Yesterday I walked into the office, for some unknown reason I declared it “watermelon day.” Earlier, I had purchased a watermelon and when you are the editor for a newspaper sometimes you feel like you have the power to declare things – like “this is the best movie of the year,” or “you should vote for this person,” or, on Tuesday, “this is watermelon day.”

Imagine my surprise when I was informed that on my declared watermelon day, <a href=”http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2013/06/former_steroid_supplier_now_ac.html
” target=”_blank”>$7000 of stolen watermelons had been retrieved.

Yes, a happy ending to watermelon day for all.

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The Case of the Purloined Watermelons

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 19, 2013

<h1>The Case of the Purloined Watermelons</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 19, 2013</p> <p>Yesterday I walked into the office, for some unknown reason I declared it "watermelon day." Earlier, I had purchased a watermelon and when you are the editor for a newspaper sometimes you feel like you have the power to declare things - like "this is the best movie of the year," or "you should vote for this person," or, on Tuesday, "this is watermelon day." </p> <p>Imagine my surprise when I was informed that on my declared watermelon day, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2013/06/former_steroid_supplier_now_ac.html<br />" target="_blank"&gt;$7000 of stolen watermelons </a>had been retrieved. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/the-case-of-the-purloined-watermelons/u/original/2241359/1371681301-12951613-mmmain.jpg" alt="12951613-mmmain.jpg" title="" width="500" height="331" /></div> </p> <p>Yes, a happy ending to watermelon day for all.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-case-of-the-purloined-watermelons-2241358/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=22068&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-case-of-the-purloined-watermelons-2241358/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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