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Show Cannonville: Fiddlers Are In Bears Are Out CANNONVILLE Folks from all around look forward to Saturday's event as Cannonville prepares for its 12th annual Old Time Fiddlers concert and Bear Festival. Fes-tival. The July 18 joint celebration marks the Old Time Fiddlers' annual an-nual meeting, with a large turnout of the talented performers expected to attend and take part in the lively, foot-stompin' performance set for the town park at 7:30 p.m. The evening also celebrates the visit several years ago to the community by a large black bear that "terrorized" the community for several sev-eral days before officials found it necessary to help it to heaven in a hurry in the interest of the town's safety. Before his untimely demise, he polished off a choice rooster and was rapidly diminishing the local crop of apricots. Wildlife officers, concerned that he had decided to make Cannonville a permanent residence, res-idence, lay in wait for him to return. re-turn. They shot him as he tried to enter the back door at the Robert Ott residence to join them for dinner, din-ner, or have them for dinner. As it turned out, townspeople were later treated to bear-burgers and now display dis-play a fine bear rug to commemorate commemo-rate the occasion. Bears should keep in mind that the welcome mat out in Cannonville may be a close relative. Other visitors to the small community, many of whom return each year for the festival, are always welcome, says organizer Jim Clarke. Clarke says he has had telephone calls from Nevada, Arizona and all over Utah from people confirming the celebration is still on. Clarke says many folks who live in Cedar Mountain's summer home traditionally tradi-tionally make up a large part of the audience and lots of people come to camp at nearby campgrounds. |