A parting online postcard. After 2-1/2 years the owners of Bear Paw Coffee in Byron, population 6,300, announced they’ve poured their last cup: “We held on convincing ourselves it will get better, and it just hasn’t.” Not only is a small business difficult in a small town but the times weren’t right, the announcement said. Without explicitly name the deteriorating Trump economy, the owners said: “Declining economic trends did not do the business any favors.”