Little Big Top: Douglas man and father created one-quarter-inch scale model of circus

Published July 4, 2009, 7:15 pm, The Holland Sentinel

Outside the big top of the Al G. Barnes Circus, the band wagon, pulled by eight horses, slowly slides by. Under the canvas, the Girl Scouts stare, transfixed by the lion walking the tightrope. Trapeze artists swing to the top of the tent. There is no fear because the safety net is taut. Bob Sapita knows — the Douglas man tied the tiny ropes himself. And his dad built the big top scene from the ...

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