. So all the proceeds collected from the ice fishing extravaganza go back to local Brainerd area charities, most notably the Confidence Learning Center. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.