Warning: Satire Ahead
From Staff Reporting,
*A social media post on the former bar and grill, “Better Days” Facebook page set in motion local, state, and federal rapid action response teams in a search for the iconic sign that hung over the entrance for decades. Bloodhounds and drones were going block by block in the village of Wellsville conducting residential and commercial property searches. After hours of what residents called “intense operations by private and public investigators with K9 teams,” the sign was located without incident.
Small groups had gathered on Main Street Wellsville holding candlelight vigils and holding signs, “Bring back Better Days,” and “Andrew Harris is a jackass.”
The entire situation began with this initial reporting by John Anderson, who according to authorities was initially a prime suspect:
The iconic handing wood “Better Days” sign was stolen off the building of the recently closed establishment over the weekend according to owner David Truax.
In a post on his Better Days Facebook page, Truax writes, “Word of advice to whomever stolen my sign out front of Better Days. You need to return it, I will not ask any questions. I do still have several cameras out front and I will review the footage and turn it over to the PD … The sale has not gone through yet, so i still own it … I will give you 24hrs to private message me or to just return the sign where you took it from.”
Ownership of the sign has been a hot discussion lately and Truax has a lot of options with the sign.
The sign was made by our Better Days founder Linda Blank’s friend John Szel in New Hampshire. Ernie Rositzke and Linda Blank ran Better Days for 14 years before it was sold to the Feinberg-Duckett family in 1990. Evan Duckett would like to see the sign go to a good home as well.
The restaurant morphed into a bar and grill and those words with the American flag were added to the building facade.
Another option would be for the sign to be placed at a new location for a new Better Days, but that is just fun speculation based on a strong rumor.
The final option is Truax keeping it or making his own decision on the sign.
The other two past owners of Better Days, the Harris and Weinhauer family, have not given a sign they want … the sign.
While the sale of the building goes through to the LC Whitford Company (with corporate offices next door), Truax is the rightful owner of the sign. Selling the building was not an easy decision for Truax. The employees and owner have posted about the family relationships build over his years as owner. While this is another emotional issue, Truax is giving someone an opportunity for its return without punishment.
Here is the “obituary” on Better Days.
