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{in Iate 2002 when hundreds
turned out to dedicate a

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Bear sitting on a log outside
downtown Monroe's Dorsch
Memorial Branch Library

‘The Little Brown Bear play-
house at the Monroe County
Fal was moved from
the MeWebb farm on. N.

fonroe St. after" Mrs.
MeWebb asked Mrs, Micka if
she could find 2 home for the
structure,

Mrs, Micka recalled a com-
‘munity canister drive that
‘helped raise $3,000 to move the

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October, 2002,

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