Ed Winter's Gas UP 2000!

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March/April 2001
Patricia Winter Romero 
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Then another problem arose. His crane was too short to haul the sign up to the top of the tower. So a 20 ft. extension had to be welded 'farmer style' to the crane before the numbers could be set. The venture was a success and the sign, lit each night, can be seen for miles in the surrounding countryside.

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This year, Gas Up 2000 ended with a dance under the bright lights and a display of fireworks. Ed was overheard saying, 'I've looked forward all my life to seeing the year 2000, and we put it on with a bang!!'

As the engines, one by one, slowed and stopped, a bunch of us gathered across the road on the banks of Ed's Pond. All at once everything and everyone was silent. We stood there in the quiet dark, spellbound at the reflection of the big '2000' sign in the water. We had spent a day with one foot in our country's glorious industrial past marveling at the accomplishments of hard work and ingenuity. We now stood with the other poised to leap into the future. We hoped we would do as well as those who've come before us, lighting our way.

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