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The education of Big Boy: Frisch’s missing mascot found at schoolThe education of Big Boy: Frisch’s missing mascot found at school

Elissa Elan

May 28, 2007

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Elissa Elan

GAHANNA OHIO Big Boy. —Imagine you’re a high-school student walking to class and you’re greeted by a big boy…a really

Yep, students at Gahanna Lincoln High School here came to school earlier this month and saw a new student waiting to join them. Turns out, however, that the new kid actually was the 7-foot-tall, chubby, red-cheeked, fiberglass mascot of 88-unit Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. He was found on the roof of the school, and police believe the statue, reported missing May 12, was taken by high-school seniors as a prank. —Imagine you’re a high-school student walking to class and you’re greeted by a big boy…a really

According to the Associated Press, a school maintenance crew removed the statue with a forklift and returned it to the restaurant. No arrests have been made. —Imagine you’re a high-school student walking to class and you’re greeted by a big boy…a really

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