ICE LOOKS GOOD

Organizers of the 18th annual Brainerd Jaycees Icefishing Extravaganza are crossing their fingers and hoping for more cold ice-making weather. The big event is two weeks from Saturday. Deputies with the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Water Patrol drilled five holes in Hole in the Day Bay Monday and found ice 11-14" thick. Sheriff Todd Dahl said he would issue a permit for the event when the ice became 16" thick. The Jaycees have sold 5,000 tickets for the event so far for the evnet that usually draws in excess of 10,000 anglers.