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10:00 am ..Woollybear 500 Caterpillar Race Preliminaries with Big Chuck and Little John (Main Stage)

11:00 am ..Woollybear King And Queen CostumeJudging, plus Animal/Pet WoollybearCostume Judging (Main Stage)

12:00 pm ..Singing Angels Alumni (Main Stage)1:30 pm......Wonderful, Wacky Woollybear Parade

featuring Fox 8 TV Personalities, Radio Personalities, Many High School Bands, Vintage Automobiles, Animals, Beauty Queens, Floats, Clowns, and Much, Much More

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• Fox 8 Personalities will be signing autographs at the Fox 8 Tent near the Main Stage

• Stump Hill Animal Farm (Victory Park)• Our Official Woollybear Barbershop Quartet

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The Fox 8 Woollybear Festival beganin 1973 in the small town of Birming-ham, Ohio, six miles from Vermilion. Itwas billed as a goofy idea that just mightwork. Who knew that 40 years later thefestival would grow into one of Ohio’slargest single-day events.

According to Woollybear host DickGoddard, he asked his TV-8 colleagueNeil Zurcher to see if there was any in-terest in starting a charity event such asthe one held for the Valley City FrogJump in Medina County. Zurcher cameback and said the Florence ElementarySchool Parent-Teacher Organization waswilling to sponsor a festival devoted tothe legendary weather forecasting cater-pillar. At the time, the people willing tohelp organize this crazy event were

Maureen Coe, Pat Zaleski, Donna An-gelo, and Dottie Kudela.

In late October of 1973, several hun-dred people showed up for the first fes-tival on a sunny Sunday. There was amini-parade with the Firelands HighSchool Marching Band, some scouttroops, and several children dressed aswoollybears. Goddard remembers he se-riously considered having the parade goaround twice. The caterpillar race wasintroduced that year with “Tommy” de-clared the winner. The local fire depart-ment and some other organizations wereable to sell cider and doughnuts, pump-kins, and toy woollybears. It was agreedthe first event was a nice time. So, it wasdecided to do it again, and again, andagain.

After the eighth festival in Birming-ham, the crowds had grown from a fewhundred to 15,000 and parking andother factors became big problems forBirmingham. In 1980 a new location hadto be found with 13 towns and citiesopting for the festival. Goddard recallsthat Vermilion’s offer was the one thatstood out as the most attractive. “Everypromise made about Vermilion’s abilityto sponsor the Woollybear Festival hasbeen fulfilled,” said Goddard. And, 32years later, Vermilion is still the perfectsite.

While Vermilion opens its arms to thefestival, the one-day event also gives backa tremendous amount to the local clubs,churches, and service organizations whoare able to hold their fundraisers, many

making money for the entire year. For ex-ample, Prom-to-Dawn raises moneythrough parking as do others. Some highschool and scout teams do cleanup toraise money for their groups. While oth-ers have booths and are able to sell itemsor do face painting.

All through the years host Goddard’sgoals have been to offer families, espe-cially children, a free day of good, cleanfun and provide an opportunity to pro-mote a variety of charities and causes.Vermilion could never pay for the vasteamount of positive publicity the Woolly-bear Festival generates for the city. Manyvisitors put Vermilion on their list to re-visit and enjoy during other months.We’re certainly on the map thanks toGoddard and the annual festival.

The state’s largest one-day event had a humble beginning in 1973

It may be only one day a year, and tothe naked eye, it seems like the wholeWoollybear Festival just happens, but theplanning and details for each festival hap-pen months in advance. After 40 years,the Woollybear Festival has kept inchingalong through the years due to the ongo-ing efforts of volunteers, sponsors, andcommunity groups. The Vermilion Cham-ber of Commerce serves as the commandcenter for operations and behind thescenes work to make a smooth and suc-cessful festival. However, the event couldnot be sustained without a tremendousamount of financial help and free laborfrom local and area residents and busi-nesses.

Vermilion Chamber Executive DirectorSandy Grisel and administrative assistantHeather McCord say they couldn’t pull offthe biggest one-day event in the state ofOhio without all the support they receivefrom the community and beyond. Thevolunteers that step up year after year areamazing and work without recognitiondoing pre-planning, planning, setting up

equipment, and cleaning up after it’s over.The corporate, festival, and stage sponsorsprovide the operating cash flow so the fes-tival can run like a well-oiled machine.Last, but not least, is a big thank you to allthe Vermilion residents who exercise pa-tience when a party of 100,000 visits theircity, all in one day!

The Vermilion Chamber of Commercewould like to thank the festival’s 2012corporate sponsors for their generous con-tributions. They are: FOX-8; Fifth ThirdBank; the Ohio Lottery; Discount DrugMart; Pat O’Brien Chevrolet, Liberty AutoGroup; All American Demolition Corp.;Bartlome Electric, and Quaker Steak andLube.

Other festival sponsors include Co-lumbia Gas of Ohio; Best Buy, and Centu-ryLink.

The stage sponsors for 2012 are: GiantEagle; The Vermilion Photojournal; Par-ties-To-Go, Inc.; L & M Towing, Vacation-land Federal Credit Union, ClevelandScene, Domino’s Pizza, Firelands Physi-cians Group and Firelands Regional Med-

ical Center.The 2012 Woollybear Festival Com-

mittee of dedicated volunteers starts withoperations and Doug Keith, the chairman.On his committee are Jason Tucker andJim Enzor. Bill McCale is co-chairman. Incharge of electrical is Bartlome Electricand Frank Rufo. Sandy Grisel is coordi-nator. For the marketplace, the team con-sists of Sam Coe, Carthy Norcross, BethO’Brien, and the Chamber office. The all-important Sunday grand parade is coor-dinated by Sandy Grisel, Janet Green, andCindy Enzor. The Vermilion YMCA takesthe lead to provide the World’s GreatestKids’ Race.

Greeting all the visiting bands are JoePrice Sid Jordan. The Vermilion PoliceDepartment and Chief Chris Hartung arein charge of security, EHOVE Cadets arein charge of crowd control, and the BoyScout Troop #409 and John Beckwith willdo the cleanup. Kim Stempowski andfriends will chair the Woollybear Cos-tume Contest and 500 Race. Parking willbe done by Vermilion High Prom-To-

Dawn. The annual Woollybear specialsouvenir edition was once again writtenand produced by the staff of the Vermil-ion Photojournal newspaper. The Vermil-ion Boat Club handles the post festivalparty. City support is provided by MayorEileen Bulan’s Office.

Rounding out the committee are: SamCoe and Cathy Norcross, concessions; Fox8 personalities – Heather McCord; BillBissell in public relations; entertainment– the Chamber office; queen coordinatorBreanna Graham, and Vicki DYke, LeonaPhillips, and Melissa Roberts are incharge of the Queen’s Brunch.

All these businesses, agencies, andpeople pitch in because the Woollybearhas become a proud tradition for Vermil-ion for 32 of the 40 years, and the envy ofall other neighboring communities. It’ssatisfying to offer the public a free day offun in a family environment that spot-lights children and animals. Best of all, somany local and area charities are able touse the festival as a fundraiser for theirworthwhile causes.

Sponsors and volunteers plan milestone year and work to move festival forward

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The Firelands High School Marching Band provided the upbeat music at the very first Woollybear Festival held in Birmingham back in 1973. To this day, 40 years later, the Firelands FalconsBand marches in the grand parade. Everyone had such a good time, the festival grew a little larger in 1974 with more children in woollybear costumes marching down the street. The crowdsleaped from 300 to 100,000.

Come early, leave late, and hopefullymiss the traffic created by the largest one-day festival in the State of Ohio. The2012 Woollybear Festival is Sunday, Sep-tember 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The roadsin the downtown area close at 12 p.m., soarriving before then will help ensure amore relaxing experience. Traffic can be-come congested and long waits are thenorm, so be patient. Below are a few tipsthat will help you navigate the day’s fes-tivities instead of traffic jams:

1. The night prior to the parade, theroute will be posted with no parkingsigns. Vehicles that are illegally parkedwill be towed.

2. At 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, MainStreet is closed down and the detour toGrand Street is opened. There is no park-ing on any portion of Grand Street duringthis time.

3. Traffic jams outside the city arecommon. Parade participants should bein place by 10 a.m. to avoid this.

4. Buses transporting band units willbe coming into the city from the west

(Lake Road/U.S. 6) from SR 61 to help re-duce congestion.

5. There is no way to get a vehicle intothe downtown area or to any of the busi-nesses after 12 p.m. Anyone arriving after12 p.m. is advised to find a parking spaceas close as possible and will have to walkfrom that point.

6. The parade starts at Liberty Ave.and Decatur Street by the police station,proceeds east on Liberty Ave. where itturns south on Sandusky Street and turnswest on South Street. The parade ends atthe intersection of South and Decaturstreets.

7. Perry Street is now closed at therailroad tracks. In years past, many peo-ple have used Perry to navigate their waythrough to the starting point.

Exercise extreme care when walkingas vehicle and pedestrian traffic will besharing the streets. Parents are urged tokeep their children off the parade routeduring the parade as some of the largerunits require the whole width of the road,so please stay back of the curbs. If an am-

bulance is needed, simply dial 911 orcontact one of the many police officers orevent staff stationed all through the pa-rade route. Additionally, a reminder thatthere are no vendors permitted to sell oncity streets or sidewalks without first ob-taining a contract with the VermilionChamber of Commerce and clearancefrom the Erie County Health Department.

At the conclusion of the festival, thosewishing to leave are advised to avoid thedowntown area. In years past, it has takenapproximately 30 to 45 minutes for trafficto thin out as people leave. This is an ex-cellent time to enjoy the many vendorsand local shops in the area.

There will be ample parking through-out the area. Below is a listing of some ofthe areas:

1. E&R Church – Located at 752 GrandStreet, E&R church requests donations formissions. The fire departments will bestaging on Grand street this year, so totake advantage you will need to be therebefore 12 p.m.

2. Bicycle Bills – $5.00. Located at the

intersection of South Street and SR 60(State Street).

3. United Church of Christ – Locatedat 990 State Street (SR 60), donations ben-efit the Vermilion Food Pantry.

4. Vermilion Sailorway Middle School– Located at 5355 Sailorway Drive, thislocation benefits the Vermilion Prom toDawn. The shuttle will also be availablefrom Sailorway Middle.

5. Romp’s – Located at 5055 LibertyAve. Romp’s is situated to the east of theevent area.

Handicap parking is available by theold town hall located at State (SR 60) andOhio Street. There is no access to thisarea after 12 p.m., so individuals are ad-vised to arrive early with special parkingneeds. After 12 p.m., handicap parking isavailable at Sailorway.

Vermilion Police Department gives advice on Woollybear traffic and parking

By Karen CorneliusWho would have believed a festival in

honor of a caterpillar would ever by asuccess story much less last for its 40thyear? Such an accomplishment takes aspecial combination. It needs a star, thewoollybear; a well-known and belovedcelebrity, Dick Goddard, and a city will-ing to welcome 100,000 visitors, Vermil-ion. This is the three-some, the team thatclicked over the years and made the fes-tival the largest one-day free, fun familyevent in the state of Ohio.

Our star, the woollybear has someunique attributes that make the worm aninteresting fellow for he can predict thewinter to come by the bands on his fuzzycoat. Too much black and it will be aharsh and snowy winter. Lots of orangeon woolly’s midsection and it will be amild one with little snow. Adding towoolly’s weather story is the fact thateach banded worm has 13 segmentswhich represent the 13 weeks of winter.The banded woollybear’s life cycle is amagical feat of nature. Woollybears spendthe entire winter in the larval (caterpil-lar) stage. In the spring they munch onplantain weed, their favorite food, thenspin a cocoon and emerge as a pale-yel-low tiger moth in the summer flyingaway to enjoy the sun.

Our celebrity, Dick Goddard, is theperfect host for the festival. As a meteor-

ologist for FOX 8 television, he forecaststhe weather as well, but on a more accu-rate note. In fact, Goddard is in his fifty-first year in television making him,perhaps, the longest serving TV forecasterin the world. To most, he is the undis-puted dean of Cleveland television. It’s nowonder he is also able to be the drivingforce behind the Woollybear Festival forall of its 40 years. Making history over thedecades, Goddard has friends and fansaround the globe with many followinghim to each Woollybear Festival.

Our town, Vermilion has been a perfectfit for the festival for 32 years after its startin Birmingham, Ohio for the first eightyears. The Vermilion Chamber of Com-merce and local residents welcomed theevent with open arms. Every year, busi-nesses are financially willing to be corpo-rate and stage sponsors with hundreds ofindividuals stepping up to volunteer theirtime and talents. The city, just under11,000 in population somehow managesto stretch it borders open for crowds nowestimated to be over 100,000. Vermilion isblessed by its natural beauty, Lake Erie,the Vermilion River, and its nautical flairwhich visitors truly enjoy along with thefestival’s site. On Woollybear Sunday Ver-milion is in the spotlight and proudlyshines for all to see.

On this auspicious occasion of the40th, we’d like to congratulate all the

dedicated people who make this such asuccess. The person receiving thebiggest round of applauses should beDick Goddard who put the woollybearand Vermilion on the map. Thank youso much, Dick, for 40 years of whole-

some fun and entertainment. We ap-preciate your time, talent, generosity,sense of humor, and sustaining interestin giving families an opportunity to cel-ebrate fall in a very wacky, but veryhappy way.

Woollybear host Dick Goddard is never happier than surrounding himself with woollybears andpromoting the festival and Vermilion on Fox 8. Goddard celebrated his 50th year on televisionin 2011, and will be celebrating his 40th year with the Woollybear Festival on Sunday, Sep-tember 30. Vermilion has been the site for 32 years!

Congratulations to Woollybear, Dick Goddard, and VermilionVERMILION PHOTOJOURNAL WOOLLYBEAR SEPTEMBER 2012 7

In addition to the entertainment, pa-rade, and local celebrities, what bringsback crowds again and again to theWoollybear is the fabulous food and craftbooths. There is every food imaginableand a lot of new items. Vendors for the40th annual festival are sure to makeeveryone happy.

Your favorite FOX 8 on-air celebritieswill be at the Woollybear Festival, andthe public will once again get the chanceto meet them up close. Coming and goinginto a special tent next to the Main Stage,

corner of Ohio and Main streets, will besome of your favorites signing auto-graphs and posing for photos withWoollybear fans.

As for crafts and apparel, the Woolly-bear 40 will not disappoint. There willbe dog coats and pet beds, PamperedChef, backpacks, key fobs and lanyards,hand-crafted jewelry, Mary Kay, Scentsy,dog cookies and toys, hand-crochetednecklaces, bracelets, and book marks, 3Dwall art, body wraps, embroidered items,western purses, wallets and bling, baby

doll bunting and carriers, face painting,organizing totes, candy straws, yard ani-mals, prints and collages, ceramic items,handmade wood toys, microwave heat-ing pads, pure honey and infused honey,seashell decor, gourmet teas, hair acces-sories, doll clothes, stuffed animals andmugs, among various booths featuringwoollybear items.

As usual, the festival offers everythingto tempt your taste buds including: bour-bon chicken, funnel cakes, gyros, coffeelattes, smoothies, French fries, hot dogs,

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A run-away favorite event at theWoollybear Festival is the run-awaywoollybears that crawl down theminiature, slick, one-yard track. In ad-dition to the children racing livewoollybears they have found in thewoods, roads, and fields, there will bea run-off between candidates repre-senting President Barack Obama andchallenger, Mitt Romney.

According to Woollybear host DickGoddard this race for the presidentcould take the place of a national elec-tion and certainly save a lot of moneyand time. The festival could act as apublic service and just announce thewinner when one of the two woolly-bears crosses the finish line. The elec-tion could be won by an inch or less.“We’d just leave it all up to the audi-ence watching the race,” quipped God-dard.

Anyone interested in becoming theWoollybear 500 Race champion can at-tend the preliminaries with Big Chuckand Little John on the Main Stage, cor-ner of Main and Ohio streets, startingat 10 a.m. It’s best to get there early tosign in. Those who make it to the fi-nals can come back at 5 p.m. to raceand determine the grand prize winnerand the fastest festival worm. The win-ning jockey will receive some greatprizes and the winning woollybear’sname will be listed in the festival’shistoric records for posterity. In 2011,Aiden Adams and his caterpillar,Shadow, claimed the championshiptitle.

There are no entry fees for the race,but there are some rules to follow. The500 Race is open to genuine woolly-

bears, not white marsh caterpillarsmasquerading as the real deal. Jockeysshould not touch, push or prod theirlittle critters on the track or push themover the starting line at post time.There are no steroids allowed. How-ever, woollybears can be rewarded fora good job with a little clover.

The racing event gets crowded soquickly so each jockey should limitany family members or friends to onlyone going on stage.

Above, is the slick Woollybear 500 race track showing the 2011 winner Aiden Adams and hischampion caterpillar “Shadow.”

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WOOLLYBEAR 500 RACE WINNERSYEAR NAME HIGHLIGHTS

1973 FUZZY Suspect larva; very likely NOT a true woollybear.

1974 TOMMY Wally Kinnan from TV 3 tries to sneak a tomato worm into contest...disqualified, ushered from track.

1975 SPEEDY Goddard’s 10-year old daughter wins; inquiryposted.

1976 FUZZBALL Slowest race (6 minutes, 38 seconds) in bittercold mid-20 degrees temperatures amid firstsnow of season.

1977 MIKEY Very cold again, woollybears refuse to uncurl.1978 CHESTER This very dark woollybear correctly forecast a

very snowy winter ahead.1979 WOOLLIE Dark and ominous looking, may have been

Ecpantheria panthera, the false woolly bear.1980 STRIPE Spun off track twice, but recovered to win by

2 hairs.1981 RALPH This giant caterpillar seemed to intimidate

opponents.1982 WINNER Just after winning, a starling swooped down and

carried the champion away.1983 RACER Sleek caterpillar that wowed the ladies with his

platinum blonde middle section.1984 WILLIE Comical caterpillar turned around 3 times, yet

won.1985 GEORGE In one of the most thrilling finals, this caterpillar

took only 11 seconds to nip the tiny crowd favorite, Gumdrop.

1986 BEAR This hulking equivalent of Refrigerator Perryblew smaller contestant off the track.

1987 FUZZY, TOO Fastest of them all: 8 seconds. Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was thefirst Woollybear 500 winner.

1988 SLOWPOKE Upset the larger pre-race favorite, the over-confident Beetlebaum.

1989 SPEEDEE Not the fastest in preliminaries, but traveled an arrow-straight course, beating zig-zagging opponents.

1990 **BUCKEYE BUZZ Was never behind in any race and easily won the first World Championship Caterpillar Raceby 13 lengths over the North Carolina caterpillar.

1991 **FOOGIE Upheld Ohio woollybear honors with a 10-length win in World Championship overNorth Carolina and Kentucky competitors.

1992 **FUZZ BUZZ In one of the most exciting Ohio finals, thefuzzmaster nipped Melvin by a head and then edged the North Carolina champion, Baron Von Cannon, in the World Championshipby one length.

1993 **SPARKY Vermilion’s Sparky upheld Ohio’s record ofnever losing a World Championship race by out-humping the caterpillar from France, Savoir Faire, and North Carolina’s Baron Von Cannon II and Kentucky’s Redneck Willie.

1994 HEEBASTOCK This large larva fell behind Razzmatazz and Orange Flash before turning on the jets to win by one length.

1995 JIM THOME In a fitting climax to the Cleveland Indians’ greatseason, JT left Pancake, Bevis and Cuddles in thedust.

1996 HOPE’S PRIDE The boy caterpillars were charmed by her natural good looks.

1997 B-O-B His real name was Black-Orange-Black and hewas a blur as he beat Yankee in a 12-secondburst.

1998 SKEETER Thousands cheered as this fellow (who trained on dandelion juice exclusively) beat out Lightning II and Woobie.

1999 HAYDEN II On a wet track with wind chills in the 30s, Hayden the deuce out-slogged Cater P and Roadrunner.

2000 GUMP In coldest day since 1977 Gump took 26 secondsto dump Maisy and Rolly Polly.

2001 COMET Comet seemed more like an asteroid as he blazedto a 16-second victory over Hope’s Pride andBlack Knight.

2002 FAST & FURIOUS It took 19 seconds for this furry caterpillar to nip Patrick by one length.

2003 BOB The great, great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grand son of B-O-B (our 1997 champion)beat out Skeleton and Alley Dog.

2004 NICHOLAS The lady larva called this handsome guy a“hunkapillar” as he edged Rapid and Dude.

2005 DASHING DOMINICK Out-dashed Light Larry and Woolly2006 HOPE’S PRIDE XI Edged Li’l Chuck by a mandible2007 LILLY The lovely Lilly easily out-humped Leslie

and Dragster2008 BUGGY Out-bugged Cupcake and Butterfinger2009 WAFFLE A hometown ‘pillar out-hustled a Michigan

fuzzy named Parrot2010 TIGER Edged Brownie and Blink in exciting finale2011 SHADOW Eclipsed Cosmo and Princess in 12.3 seconds

**WORLD CHAMPION

Start your day with Swing City Big BandPerforming the best of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen O’Connell, Bobby Darin,Anita O’Day, Nat King Cole, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie,Duke Ellington and more is the Swing City Big Band, which will open the festival enter-tainment schedule at 9 a.m. on Woollybear Sunday. The band is directed by Vermilion’sown Terry Kitchen. The band’s playlist is more than 200 songs strong, featuring favoritesthat people love to dance to, or merely sit and listen to and enjoy. Many of Swing City’sarrangements are transcriptions taken exactly as performed by these artists.

Woollybear 500 Race winner Aiden Adamsreceives his ribbon and trophy and gets tomeet the festival’s mascot, Wolford.

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By Dick GoddardWhen we speak of “weather,” we are

talking about the current condition of tem-perature, precipitation, humidity, wind, airpressure, and cloudiness. The word “cli-mate” describes the long-term tendency ofthe weather. To be succinct, climate is whatyou should have, weather is what you get.

Ohio’s climate is considered to be conti-nental, with moderate extremes of heat andcold, wetness and dryness. The extremenorthern counties, especially those in thenortheast corner of the state, experience alake-effect influence due to proximity ofLake Erie. Lake-effect weather, which is in-digenous to only a few places on earth, re-sults in remarkable differences in cloudcover, precipitation, and temperature overshort distances.

While Ohio’s summertime is warm andoften humid, temperatures above 100 de-grees are few and far between. On an aver-age of five days each winter, Buckeyetemperatures will dip below zero. Curi-ously, the Ohio annual average temperatureis about 50 degrees Fahrenheit, which isconsidered to be the mean surface tempera-

ture of the earth’s atmosphere.Land elevation in Ohio runs from 430

feet above sea level, at the joining of theGreat Miami River and Ohio River in Hamil-ton County, to 1,550 feet above sea level justsoutheast of Bellefontaine in Logan County.The northwestern portion of Ohio is a flatlake plain that at one time was the bottom ofglacial “Lake Maumee.” The eastern coun-ties of Ohio are in the Allegheny plateau, anunglaciated area with many hills that riseabove 1,300 feet. This abrupt increase in el-evation east and south of Cleveland is themajor factor in creating the infamous andoften heavy lake-effect snows of late autumnand early winter.

In official weather record keepingmonths of March, April, and May are con-sidered to be spring; June, July, and Augustare summer; September, October, and No-vember are autumn; and December, Janu-ary, and February make up winter. Ofcourse, Clevelanders know that any day ofany month in each season can have its lit-tle surprises – perhaps some chilling rain(even a snowflake or two) in May, or balmy70-degree readings in late January.

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Top: Daniel Slater, Dick Goddard holding Molly Caudill, and Owen Moes with dad, Mike. Bottom: Goddard, Becky Gracie, and ferret, Willie; Haley Ritchie and Gizmo; and Gretchen Herzbergerwith Brewster and Murphy.

Don’t miss the Woollybear King andQueen Costume Contest with partici-pants lining up at 11 a.m. on Sunday,September 30, at the main stage, cornerof Main and Ohio streets. There will alsobe a separate animal/pet costume contestat the same site. Judges will select all thewinners who will receive some greatprizes for modeling their woolly wear.

The boy and girl with the most orig-inal costumes are named the king andqueen of the festival. The best animaldisguised as a woollybear will be thelook-a-like winner. Every year thereare so many entries that it is advisedthat those who are competing shouldtry to be at the stage about an hourearly to sign in. The king and queen

are first and then the animals. Sincethis is so popular, please limit familymembers or friends going up on thestage to one person or the stage getstoo crowded for the contests to func-tion properly.

The idea around the costume con-tests is to dress up and pose as awoollybear or be more creative and gofor a theme associated with the festi-val, the area, FOX-8, or even a charity.The costumes over the years have runthe gamut including the Cleveland In-dians, the Browns, the military, UncleSam, and hobbies such as boating.

As far as animals go, most of the

winners have been dogs, but therehave been other creatures catching thejudges’ eyes such as cats, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, monkeys, alpacas, andgoats.

Last year’s Woollybear king winnerwas Wyatt Tansey, four- months old, ofVermilion, in a colorful brown and or-ange woolly outfit. The queen was Au-tumn Metro of Sheffield Lake who wasalso dressed in orange and brown furtopped with a furry hat and paintedface. The animal look-a-like winnerwas Emmarose Woods and her Dachs-hund, Abbycadabby also in orange andbrown colors.

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Woollybear King Dick Goddard haswritten a book entitled “Six Inches of PartlyCloudy” that will be available at the Fox 8Autograph tent at the festival on Sunday,September 30. The book detailing the lifeof Goddard’s 50 years on television and be-hind the scenes was first published in 2011by Gray & Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Allthe proceeds from the book benefit God-dard’s many animal charities which num-ber 92.

The cost of this delightful publication is$15 and well worth it for the laugh-out loudstories, original cartoons drawn by God-dard, fun facts, essays about the weatherand pets, far-out quotes on life in general,local history, and the business of television.There’s never before told escapades ofcelebrities and personal stories about God-dard’s early life living in a farm communitycalled Green just north of Massilion to hisdays on television. “For fifty years I havebeen tumbling and flying through the at-mosphere and into living rooms and bed-rooms throughout Northeast Ohio. And ithas been a dizzying and delightful jour-ney,” writes Goddard.

Readers will also become familiar withGoddard’s passion for animals. It was saidthey always come first with Dick. “I’mpretty much a vegetarian – I don’t even eatanimal crackers,” quotes Goddard in thebook. There’s an excerpt in the book fromJoe Benny that tells you how far this weath-erman will go to save one of nature’s crea-tures. One day Goddard was paged to thestudio for the six o’clock news and no one

could find him. “Finally Dick comes backinto the building. I asked where the hell hewas. “Well, I saw a spider in the newsroom,so I grabbed it and walked it out to the backfield behind the station and let it go,”replied Goddard.

According to Tim Taylor of Fox 8, Dickis simply the most beloved personality inthe history of Cleveland broadcasting. “Inshort, Dick Goddard is the man – a title hesometimes wears uncomfortably and withgreat humility,” writes Taylor. His life storyis told with humor, but it speaks volumesabout Goddard’s character and talents. Heserved in the U.S. Air Force during the Ko-rean War where he got his start in meteor-ology, earned a bachelor’s degree in fine artsfrom Kent State University in 1960, andbegan his broadcasting career with the oldKYW-TV 3 in Cleveland. As luck wouldhave it, Goddard was also offered a job fromWalt Disney productions in California thesame week.

“The first time you are on television isan experience you can’t imagine,” writesGoddard. “I’ve witnessed the H-Bomb, Iwas in a tornado in Akron, I’ve flown intoa hurricane with the U.S. Navy hurricanehunters, and I’ve flown upside-down withthe Air Force Thunderbirds. No big deal.On TV for the first time your whole lifepasses before your eyes.” After 50 years,however, he has it down pat. One of thebest results of his long career has been theopportunity to offer dogs and cats for adop-tion since 1980 with several thousand find-ing good homes.

To enjoy Dick’s take on just abouteverything, the book can also be orderedfrom Goddard at Fox 8, 5800 South Mar-ginal Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44103. He’ll

pay for shipping if readers provide the$15. Or, the book is always available atNortheast bookstores, the Vermilion DrugMart, and on-line from Amazon.com.

TV legend’s book is at festival

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Fox 8 weatherman Dick Goddard hasbeen teasing his audience for the past weekabout a national celebrity coming to theWoollybear Festival. Now the cat is out ofthe bag, or should we say, groundhog. Thisyear’s festival surprise is a visit from Punx-sutawney Phil, the legendary winter weatherforecasting groundhog from Pennsylvania.

Woollybear host Goddard is very excitedabout having the two foremost folkloreweather forecasters in the country both inVermilion at the same time. The woolly-bears will be able to tell us about the com-ing winter, and Punxsutawney Phil alwaystells us about the approaching spring.

Phil is a groundhog resident of Punx-sutawney, Pennsylvania who appearsevery year on February 2, Groundhog Day.He has his own festival or celebration inthis town with music and food. The cere-mony begins well before the winter sun-rise. Phil comes out of his temporary homeon Gobbler’s Knob which is located in arural area about two miles from his town.According to the legend, if Phil sees hisshadow and returns to his hole, he has pre-dicted six more weeks of winter-likeweather. If Phil does not see his shadow,

he has predicted an early spring. Phil isconsidered to be the world’s most famousprognosticating rodent. During the rest ofthe year, Phil is said to live in the town li-brary with his wife, Phyllis.

There is a select group called the “InnerCircle” who take care of Phil year-roundand also plan the annual ceremony. Mem-bers of the “Inner Circle” are identified bytheir top hats and tuxedos. As of 2011, Philhas two co-handlers, Ben Hughes and JohnGriffiths.

Groundhogs have an average lifespanof ten years in captivity and six years in thewild. A maximum lifespan of 14 years incaptivity has been documented. Ground-hogs have made weather prognosticationsfor over 122 years as of 2012. As to theiraccuracy, according to the StormFaxWeather Almanac and records kept since1887, Phil’s predictions have been correct39 percent of the time. In 2012, he pre-dicted a long winter.

Phil and the town of Punxsutawneywere made even more popular in the 1993comedy movie, “Groundhog Day,” but theactual town in the film was Woodstock,Illinois. In 1995, Phil flew to Chicago for aguest appearance on the “The Oprah Win-frey Show” which aired on GroundhogDay. He was also the main attraction on anMTV series “Viva La Bam.” He becameeven more famous when the Ty Inc. annu-ally released a Punxsutawney Phil BeanieBaby to celebrate Groundhog Day. The onein 2009 was the last in the series. In 2010,a new text service was started to announcePhil’s predictions. Mobile phone userscould text the word “Groundhog” to thenumber 247365. Even a cultivated varietyof a daylily was named in his honor andregistered with the American HemerocallisSociety.

Woollybear host Goddard will honorPhil’s visit by making his one of the grandmarshals of the festival parade starting at1:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 30. Let’sgive Punxsutawney Phil a warm wel-come and maybe he will give us an earlyspring in 2013.

Groundhog Day on February 2 features Punxsutawney Phil and a celebration in the town withmusic and food. Phil’s handler sports the famous top hat and tuxedo worn by a select group,the Inner Circle.

Punxsutawney Phil will be a special guest at the festival

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This year’s grand parade, which steps off at 1:30 p.m., will have animals, kids, scouts, baton corps, and more. Top, l-r, everyone loves marching bands, and the Woollybear Parade will haveseveral, including Vermilion, Firelands, the festival’s original band, and Edison. Bottom, l-r, in addition to celebrities and area floats, Vermilion groups such as the Vermilion City RecreationDepartment and the Brownies and Girls Scouts are also involved. The color guard leads the parade.

There’s nothing closer to WoollybearFestival host Dick Goddard’s heart than an-imals. Through his books and annualweather calendars, he has donated hun-dreds of thousands of dollars of those pro-ceeds to animal charities numbering nowat 92. He applauds animals that make ourlives safer such as police K-9 Units andpeople who are dedicated to saving and res-cuing animals from neglect and abuse.

Goddard has invited several guests to beparade marshals of the grand parade thisyear starting on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. For funand a little poke at folklore weather fore-casting, the famous groundhog Punx-sutawney Phil will be coming to Vermilion.He will be joined by Vermilion’s own K-9Unit with handler Police Corporal ScottHolmes and police dog, Nero, who istrained for patrol duty, search and rescue,and drug prevention.

Also recognized in the front of thegrand parade will be the Nitro Founda-tion/Nitro’s Ohio Army which is a groupformed in 2009 after a Rottweiler named

Nitro and seven other dogs were killed dueto starvation in a Youngstown kennel.Nitro was a beloved family companion. Hisfamily has been seeking better laws in Ohioever since the incident. The man whostarved 19 dogs and killed eight only re-ceived four months, a misdemeanor. It wasthen discovered that Ohio does not haveany felony provisions for animal abuse,neglect or murder. Nitro’s Ohio Army istrying to get a law passed, House Bill 108,that will give prosecutors the option tocharge kennel owners, managers, andworkers with a first offense felony. “Nitro’sLaw” passed the Ohio House in February15, 2012 and went onto the Senate.

Studies indicate that animal abusers goon to abuse and often kill children andwomen. If those interested want Ohio’slaws to be harsher on those who abuse an-imals, contact your local senator. The NitroFoundation will also have a booth at thefestival to give people more information.They will be selling bracelets and patches,and will be located on Main Street behind

the reviewing stage. The Woollybear Festi-val and Dick Goddard support the groupand hope everyone at the festival will doso as well.

On a happier note, the grand parade, thelongest in the state, will step off with eightmarching bands, color guards, and firetrucks. There will be Fox 8 personalities,radio stars, vintage automobiles, royaltyfrom visiting festivals, floats, clowns, scouttroops, city rec program participants,Mighty Mini-Horses, politicans, humanesocieties, veterans’ organizations, drumand bugle corps, majorette corps, drillteams and rifle teams, motorcycle units,animal adoption groups, cheerleaders,business, church, and service clubs, and

much more. There’s just surprises rightaround the corner at every annual paradeso don’t miss a minute of the fun and ex-citement. NASA Glen Research Center isbringing a space craft of the future, andwatch out for those 40 champion rollerskaters from Oberlin. Of note is the OhioState car, the Brutusmobile along withother sports mascots. American hero look-alikes will be easy to spot such as GeneralU.S. Grant and Babe Ruth.

It is advised to find a spot to watch theparade as early as possible with so manypeople coming into Vermilion on Sunday.It will be an impressive show along a one-mile route with close to 300 units to de-light all ages.

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To serve and protectThis year’s festival themeis a salute to animals,some are just lovable petswhile others work hard tokeep us safe including theVermilion Police Depart-ment’s K-9 Unit of Corpo-ral Scott Holmes and Nero,a German Shepherd, whois trained to go on patrol,search and rescue, and dodrug apprehension. Nero’sreward for a job well doneis playing ball. CorporalHolmes and Nero will behonored as parade mar-shals in the grand paradeon Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Asthey pass by, thank themfor keeping the communitya safe place to live.

Woollybear 40 is a milestone forthe famous festival, and what betterway to remember this commemora-tive year than with a souvenir?There’s nothing that says woollybearbetter than a t-shirt or sweatshirt,and you can get yours at the Vermil-ion Chamber of Commerce booth.There will be sweatshirts and teeshirts in all sizes with Woollybearhost Dick Goddard’s artwork. The2012 logo was once again designedby Goddard, and will appear on allthe apparel. The 2012 logo, as inyears past, features things near anddear to Goddard’s heart – a dog and a cat.

The tee shirt prices for both chil-dren and adults is $10. The sweat-shirts, in all sizes and fantastic as an

extra layer for the colder weather,are $20 for all sizes.

The Vermilion Chamber of Com-merce booth will be manned with vol-unteers, who are great sources ofinformation about the city. Also, pickup a copy of the Vermilion Photojour-nal 40th souvenir edition of the festi-val containing all the day’s events andfun Woolly facts, with many, manycontributions by Goddard.

The chamber booth this year willbe located over the Main Street rail-road tracks on the east side of thestreet right before entering the foodMidway. The chamber encouragesvisitors to look around and patronizethe open shops and other booths con-taining even more Woollybear cloth-ing and unique souvenirs.

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Mark Williams joined the firm in 1970 and is the formerprosecutor, acting judge, assistant law director and specialcounsel/investigator to the Ohio State Attorney General’s Office. He has won two multi-million dollar cases in the OhioSupreme Court. He was the first lawyer in Erie County to challenge the State of Ohio taking lands by Eminent Domainfor new Rt. 2, and in the first jury trial, the jury gave the hardworking farmer five times what the State had offered! The State of Ohio became more reasonable in future negotiations.

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World’s Greatest Kidsto Race at 9 a.m.

Excitement is building at the Vermilion Fam-ily YMCA. Why? Well, because Sunday, Sept. 30is Woollybear Sunday and that means it’s timefor kids to get their sneakers ready to run theWorld’s Greatest Kids Race! The event takesplace at Sailor Stadium, sponsored annually bythe Vermilion Family YMCA. Registration be-gins at 8 a.m. and Dick Goddard will start thefirst race at 9 a.m. This is a free event! Last year,a whopping 250 children raced to the finish!The World’s Greatest Kids Race is a tradition onWoollybear Sunday. It is an opportunity for thelittle ones to enjoy the largest one-day festivalin Ohio.

Races are done by age groups which include:crawlers, walkers, three/four year olds girls,three/four year old boys, five/six year olds girls,five/six year old boys, seven/eight year old girls,seven/eight year old boys, nine/ten year oldgirls, nine/ten year old boys, eleven/twelve yearold boys, eleven/twelve year old girls.

Children can come and compete against oneanother for a chance to win a medal in their agedivision. Medals will be given to the 1st, 2nd,and 3rd place winners. All participants will re-ceive an official World’s Greatest Kids Race rib-bon.

Parents, bring your camera, and kids, wearyour racing shoes and get ready to have a superfun time!

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The World’s Greatest Kids Race will once again be held onWoollybear Sunday, Sept. 30 at Sailor Stadium. Registra-tion is at 8 a.m. with the race beginning at 9. Children agescrawlers through 12 compete in races for prizes. The Ver-milion Family YMCA annually sponsors this event. DickGoddard is the emcee for the races.

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A festival favorite, and returning toWoollybear 40, is Stump Hill Farm,which features domestic and exotic ani-mals. This non-profit organization andits zoo will once again be in Victory Park,near the gazebo, off Main Street andOhio. Stop by and say hi to Lee, Cyndi,and Tricyn Huntsman and their animals.

Lee Huntsman related that Stump HillFarm has been helping animals for morethan 30 years now. “We started out byhelping domestic animals such as dogsand cats as well as animals that are na-tive to Ohio.” Then, people began buy-ing exotics for pets. Huntsman statedthat most of these people were thinkingthat zoos would take the exotics whenthey got too big or they just couldn’t takecare of them anymore. “The truth is mostzoos will not take them. Most of the un-wanted animals become abused, mis-treated or neglected in many ways. Themajority of the 250 mammals, birds andreptiles that live at Stump Hill Farm inMassillon, have been in unwanted situa-tions.” Huntsman said that his familyhas purchased them or they have beendonated or legal authorities have confis-cated them and brought them to thefarm.

Stump Hill Farm tries to find play-mates of their own kind for the animalsso they have someone to relate to, espe-cially if they do not care to relate to peo-

ple any longer. “We have combined ani-mals that no one wants and people,mostly children to educate them on theimportance of animals in the wild andthe loss of habitat,” said Huntsman. Hesaid at the current rate of destruction theonly alternative for most animal popula-tion is captivity, but the next generationcan make a difference. “We allow peopleto touch and pet the animals, but onlythose that enjoy the relationship withpeople.” Huntsman believes people canlearn so much from just a single touch.

Many of the animals are actually tele-vision celebrities and have appeared onsuch national shows with Jack Hanna, onMaury Povich, Good Morning America,Critter Gitters, Animal Planet and in Cos-mopolitan, Esquire, Cosmo Girl, andVogue. Additionally, Stump Hill Farmhas provided guided educational pro-grams for more than 80,000 children andadults over 15 school systems and sevencounties. The animals visit nursinghomes, safe houses, home school pro-grams, scout and 4-H groups, and WishesCan Happen.

Stump Hill Farm is a win-win bless-ing. The collection of animals not onlyprovides entertainment, but also a valu-able teaching tool. Anyone can join thefarm’s Adopt-The-Animal Plan on amonthly or yearly basis by contributingfinancially for their diets, cage mainte-

nance, and veterinary fees. All donationsare tax deductible and can be sent toStump Hill Farm, 6633 Klick Street, S.W.

Massillon, Ohio 44646. Please do notvisit without an appointment. For moreinformation, call 330-833-8402.

Visit the animals, both domestic and exotic, of Massillon’s Stump Hill Farm

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Ace Molar, featuring Fox 8 News re-porter Todd Meany, will once again per-form at this year’s Woollybear Festival onthe main stage at 3:45 p.m., following theWoollybear parade.

The band plays all over NortheastOhio at a variety of clubs and privateevents. Their high-octane rock-n-bluescan be heard annually at the GreaterCleveland Chili Cook-off for Autism,Dining at the Diamond benefiting theAmerican Cancer Society, and Twilightat the Zoo.

Lead singer Todd Meany performs

alongside Ken Cali on lead guitar,Sammy Free on bass, and Greg Lapse-vich on drums. Keep an eye on Todd, ashe moves around the stage pumping upthe crowd, to get your feet tapping. Enjoythe show on the main stage following theparade. You can get more informationabout the band or book them for an eventat their website www.acemolar.com.

The group, which is celebrating itsseventh anniversary, plays everythingfrom Johnny Cash to Devo to the Bare-naked Ladies, and some blues mixed inbetween.

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FOX 8 personality Todd Meany and his band Ace Molar make their fourth appearanceat the Woollybear Festival at 3:45 p.m. on the main stage, after the grand parade.

Left, Ellie Onyak pets an African desert tortoise at last year's Woollybear at the Stump HillFarm area. Right, Lila Gmetro hugs an umbrella cockatoo held by Tricyn Huntsman while hermother, Liza, look on.

FOX 8’s Todd Meany & Ace Molarreturn to post-parade lineup

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Performing on the festival grounds onWoollybear Sunday will be Magic Mike.

Magic Mike Productions was formedin 1999 by master illusionist, hypnotistand balloon artist Michael Baldwin,when he decided to pursue a professionalcareer in the fine art of prestidigitation.Collaborating with colleagues, fellow ma-gicians and artists such as Brian M.Kehoe, David Fraiser, Carli Taylor-Milukand many others, Baldwin produced hisown stage-illusion and comedy hypnosisshow, “Trick-a-Nosis”, a play on words.

Michael Baldwin has brought Trick-a-Nosis to many local theatres and ven-ues in the greater Cleveland area (suchas Weathervane Playhouse, BrecksvilleTheatre and the International Exposi-tion center.

Magic Mike performs frequentlyaround the greater Cleveland area andthroughout Ohio and Pennsylvania in-cluding Cleveland, Akron, Ashtabula,Beachwood, Brecksville, BroadviewHeights, Brooklyn, Canton, ClevelandHeights, Elyria, Euclid, GarfieldHeights, Independence, Lakewood, Lo-rain, Maple Heights, Mayfield, NorthOlmsted, North Ridgeville, North Roy-alton, Parma, Sandusky, Strongsville,Toledo, Valley View, Warrensville,Westlake, Wickliffe, Willoughby,Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Erie and manymore.

A consummate professional with 19+years of experience, Magic Mike has beenseen in live performances by more than amillion people throughout his career andhe is the creator of two original magic il-lusions Marshmallow Mayhem© andSkypic©.

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Final Edition to stroll the festival groundsStrolling and harmonizing around Vermilion at the Woollybear Festival will be the offi-cial Woollybear barbershop quartet, Final Edition. Formed in 1997, Final Edition is af-filiated with Cleveland’s West Suburban Chapter of the Society for the Preservation ofBarbershop Quartets. Jack Flanagan is the lead harmonizer, joined by tenor Jim Riley,bass Bob Crane, and baritone Frank Koenig. Dick Goddard has joined in previously tomake it five-part harmony.

Debrae plays countryTalented country western performerDebrae will take to the Main Stageafter the parade at 3:45 p.m. onWoollybear Sunday. Debrae ismulti-talented, having written storiesand scripts, as well as pursuingsongwriting. She has also written achildren’s book. Debrae studiedmusical theater at Kent State Uni-versity and Akron University. Shestudied Business at CuyahogaCommunity College. While living inLos Angeles, Debrae also studiedfilm acting.


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Entertaining crowds once again onWoollybear Sunday will be the membersof Cleveland’s The Singing AngelsAlumni Chorus. They will be on theMain Stage at 12 noon, right before thegrand parade. The Angels Alumni Cho-rus is comprised of gradates of theSinging Angels, coming from differenteras from the 60’s to the 00’s. The grouphas been together for the past two yearsand the money that it receives for per-formances go toward scholarships forgraduating seniors of the current SingingAngels Organization.

The original Singing Angels wasfounded in 1964 by Bill Boehm whowished to create a program that wouldbring children of various ages and back-grounds together to learn and perform“good” music. The young members, ages6 to 18, sing and dance with their family-oriented and highly entertaining con-certs. Members of The Singing Angelscome from 7+ Ohio counties in thegreater Cleveland-Akron metropolitanarea, and are ambassadors representingthe best in Northeast Ohio area musicalyouth.

Angels Alumni Chorus performs before parade

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The theme for thisyear’s parade is

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Children who attendLe Chaperon Rouge spend theirdays in a warm, supportive environment that keeps the focuson education. Here’s how your little one can benefit.

Children ages six weeks through kindergarten are invited to attend Le Chaperon Rouge and experience the difference a learning-focused environment can make. Each center included indoor and outdoor playgrounds so children have lots of room to run around, rock climb, play on miniature work-out equipment, play games and more.

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Stop in during our ANNUAL OPEN HOUSEOct. 15th to Oct. 25th • 9AM-5PM • ALL LOCATIONS

Le Chaperon Rouge started as a

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include 10 locations. But it has flourished

because of one constant: its caring,

compassionate teachers.

Stella Moga-Kennedy, founder and

owner, is a Romanian immigrant who came

to this country in 1979 to work but could not

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“Children do

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“One day when I walked into one of our

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“And happy teachers equal happy children.”

When you walk into any of the centers

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“Our children are very well prepared for

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The focus is on the child’s well-being,

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Contact the Le Chaperon Rouge Center nearest to you: 6050 Park Squarein Amherst (440-988-0094); 1504 Travel-ers Point in Avon (440-934-0296); 5423Darrow Road in Hudson (330-342-1416);7000 Rockside Road in Independence(216-525-0760); 19315 Hilliard Blvd. inRocky River (440356-7329); 6010 KruseDrive in Solon (440-248-3219); 14780Pearl Road in Strongsville (440-238-8383); 27390 Center Ridge Road inWestlake (440-835-2929) and the Elemen-tary School in Westlake, 27386 CenterRidge Road (440-899-9477).

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Happy Teachers = Happy Children!

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CLEARANCE CENTER

MACEDONIA On Rt. 82 just east of Rt. 8, next to Winking Lizard 330-467-0441

MAYFIELD HTS. 6020 Mayfield Road, corner of Lander and Mayfield 440-460-4830

MEDINA 330-725-2871

MENTOR 440-946-5441

N. OLMSTED 4690 Great Northern Blvd., next to the new Aldi Food Store 440-779-1101

PARMA Near the corner of Ridge and Brookpark, across from the Best Buy 216-398-6455

STRONGSVILLE 440-268-0002

SANDUSKY At Sandusky Crossing next to Famous Footwear 419-609-9230

WESTGATE 440-356-1958

*Subject to credit approval. Not all applicants will qualify. Min monthly payment required. 48-months financing available on purchases of $4000 and above with $500 down. Ask for our no credit check option. See store for complete details. Excludes Tempur-Pedic. Prior sales excluded. Art only representation, actual product may vary. All beds not available in all stores, but may be ordered at customer’s request. Conditions apply to the 120 Night Comfort Promise and 120 Day Price Promise – please

see store or website for details. Free delivery on any ticket above $499. Excludes $19.99 removal/recycling fee.

freefi nancing

up to 48 Months!*delivery!

free 120 night comfort promiseNot comfortable within 120 nights of

your purchase? We’ll exchange your

mattress for one that is right.*

120 day price promise

Find a lower price within 120 days

of your purchase and we will refund

120% of the difference.*

Snug as a woolly bear bug in a rug.

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