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FALL FESTIVAL 2013
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Picture perfect
Optimists Club show brings out the best in pets, young owners
Big, small, colorful or unusual, whatever category the
family pet might fit into, the Optimist's Club of Plymouth
probably has a prize for it.
As they have for past 40 years or so, theOptimist Clubwill
sponsor the Pet Show beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7
on theKelloggPark stage.
Among the oldest traditions at the festival, Optimist Club
President Michael Cox said that the judges and the club
members have seen just about every possible kind of pet
during the years. “We never get too many cats,” he said.
“Cats seem to be scarce at the show.” But they have seen
tarantulas, birds in cages, turtles and Cox heard one year
therewas a snake nearly the lengthof the stage entered.
“I didn't see that one, but I heard about it,” he said.
Cox said the event is always fun and there are usually
about 25-50 youngsters who show up with their pets. “It
always depends on the weather,” he said. “And it's early. We
like to urge people to come on over right from the pancake
breakfast,” he said.
The show is strictly for the enjoyment of the young peo-
ple who enter, Cox said, and the rules are pretty liberal and
categories are often addedduring the show.
“Wewant everybody tohave a good time,” he said.
The Optimists Club has been active in Plymouth since
1949, Cox said, and the lateBill Saxtonwas one of the found-