[CBFF] Bears helmet breaks on statue of lion

[E. George Mucher III]

They re-did the helmets yesterday though, and now they fit just fine.  
If you go to the Tribune online, they have a video of it. Pretty  
cool... Jumbo Bears helmets- yeah!!!

-Geo

'Oi kau ka lâ, e hana i ola honua'

"While the sun yet shines do all you can"





On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:38 AM, mactbone wrote:

> Bears helmet breaks on statue of lion
> By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer
>
> CHICAGO - An effort to honor the NFC Champion Chicago Bears hit a  
> snag Tuesday morning when a huge football helmet broke as it was  
> being placed on one of the lion statues that stands guard outside  
> the Art Institute of Chicago.
>
> It seems the frigid weather, often referred to as Bears weather in  
> Chicago, may have been to blame.
> "They're made of Fiberglas and (one) broke," said Art Institute  
> spokesman Chai Lee.
>
> Some theorize the broken helmet had nothing to do with the weather  
> at all.
>
> "I think the lions got swelled heads since we won," joked Gary  
> Heitz, project manager for Chicago Scenic Studios Inc., the company  
> that made the helmets.
>
> Heitz said workers took the helmets back to their workshop, where  
> they will be enlarged and refinished in time to place them on the  
> lions on Wednesday.
>
> As for the lions, they're accustomed to such attention. During the  
> holidays, they're adorned with wreaths, and when the White Sox went  
> to the World Series in 2005, they were fitted with helmets.
> Heitz said his company also made those helmets, but the job was  
> easier because they just sat atop the lions' heads. The football  
> helmets, equipped with face guards, must be fitted on the statues'  
> heads, he said.
>
> The lions have worn Bears helmets before — when the 1985 Bears went  
> to the Super Bowl. But these helmets much more involved than the  
> ones made back then by an art institute student, Heitz said.
> "Those were upside down Weber grills," he said
>
>
>
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