If a website fell in the forest, would it make a sound??

Apparently not...

Sorry to all of you who missed our website. The web hosting service that we use failed to apply for renewal of our domain name. This has happened twice before, but this time it happened at a critical time, just as we were ramped up for the Fall Festival and too covered up to fix it in time. Sorry to all of you who called and emailed us about it, as well as all of you who missed us in silence. I re-upped it for five years, so those of you who really schedule their lives (I.E., apparendly everybody but me) might want to scratch it in on your five year planner se we can catch it. They are supposed to renew our domain status automatically, but .. oh well.. But, they ARE good guys, and always ready to make it right when things happen, (and if you have ever done any web-or computer related stuff, you know things WILL happen.. not if, but when..) so by the magic of the ether, we are back online. Whew!!.. I was afraid I was going to have to call Al Gore in on this one....

Now, how about that Fall Festival?? What a day!!! I have a lot of pictures to share with you. I am going down to the Archives and retrieve them so I can get them posted up here for you to enjoy. This is Monday, November 10th, (the day after my birthday.. What? why, thank you very much..) So I will try and post them this evening at the latest.

How's this?

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The other day our fine ladies were out in force during the Oliver Springs High School Homecoming Parade.. just showin' off their colors and in general representin'.... We have such a FINE group of ladies, and I dearly love them.... several of them kinda "mother" me, and that's just fine by me....

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Speaking of worthy volunteers, here are some more pictures of our fine group of unselfish public servants hard at work. We're actually much prettier in person...

To quote my granddaughter Madeline, girls ROCK! In the picture below Melba shows she isn't afraid of getting her hands dirty. Our ladies were absolute stalwarts! They worked as hard as the men....

By the end of the day, we were exhausted, with one huge industrial dumpster full to overflowing, and enough heaped up to make another dumpster tolerable stuffy, as Huck might say...

I feel we were blessed of God to accomplish what we did. I have not felt well lately, but Saturday I got up feeling fit and full of vinegar. None of us got hurt, nobody got sick. In fact, we were so invigorated by the gains made that we are planning to assemble again this Saturday, August 16th, for more of the same. Folks, we are committed to this renovation. We are blessed to have the folks at M.T.S.U. helping to massage the grant process, and I must tell you that they are jewels of the finest sort. They have given us encouragement, advice, guidance, etc. Those of you "in the know" need not be reminded that a historical renovation is fraught with challenge. Legacy brickwork needs special treatment and mortar, etc., architectural details must be preserved, exterior facades must remain true to original design and scope... But I will promise you this.. with the team of craftsmen (and women,) brain trusts, and general top notch thinkers, we are well and truly up to the challenge. As Grandpa McCoy used to say, no brag.. just fact.

Are you itching to dive in and help? Too far away to drop by and work? Never fear... that cd you have stashed away is over mature and nigh unto moldering.. Why not get it out and put it where it will help to ensure that the legacy of your hometown remains intact and the Oliver Springs we knew in our youth maintains its roots and its vital spirit for generations yet unborn. Delusions of grandeur.. maybe.. but how much more noble is that than those who would take from our town and never return anything of substance?

I knew you would agree....

God bless you until we get to talk again!!