FALL FESTIVAL 2015
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And the winner is...
Optimists Pet Show has prizes for every breed of pet
The traditional Optimist Club Pet
Showwill return again this year during
the Plymouth Fall Festival. As they
have for more than 40 years, the
Optimists will host the pet show on the
Lou LaRiche Main Stage in Kellogg
Park at 9 a.m. Saturday
Every year, the club hosts the pet
show as an opportunity to allow pet
owners of all ages to showoff their best
friends, explained Optimists Club
President CharlieRoebuck.
During the four decades, there
aren't too many pets the judges haven't
seen. Last year, for instance, one young
man brought his very fuzzy tarantula in
a shoebox-sized container for the
judges to evaluate.
Roebuck said he even remembers a
year when a child brought a cricket up
to the stage. “We asked, 'How long have
you had this pet?' and she said, “about
aminute.”
She did get a participation award,
however.
Every entrant wins some type of
