"We are in limbo," explains Robin Wilch of Groves' Bear store.

The North Main Street business owner says that in order to go forward three parties need to agree on something: a structural engineer, her insurance adjustor and a representative of the state, who approves building code occupancy.

Until that happens the business remains closed to customers.

"Nobody wants to take the responsibility in writing (to allow her to reopen her shop)," she says,

She hopes that the logjam will start to move on Thursday (Feb. 25). That's when a representative of the State Department of Commerce will visit the store to make an examination.

Wilch believes that the report that representative will file will be available by Monday (March 1).

Until then the telephone still rings from customers out of state and overseas who are interested in purchasing teddy bears. Most of those persons have no idea of the problems with the Groves building roof.

Last Thursday the shop was closed because of problems with the roof. Those problems were caused by heavy snow on the roof.

The ceiling inside the store shows obvious problems. The outside wall shows problems, but it is more difficult to detect. The photo on the home page demonstrates that the south outside wall has collapsed slightly inward since the braces were placed on the building.