Amid the ashes, a day of thanks

Sac Bee ^ | 11/28/03 | Carrie Peyton Dahlberg

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LAKE CUYAMACA -- On a wind-whipped Thursday morning, Shelley Rannikko and a bustle of old and new friends dashed across a concrete slab, sweeping away ashes, unfolding table legs, frying turkey and heating gravy on propane stoves.

This was the Thanksgiving that nothing was going to stop.

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Hazel Conklin shares a Thanksgiving hug with her daughter Shelley Rannikko and granddaughter Taylor Rannikko, 7, at the charred site of Conklin's restaurant. Sacramento Bee/Randy Pench

The Cedar fire devoured Hazel and Wally Conklin's resort by Lake Cuyamaca east of San Diego, but a concrete slab left behind amid the charred trees was enough to hold a free Thanksgiving feast for friends and former customers, continuing a 34-year holiday tradition. Sacramento Bee/Randy Pench

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