{"id":18636,"date":"2017-07-27T13:29:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=18636"},"modified":"2017-07-27T13:29:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:29:32","slug":"minnesota-avenues-oasis-sign-comes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2017\/07\/minnesota-avenues-oasis-sign-comes-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Avenue&#8217;s Oasis sign comes down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-18636\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"18636-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oasis1-9624.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oasis1-9624-771x514.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>A worker with Sign Products prepares the Oasis Bar sign, on the 2700 block of Minnesota \nAvenue, for removal Thursday.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"18636-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign4-771x535.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Hayley Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Freed from the facade of what was once the Oasis Bar, the iconic sign descends to the ground.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"18636-slide3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2053-771x517.jpg*771*517\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2053.jpg\" \/><h6>Hayley Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Steady as she goes.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"18636-slide4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign3-771x551.jpg*771*551\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign3.jpg\" \/><h6>Hayley Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>The camel has (almost) landed.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"18636-slide5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-27-at-1.26.45-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-27-at-1.26.45-PM-771x453.png\" \/><\/a><h6>Pat Cormier <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>And away she goes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 18636, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2017\/07\/minnesota-avenues-oasis-sign-comes-down\/', 5 ) } );<\/script>\n<p>We <a href=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/2017\/07\/minnesota-avenues-oasis-bar-sign-sold-to-local-collector\/\">reported<\/a> a couple of weeks ago that the old Oasis Bar sign on Minnesota Avenue had been sold to a local, private collector.<\/p>\n<p>The sign came down today, witnessed by its new owner, Steve Henry, and the couple who sold him the sign, Pat and Angie Cormier, as well as a few passersby.<\/p>\n<p>We were too busy to do any kind of story today, but we did get some photos. If you do want more details, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvq.com\/\">KTVQ<\/a> evening anchor Jay Kohn was on hand and should have the whole story later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We reported a couple of weeks ago that the old Oasis Bar sign on Minnesota Avenue had been sold to a local, private collector. The sign came down today, witnessed by its new owner, Steve Henry, and the couple who sold him the sign, Pat and Angie Cormier, as well as a few passersby. 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