Theodore Sprague and his oars have been ripped from his bronze canoe and stolen in yet another attack on public art. The $14,000 memorial has been in Corning’s Centennial Park since 2004 and depicted the well known businessman rowing a canoe on the Chemung River. It was his son who was the first to notice the statue was missing. The thieves if they try to sell it for scrap are expected to get 25 bucks for their trouble.

UPDATE :  Two youths have been arrested and charged with criminal mischief in the third degree over the theft of the bronze sculpture on Ted Sprague’s monument. The sculpture, which is believed to have been thrown into the Chemung River by the two youths, was later retrieved by firefighters.

The Wild Oak Saddle Club in Santa Rosa are dumb founded as to why someone would steal their 500lb bronze statue of a cowboy roping a steer.The statue , which is estimated to be worth $100,000, was taken from the front of the club on Tuesday.Money for metal is the logical answer. Bets are its heading to a recycling yard where it could net the thief at least $1,000 for his trouble.One of the locals expressed his view “I kind of want to shoot someone in the foot. It is really annoying, really disturbing and it makes us mad,” Metal theft is reaching an epidemic it seems.