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Catsup Bottle madness!

This Sunday is the World's Largest Catsup Bottle Summerfest. This year, the fine folks of Collinsville are celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Brooks Catsup water tower the stands over the former Brooks Catsup factory. It is a quite impressive site, particular while driving south on Illinois Route 159 from downtown Collinsville down the hill toward the old factory site.

The new executive editor of the Belleville News-Democrat, Jeffry Couch, says he has seen the Catsup Bottle twice already in his month on the job, and he plans to visit the Summerfest this weekend. That's more than I can say for two former interns at our newspaper, Janelle Cogan and Cecelia Le, who kept promising to see the Catsup Bottle but never quite got there despite my hearty recommendations that they do so. Janelle and Cecelia, you have been shamed!

To see what the excitement is all about, visit this site:
http://www.catsupbottle.com

Roger 0 comments 11:40 PM