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hats, saying, “Sobriety has been a big part of my life - I’ve been sober for seven years - and I’ve been very fortunate that I’ve had the ladies from Restoring Women’s Outreach to help me make the hats and stuff the hair. These ladies have helped for several years, and I want them ladies to know how much I appreciate them and the work that they do for the community.” After all the accessories are finished, the clothes are put onto the bales, then Steve Moore (Nancy’s husband) stacks the hay into formation and Ellen Fulmer paints on their cheerful smiling faces.
Pat and Philip Clemmons passed away in 2008, after which the Moores decided to continue the tradition to honor their memory. For everyone involved in this project today, keeping the tradition alive is not only a celebration of Oktoberfest, but also maintaining the couple’s legacy. Even the notes that Nancy uses to plan were what her mother used from the beginning.
“To us, it’s a tribute to Pat Clemmons,” Cox stated. “Oktoberfest was a very special thing to her. It was one of her projects, so we just try to honor her as best as we can.”
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