Barry Weller meets “Mario”: Finally! President Barry Weller stands proudly beside "Mario." The design duplicates the character Paul Stahl created as the company's symbol and appears in various forms and positions in all the company's promotional pieces advertising fuel oil, installation, repair and service.

Mario Jingles Expo: What a team! "Mario" and "Jingles" become instant friends at the 2008 BASH Arts Expo and highlight the Pottstown Mercury's December 2007 poster of the 50 Bear Fever bears completed at that time.

Barb Nussmann, Kent Farrell and Barry Weller 2: Barry Weller, president of Boyertown Oil Co., Inc. (rt) introduced several of Bear Fever's most loyal fans to his brand new bear named "Mario" fashioned by Joe Adams of Adams Lettering. Barb Nussmann and Kent Farrell from Rochester, NY, spent a day in Boyertown for the fourth year in a row recently visiting the Bear Fever bears that have debuted since their visit last summer. The couple have spent their summers visiting "critter art" community projects and baseball stadiums throughout the nation. Their scrapbooks house photographs of each community's entire collection, and they have photographed over 100 projects. Of the many projects they've seen, their own Rochester, NY, horse project reigns as #1 in their book; and they own several horses from that collection. But where does Bear Fever rank? Not surprising to us: Bear Fever stands strong in second place! They've caught Bear Fever and aren't looking to be cured. They'll be back next year since the project keeps going and going and going.