Community Corner
'April Stools' Day Celebrated at Two Bostons
The pet boutique hosted an April Fools event with a twist.
“Brown mounds did abound through the grass and on the ground. The adults showed not a care and did not say: ‘Do beware!’ The children laughed and went romping through, grabbing handfuls of the brown poo.”
While the ground was loaded with brown piles of poop, it was all fake and part of a pooper-scooper competition at on 75th Street. The pet boutique and The Pooper Scoopers sponsored the April “Stools” event.
AdreAnne Tesene, owner of the pet boutique with husband Andy, said the pair was brainstorming event ideas when the April Fool’s spoof came up.
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“We decided to do 'April Stools' and we tried to decide what kind of events we could do for it,” she said.
That led to partnering with Kandra Witkowski, owner of The Pooper Scoopers, she said. Using fake poop and pooper-scoopers, contestants were charged with picking up as many piles as possible in 30 seconds.
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Though it was sunny on Sunday afternoon, it was blustery and cold. Even so, more than 50 people participated in the “turd-herding” contest. There were two divisions: little turds and big turds.
Jan Brones, of Aurora, heard about the event on Facebook and thought it sounded like fun.
She didn’t have a plan of attack for the competition or a special approach to picking up the poop, she said. Her motivation: “To beat my daughter.”
In the end, Brones came in third place in the “big turd” division earning a $10 gift certificate to use at Two Bostons and a $10 gift certificate for The Pooper Scoopers. First place prizes were $50 gift certificates to both businesses and second place was $25 gift certificates for both businesses.
The “little turds” earned free cupcakes from and gift certificates to the cupcake shop. T-shirts were also handed out to everyone who participated.
Heather Finnegan didn’t participate, but her two children, Chyanne, 13 and Anthony, 11, did. Finnegan, of Oswego, heard about the event from her brother. Along with her two children was Bailey, a 2-year-old cocker spaniel.
“I thought it would be fun,” Finnegan said. “It teaches the kids to clean up after their pets, something they don’t really like to do. It makes it more of a game and they are going to be more willing to clean up.”
