Favre featured in field
ELEVA —Carlene and Duane Schultz thought creating a corn maze featuring Brett Favre’s image on a Wisconsin farm would be anything but controversial.
The husband and wife said Favre is still welcome at the Schultz’s Country Barn in Eleva, even though they’ve received a few grumbling comments after the quarterback said he was considering a comeback and wanted a release from the Packers.
The Schultzes have had mazes created in their cornfield for the past three years and sold tickets for people to walk through it. The couple decided this spring to use Favre’s image as a “thank you” after the quarterback announced his retirement.
The family gives $1 from each ticket sold to the Deanna Favre Foundation, since Duane Schultz’s sister died of breast cancer.
“Once in awhile, we have people who come in and say ’No way. Not if it’s for him,”’ Carlene Schultz said.
Her husband said he’s not sure the grousers were fans of No. 4 in the first place “There are some people who complain about anything,” he noted.
The farm has been in the Schultz family since 1947. Carlene Schultz said she keeps up with the team, but her husband and four sons are the bigger fans. Duane Schultz said Packers fans gathered at the farm in the 1960s because his family was one of the first in the area to get a color television.
Schultz shared his solution to the Favre standoff: The Packers should let Favre start. “Favre’s got a couple of good years left,” he said.
The real problem, Schultz said, will happen if Favre ends up playing for the Vikings.
He said he doesn’t want to think about the prospect.
Jul 19, 2008 at 6:26 p.m.
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yes it will be very interesting.......
Jul 19, 2008 at 3:46 p.m.
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Here is a Favre tidbit NOBODY has mentioned anywhere as far as I can tell: Tonight at the Packer Hall of Fame banquet, they will not only induct Winters and Brown, but also announce a couple of awards from the 2007 season. One of those awards goes to the designated "Most Valuable Player of the Year" and I predict that it will be presented to Brett Favre. It will be interesting to see what happens after his name is called out!!
Jul 19, 2008 at 3:08 p.m.
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*your illness* sorry about the typo
Jul 19, 2008 at 3:05 p.m.
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hey its all good and the foundation gets a cut of the money. as far as him being.....nope I aint gonna go there. See i read the rules...Ha Ha . but Villa you need to take a chill pill or something stronger..... prune juice sounded good for you illness. Evedryone STAY SAFE!!!!!!
Jul 19, 2008 at 1:32 p.m.
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Nicky and Dominick were featured in a cornfield. Well, their features were altered in a cornfield.
Jul 19, 2008 at 12:53 p.m.
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is this the return to the field he wanted?
Jul 19, 2008 at 11:37 a.m.
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villajanesville: Southern Scum???? Washed-up Confederate??? There are many of us who originated from the southern states who are offended by that kind of stereo-typing. Who is still fighting the civil war now???
Jul 19, 2008 at 10:27 a.m.
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villaJanesville: Get some prune juice; you sound constipated.
Jul 19, 2008 at 8:59 a.m.
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I hope Brett is the starting qb come 09/08/08. IN Green Bay of course.
Jul 19, 2008 at 5:31 a.m.
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Villa before you try and look smart, at least spell his name right. jokes on you
Jul 18, 2008 at 8:42 p.m.
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Thank goodness, you changed the headline on this article. I thought someone did some real bodily harm to Great #4! Finding his head in a field??? That was a little scary!
Jul 18, 2008 at 7:47 p.m.
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OK, someone goofed.
It's fixed now.
Scott Angus
Editor
Jul 18, 2008 at 7:44 p.m.
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OOOHHH Check the blasphemy in the headline!
Farve? Are you kidding?
Jul 18, 2008 at 7:26 p.m.
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Just so you know you might want to check the spelling of his name in the headline of the article... :D
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