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Missing: 2009 Woolly Bear Trophy
Submitted by Dan Coughlin on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 1:15pm
If anybody finds my "Wooly Bear" trophy, turn it in to the bartender at Rudy's Bar located across from the library in downtown Vermilion. As a matter of fact, maybe it's already in Rudy's Bar. That's where I last saw it when I was drinking with Little John Rinaldi, Kim Goddard and some of the Vermilion regulars after the Woolly Bear Parade Sunday.
I'm told that because of the economy some aspects of the Woolly Bear Parade were somewhat down. For example, there were fewer marching bands. Some school districts did not have the money to send them. These schools were regular participants in previous years.
But in other aspects it was bigger and better than ever. I must take issue with the crowd estimate of 100,000. It had to be bigger than that. It was like St. Patrick's Day in downtown Cleveland, which reminds me that Sept. 17, my birthday, just a few days ago, is exactly the midway point to St. Patrick's Day.
