MAROON ALERT For Delmer Rudd

What has become an annual event in the quad-township area is local octogenarian Delmer Rudd's Florida dash. Delmer is retired from the Tippecanoe Pallet Factory where he operated a fork lift until a tragic accident, in which he backed off the end of the loading dock, left him a paraplegic. After a brief recovery the wheelchair bound Delmer continued to work as a clerk at the factory until his retirement. That was 17 years ago Delmer's wife Edna told 20A Today. Ever since then Delmer has wanted to move to Florida. He hates the winter and just wants to be able to sit out in the sun and feed the seagulls all day long. Edna said that she insisted that they stay in this area to be close to their children. "Delmer's been pouting ever since. Each year when the time comes that he's had enough of winter he loads up his wheelchair with blankets and snacks and heads south," said Edna. "He never made it more than a mile or so until he got his electric wheelchair 6 years ago. Since then he's been gone up to three days and made it almost to Grass Creek." Edna asks that if you see Delmer on the road or in somebody's yard charging his battery to point him north and send him home. Or else contact 20A Today and we'll arrange for someone to pick Delmer up.