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Thorsen香蕉视频直播檚 impressive collection of Roughriders memorabilia includes everything from salt and pepper shakers and mugs to coats and blankets but the centrepiece of the collection was stolen earlier this month.
Thorsen香蕉视频直播檚 handmade illuminated Roughriders sign went missing from her front yard sometime on Oct. 5 or 6. The sign is special to her both because of the team it represents and the hard work which went into making it.
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The sign was made of a four by six-foot sheet of plywood and lit by strings of green Christmas lights. The white S and the sheaves of wheat on the sign were expertly carved out of separate sheets of plywood and attached by Peter Berger, a friend of Thorsen香蕉视频直播檚 who is a retired cabinet maker. In the photographs Thorsen has of the sign, it is seen by the side of Sunybrae-Canoe point Road, brightly lit with its impressive 3D effect on display.
Berger has also been helping to look out for Thorsen as her husband died seven years ago and she has since suffered a stroke.
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Thorsen香蕉视频直播檚 history with the Roughriders goes back decades. She grew up in Paddockwood Saskatchewan, but really became a fan of the team when she moved to Sunnybrae with her husband in 1996.
Although she has never seen the Riders live, Thorsen is a die-hard fan who says she remained excited watching the young and rebuilding team as they struggled early in the season and is now even more invested as they have achieved an 8-6 record putting them in third place in the west.
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Her biggest hope for the remainder of the season is a playoff game against the division-leading Calgary Stampeders, which will help to stoke the friendly rivalry between her and her grandson who is a Calgary fan.
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Thorsen said she is still holding out hope that whoever took the sign will be influenced by their conscience to return it.
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Thorsen said she would just be grateful to have the sign lighting up her yard again, but whether she gets it back or not, her Rider pride shines bright.
