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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 06 > Lava bear revival

Lava bear revival

Bend High parents lead fundraising effort to bring back pep rally icon

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
May 6, 2008

If hand-hewn wooden statues could talk, what a tale that old lava bear could have told.

Created in 1994 from a ponderosa pine stump by Sisters famed chain saw artist J. Chester “Skip” Armstrong, the bear finally succumbed to the elements a few months ago. During the 14 years....

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