We're all about the heart-warming stories here at Just South of North. Here's  an excellent story about how an 11-year old returned a World Series  ring to its rightful owner using the internet.
Merrill Hess, a former Pittsburgh Pirates scout who's now  83, recently lost the ring he was awarded after the Bucs won the 1960  World Series. He wasn't quite sure where he had misplaced it, but it  turned up when 11-year-old Kate Drury found it on the floor of a snack  bar at a New Jersey ice rink. She immediately alerted the rink manager  of the find, but no one showed up to claim it. (Hess was thinking he  might have left it in Florida while on vacation.)
A curious Kate then posted a question about the ring on Yahoo! Answers,  which led to Hess' daughter Arlan finding her through an Internet  search. The two parties soon connected and Kate was only too happy to  return the jewelry to its rightful owner. 
I know  what you're thinking, somebody still uses Yahoo! and the Pittsburgh  Pirates won the World Series? Shocking on all levels but it does make  for an excellent story. 
 

 
 
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