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Dan Armland’s family had been around so long it was sometimes difficult for newcomers to Ma Donner to know where his farm property ended and the town’s boundary began. The ballfield on which generations of kids had grown up learning baseball and teamwork as well as playing frisbee fetch with their dogs was his family’s.

So Mayor Herman Rays was not surprised when Armland called and asked to meet him for coffee at the Ma Donner Coffee Company. He was surprised when Dan told him, putting his scone back on the plate, tha...