A little village politics during last weekend's Oktoberfest bed races

Local political jabbing anyone? (Photo by Tanya Wildt)

 There was a little fun-poking at the village council for those paying attention during the bed races at Oktoberfest last weekend.

The team from Stockwell's Home Cooking on Adrian Street had its team members wear cardboard sandwich board signs around their necks with phrases like, "Is my sign in the right place?"

The signs were an allusion to the sign ordinance debate earlier this year. Owner Dawna Stockwell had a sandwich board on Main Street to bring patrons into her restaurant for several years, and was ordered to move it after it was found it was in violation of the village's ordinance.

After several months of debate back and forth between the village council and the planning commission, it was decided that the sign remained off Main Street. The board has stood in front of Stockwell's and Kellie's ever since.