Preparations are ramping up for White River's annual Winnie's Hometown Festival - with some things for people to do beforehand.
Given the festival's links to the original bear, festival coordinator Nicole Simpson notes organizers are encouraging people to make homemade bears.
Simpson notes there's also a poem writing contest.
Simpson encourages joke and poem entries to be submitted by next Tuesday, August 15th, but suggests they'll still be accepted until the 35th annual Winnie's Hometown Festival arrives August 18th, running to the 20th.
Simpson encourages joke and poem entries to be submitted by next Tuesday, August 15th, but suggests they'll still be accepted until the 35th annual Winnie's Hometown Festival arrives August 18th, running to the 20th.