By Lori Ehde
These have been dark days for family and friends of 46-year-old Scott Beers, who died in his home last week of an apparent heart attack.
But the sun shone brightly Monday on combines, tractors and wagons as more than 20 friends and neighbors helped Scott's father, Roger, and brother, Brad, harvest nearly 200 remaining acres of corn.
"We weren't expecting this," Roger said. "It makes you really feel good. I can just see Scott up there smiling and looking down on all this. He would really be appreciative."
With four combines pacing the fields, the work was wrapped up in about eight hours. "That's doing a harvest in a hurry," Roger said. "I've never seen anything like it."