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The Orange Dahlia: A Thriller in Five Acts
"The story is dry. All we've got are pieces. We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like."
-All the President's Men
Indiana town puts up statue of Garfield the cat
Chicago Sun-Times, Aug 14, 2006
VAN BUREN, Ind. -- The first of five Garfield statues planned in the home county of the fat cartoon cat's creator has been unveiled outside the town's library.
A tarp was pulled from the 5-foot statue during a ceremony last week to mark the start of the community's Popcorn Festival. The statue depicts Garfield wearing a Van Buren Aces uniform, standing on a pile of books. A globe rests in one hand and a sack of popcorn in the other.
The Van Buren community raised $8,200 to pay for the statue, part of an effort to attract "Garfield" fans to the county where cartoonist Jim Davis grew up, project organizer Pete Beck said.
"I hope it encourages children to be creative and to read," he said during Thursday's unveiling ceremony. "I wanted something that created a sense of unity and pride. The fact that it is standing there today reflects that."
A statue of Garfield wearing a James Dean jacket is to be unveiled in the actor's hometown of Fairmount on Aug. 26. Other statues are planned for Marion, Sweetser and Swayzee.
Davis, who now lives near the Delaware County town of Albany, grew up on a farm near Fairmount and has said the inspiration for his first cat drawings came from the stray cats that inhabited the family's barnyard.
Town's Garfield statue decapitated 2 months after installation
Chicago Sun-Times, Dec 18, 2006
MARION, Ind. -- Police say someone stole the fiberglass head of a Garfield statue located near downtown's Riverwalk.
"I've got to believe that whoever did this is probably going to be bragging about this at some point," said Marion Deputy Chief Cliff Sessoms.
The statue is now a headless figure dressed in workout gear and giving the OK sign. Police are investigating, but said Friday they don't have any leads yet.
Belinda Hussong, the city's parks and recreation director, said she was disgusted to hear about the vandalism to the statue, which was unveiled in October.
"You put so much energy and effort into a community project, then this happened," she said.
Marion is in the home county of Jim Davis, the fat cat cartoon's creator.
The statue was put along the Riverwalk to promote exercise, wellness and riverfront activities.
"We had a lot of generous sponsors to the statue and I feel like we should replace it," Hussong said.
Cops get a head in Garfield probe
Chicago Sun-Times, Dec 19, 2006
MARION, Ind. -- A man driving to work on Monday found the head missing from a fiberglass Garfield statue since it was decapitated in a city park.
An employee with the Army Corps of Engineers called police to report that had retrieved the head of the cartoon cat from the side of a road, said Cliff Sessoms, the city's deputy police chief.
Investigators were continuing to search for whoever damaged the statue, which depicts Garfield dressed in workout gear and giving the OK sign, sometime early Friday.
"We can process it for fingerprints, but you have to remember it's been sitting out there in the weather," Sessoms said. "Right now at this point, the main thing is if somebody is out there with information, we'd ask that they call us."
Police said the head had been pried off the statue, which was placed at the entrance to Marion's Riverwalk to promote exercise, wellness and riverfront activities.
Garfield creator Jim Davis grew up on a farm near the city about midway between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.
Garfield vandalizer says it was 'unintentional'
Chicago Sun-Times, Feb 14, 2007
MARION, Ind. -- A man who said he didn't mean to break a statue of Garfield the cat pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.
"It was very unintentional," said Joseph P. Savarino, 23.
Savarino pleaded guilty Monday in Marion City Court to charges of criminal mischief and criminal conversion.
Each charge carries a standard one-year jail term. A sentencing hearing was scheduled for March 19.
Savarino said he panicked when the cartoon character's head came off when he hugged it, and he took it with him and left it alongside a road where it later was found.
Police noticed the head was missing early Dec. 15.
Three days later, an employee with the Army Corps of Engineers found the fiberglass head and retrieved it from the side of a road near the Mississinewa Reservoir.
The statue's base was moved to the Grant County Parks and Recreation maintenance building to protect it from further vandalism.
Garfield creator Jim Davis grew up on a farm near the city halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
Beheaded Garfield statue had physical flaws
Associated Press, March 23, 2007
MARION, Ind. - It turns out that the city's beheaded statue of Garfield the cat wasn't built quite right. But that isn't getting the man who broke it off the hook.
The fiberglass head of the cartoon cat was missing for three days in December before it was found along the side of a country road near the Mississinewa Reservoir.
City Parks and Recreation Director Belinda Hussong said Thursday that flaws were found in the statue as Garfield creator Jim Davis' company, Paws Inc., was getting it repaired.
"They had talked to the company that had constructed the Garfield and realized that the head wasn't reinforced the way it was supposed to have been," she said. "It was built well, but it was not reinforced like it was supposed to have been at that stress point."
Prosecutors told a judge about the problem Thursday before Joseph Savarino, 23, of Wabash, was given a 90-day suspended sentence and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and pay $200 in restitution.
Savarino pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and criminal conversion, saying he panicked after the statue's head came off when he hugged it.
"I'm very sorry that I did it," he said during Thursday's hearing. "It was not on purpose."
Davis, the cartoonist, grew up on a farm near the city halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
(Hat tip The Beat)
"The story is dry. All we've got are pieces. We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like."
-All the President's Men
Indiana town puts up statue of Garfield the cat
Chicago Sun-Times, Aug 14, 2006
VAN BUREN, Ind. -- The first of five Garfield statues planned in the home county of the fat cartoon cat's creator has been unveiled outside the town's library.
A tarp was pulled from the 5-foot statue during a ceremony last week to mark the start of the community's Popcorn Festival. The statue depicts Garfield wearing a Van Buren Aces uniform, standing on a pile of books. A globe rests in one hand and a sack of popcorn in the other.
The Van Buren community raised $8,200 to pay for the statue, part of an effort to attract "Garfield" fans to the county where cartoonist Jim Davis grew up, project organizer Pete Beck said.
"I hope it encourages children to be creative and to read," he said during Thursday's unveiling ceremony. "I wanted something that created a sense of unity and pride. The fact that it is standing there today reflects that."
A statue of Garfield wearing a James Dean jacket is to be unveiled in the actor's hometown of Fairmount on Aug. 26. Other statues are planned for Marion, Sweetser and Swayzee.
Davis, who now lives near the Delaware County town of Albany, grew up on a farm near Fairmount and has said the inspiration for his first cat drawings came from the stray cats that inhabited the family's barnyard.
Town's Garfield statue decapitated 2 months after installation
Chicago Sun-Times, Dec 18, 2006
MARION, Ind. -- Police say someone stole the fiberglass head of a Garfield statue located near downtown's Riverwalk.
"I've got to believe that whoever did this is probably going to be bragging about this at some point," said Marion Deputy Chief Cliff Sessoms.
The statue is now a headless figure dressed in workout gear and giving the OK sign. Police are investigating, but said Friday they don't have any leads yet.
Belinda Hussong, the city's parks and recreation director, said she was disgusted to hear about the vandalism to the statue, which was unveiled in October.
"You put so much energy and effort into a community project, then this happened," she said.
Marion is in the home county of Jim Davis, the fat cat cartoon's creator.
The statue was put along the Riverwalk to promote exercise, wellness and riverfront activities.
"We had a lot of generous sponsors to the statue and I feel like we should replace it," Hussong said.
Cops get a head in Garfield probe
Chicago Sun-Times, Dec 19, 2006
MARION, Ind. -- A man driving to work on Monday found the head missing from a fiberglass Garfield statue since it was decapitated in a city park.
An employee with the Army Corps of Engineers called police to report that had retrieved the head of the cartoon cat from the side of a road, said Cliff Sessoms, the city's deputy police chief.
Investigators were continuing to search for whoever damaged the statue, which depicts Garfield dressed in workout gear and giving the OK sign, sometime early Friday.
"We can process it for fingerprints, but you have to remember it's been sitting out there in the weather," Sessoms said. "Right now at this point, the main thing is if somebody is out there with information, we'd ask that they call us."
Police said the head had been pried off the statue, which was placed at the entrance to Marion's Riverwalk to promote exercise, wellness and riverfront activities.
Garfield creator Jim Davis grew up on a farm near the city about midway between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.
Garfield vandalizer says it was 'unintentional'
Chicago Sun-Times, Feb 14, 2007
MARION, Ind. -- A man who said he didn't mean to break a statue of Garfield the cat pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.
"It was very unintentional," said Joseph P. Savarino, 23.
Savarino pleaded guilty Monday in Marion City Court to charges of criminal mischief and criminal conversion.
Each charge carries a standard one-year jail term. A sentencing hearing was scheduled for March 19.
Savarino said he panicked when the cartoon character's head came off when he hugged it, and he took it with him and left it alongside a road where it later was found.
Police noticed the head was missing early Dec. 15.
Three days later, an employee with the Army Corps of Engineers found the fiberglass head and retrieved it from the side of a road near the Mississinewa Reservoir.
The statue's base was moved to the Grant County Parks and Recreation maintenance building to protect it from further vandalism.
Garfield creator Jim Davis grew up on a farm near the city halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
Beheaded Garfield statue had physical flaws
Associated Press, March 23, 2007
MARION, Ind. - It turns out that the city's beheaded statue of Garfield the cat wasn't built quite right. But that isn't getting the man who broke it off the hook.
The fiberglass head of the cartoon cat was missing for three days in December before it was found along the side of a country road near the Mississinewa Reservoir.
City Parks and Recreation Director Belinda Hussong said Thursday that flaws were found in the statue as Garfield creator Jim Davis' company, Paws Inc., was getting it repaired.
"They had talked to the company that had constructed the Garfield and realized that the head wasn't reinforced the way it was supposed to have been," she said. "It was built well, but it was not reinforced like it was supposed to have been at that stress point."
Prosecutors told a judge about the problem Thursday before Joseph Savarino, 23, of Wabash, was given a 90-day suspended sentence and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and pay $200 in restitution.
Savarino pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and criminal conversion, saying he panicked after the statue's head came off when he hugged it.
"I'm very sorry that I did it," he said during Thursday's hearing. "It was not on purpose."
Davis, the cartoonist, grew up on a farm near the city halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
(Hat tip The Beat)
