OHHC takes the Show on the Road

The Old Homosassa Heritage Council (OHHC) has been busy getting the message out about preserving and enhancing the heritage of our unique community.

Last week DeeDee Wilcox and Marianne MacRae, Co-chairs of OHHC, and I went to the Homosassa Elementary School and put on a presentation for the fourth grade classes.  

Gotta say, those kids were adorable!

We asked the teacher, Mr. Barlow (whose classroom we were invading) for three volunteers. One from each class.

And here they are:

volunteers
Mr. Early Settler, Mr. Mullet Train Engineer, and Ms. Tigertail.  (aka Ichabob Borton as William Cooley, Carson Edwards as Wade Wildon, and Josie Maglio as TigerTail.)These kids are natural born ENTERTAINERS!

The classes learned all about Homosassa History and Heritage.  

And we had a rapt audience!

OHHC takes the Show on the Road
Three classes of fourth grade kids.

And they had a lot of comments and questions.  And they hardly wiggled at all!

Seriously, these were some GREAT kids!

TigerTail
Here’s DeeDee telling about how the native Americans first discovered Homosassa.

 

And here's the first settler in Homosassa.  His house was where the Homosassa Wildlife Park is today.
And here’s the first settler William Cooley in Homosassa. His house was where the Homosassa Wildlife Park is on Fishbowl Drive today.
OHHC takes the Show on the Road
Gotta love those mustaches! And little Ms. TigerTail got to take one home with her.
OHHC takes the Show on the Road
And here’s the Engineer Wade Wildon from the Mullet Train!
OHHC takes the Show on the Road
“Is it time to blow the whistle?” He never said that but you could just tell that’s what he was thinking. This kid is a natural! We’ll be seeing him on Jimmy Fallon in 10 years!

So what exactly were we doing there?

Besides telling the students about the history and heritage of Old Homosassa, DeeDee also told them about Wyland, the artist.  

And how we REALLY WANT WYLAND TO PAINT THE WATERTOWER!

So the kids are writing letters to Wyland asking him to do just that.

Isn’t that the coolest thing ever?

Mr. Barlow told his class that they only had two essays to write before the end of the year. And one of them was the letter to WYLAND!

It is so fun being part of the OHHC.  Lots of work.  But FUN!  Because everyone is so enthusiastic and all they want is EVERYTHING and WHY CAN’T WE HAVE THAT!

Wyland, you will be painting our water tower.

As soon as we raise the gazillion we need to repair and restore it.  Which means we have a sell a lot of t-shirts or we need to find a wealthy benefactor!

And I want to give a shout out to the teachers:

Mr. Barlow, Ms. Crosswhite, and Ms. Crispino!

Thank you!

Friday Meanderings

I’ve been in North Dakota for a week.  

North dakota

Watching three grandkids while their parents take a fun-filled 10-day vacation in California.  

And that’s what Grandmas are for!

My late night flight to Bismarck turned into an early morning arrival. Thank you United Airlines. Little Miss Piper was very sad because she was planning to be there to pick me up.  But not at 2 AM.

Everything else has been great.

Got to go to Riley’s track meet and see him win second in the hurdles and in some kind of run.  I should know what that distance was but ….. Hey!  I was there!

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That’s Riley (in b&w) leading the pack!

 

Last time I went to one of Riley’s sports events he got knocked out and missed the rest of football season.

Football

He’s got another meet on Monday and I’ll be there.  (Unless it snows again–Come on, these track meets are outdoors–and I’m from Florida, jeeze)

If you follow my “Project 365” page, you’ve seen the pics.  We had SNOW!  OMG.  Did not sign up for that!  

But it melted.  Right away.  Didn’t have to drive in it.  So I can’t whine a whole lot about it. Just a little.

I’ve seen deer, pheasants, and turkeys in the back yard.  Different from my typical blue herons, manatees, and otters, but so COOL!  

deer

Okay, back to Citrus County.

The Old Homosassa Heritage Council’s t-shirts have been a huge success.  There are a few available at Watsons Art Gallery if you don’t already have one.  More are coming and a long sleeve version will also be available soon.  I’ll be posting the new order form late next week on the OHHC website.  (After I get back)

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So, if I was in the sunshine state this weekend, this is what I might be doing….

There’s a RibJam at the Crystal River Mall from Friday through Saturday.  Ribs and music. What more could you need?

The 6th Annual Crystal River Boat Bash will take place at the Crystal River Preserve State Park on Saturday.  Live music, boats on display and demos of boat-building and boat-handling skills  

Terry will be at the All Corvettes, Camaros and Cadillac XLRs Car Show on Sunday at Crystal Chevrolet.

Have a great weekend!

Kathy