I spent some time in Hinckley, where until the mid-90s, the annual festival, Corn and Clover Carnvival, was spelled with Ks. Thus, highway signs and ads in the paper went to the tune of "Welcome to the KKK," or "KKK specials this week." In 2005, when I was there, there was a push to reclaim the historical Ks. I attended the chamber meetings when this was discussed, hoping that hearing from a person of color might make for some easy common sense to prevail. The owner of Tobies was a big proponent. He liked to put KKK up on his sign in defiance over the years. I made a business argument, about why he would do that from a perspective patron standpoint. Then someone actually said the city should take back KKK and claim as its own, redefine what KKK is. "The klan doesn't own the rights" or something like that. Hmmmmm. When things started swaying toward a return of the Ks, I pulled the trump card. I had found in a local newspaper from the 1930s a full page advertisement for the Karnival. "KKK is here" or something like that. The entire ad was surrounded by a border of swastikas, which, until Hitler, was a sign of good luck and commonly used. I said if the city wanted to change history and perspectives on symbols, they had a long way to go. The matter was dropped. But Tobies insisted with the Ks, until a reprimand came from the chamber. Yeah, hate the Ks.