NEWS RELEASE!

Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", October 1992, page 26

Attention!
Insulator Collectors Worldwide!

I stumbled across a business opportunity that will set the hobby on its ear. However, I won't be quitting my day job...for awhile.

My business acquaintance (Ray Coon) is currently working on an intensified training program...so he can readily identify and remove uncommon insulators in the field. He's an excellent climber and has the hands of a surgeon.

There is one drawback, his ladder doesn't quite reach the ground (if you know what I mean). I suspect the training may go a bit slow, but as always I'm determined to leave my name in the insulator history books. I don't want to disclose too much concerning the project. I have enclosed a photo of Ray and myself. Let your imagination run wild and decide who the brains of the outfit is!! ... That's me on the top!?!? No, that's me on the bottom!?!? It's anybody's guess.

Franchise information will be forwarded upon request. ..... Jack Snyder

My wife Connie found "Ray" in early April on our front porch. We fed him with an eye dropper for the first couple of weeks. Connie spent many hours in the last four months raising this critter. We turned him loose in the woods in early August. He was nearly 12 pounds. Connie cried....on Liberation Day! She returned to the woods 3 days later and called Ray...he came ambling out of the brush and they played for a couple of hours. He dined on his favorite-- "Nutter-Butters". after which he ambled off and Connie cried. The episode reminds me of Born Free (with Lisa the Lion).