Monday Memories: Treats could have kept this pet inside on Groundhog Day in 1980

After last week’s arctic deep freeze, Toledoans might be thinking about ways to manipulate local prognosticators' forecast for spring. The sweet siren call of a Tootsie Pop could be their secret weapon to lure a groundpig inside to stay. It may have been a Valentine's sweet in 1980, but Bill Whitt’s pet took its time savoring the candy. In this Blade archive photo, his groundhog holds the lollipop stick between his front paws and prepares to take a lick. Though it may seem perplexing to wake a hibernating...