By Jeff Bahr, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. May 11--The Letter Carriers Food Drive does best, Dan Bruckner says, when there's no graduation going on in Aberdeen. That's what happened last year, when the local food drive set a record for the second year in a row.

Dan Hogan admitted he had only a vague idea of what he was doing as he poked through the beef case, looking for dinner. Like many in his generation, the 32-year-old Burnsville man didn't pick up much cooking knowledge growing up.