GREEN BAY – As Steve Kraft was driving down Oneida Street to his home at 1177 Shadow Lane nearly 40 years ago, he wondered if letters painted on his picket fence facing Lambeau Field could be read.
The idea lingered, and about a month later he put thought into action and painted "Welcome Back, Forrest" on the fence, in reference to the Green Bay Packers hiring Forrest Gregg as their coach. The fence did better than Gregg, who lasted only four years on the Packers' sideline.
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In 1984, Kraft had an actual picket fence, with spaces between the boards, as opposed to all four of the current Packers fences providing solid backgrounds for their murals.