Smokey Bear’s retirement may be in jeopardy. As I reported last week, the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s 14 1/2 foot animatronic statue was slated to end his 55-year run at the Ohio State Fair this year. The department had received a federal grant of $80,250 to commission a new, improved, less-creaky Smokey. The talking (but not mouth-moving) Smokey, an anti-wildfire icon, is beloved by generations of Ohioans who have visited the fair. But the Ohio Controlling Board needed to approve…

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