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American Snapshot: Wisconsin Paper Carriers

Couple in the 80's Contine to Deliver Their Local Newspaper For Love, Not Money

"They're always Johnny on the spot, I'll tell you that, because my paper's always here a little after five every single morning," says Joane Lyke, a longtime customer.

"No complaints, no complaints. I don't think you'll ever hear a complaint about them. You know, they do a real good job," says another customer, Bernard Hron.

Still, the long Wisconsin winters are clearly taking their toll.

The Maves may soon call it quits, because as Laverne says "the age is catching up."

For now though they're going to keep on completing their rounds, deep in the autumn of their lives, because they know if they stop, they'll miss it very much.

"When they leave and they retire, we're losing something that we're probably never going to see again," says Baumgartner.

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