Hometown Spotlight - Page 2

Hometown Spotlights focus on communities which are unique, take pride in and celebrate an aspect of American hometown life, be it their history, heritage, passion, claim to fame, or future.

Magician Brings Smiles and Laughter to his Audiences

shared by keithleff

Keith, born in April of 1969, is a native of the Kansas City area and was fortunate enough to have a magician living next door to him at his grandmother's house were he spent much of his time gro

first appeared: 1/11/2009

Missouri Race Club Debuts Race to the Rocker

shared by writeronthego

News release: World’s Largest Route66 Rocker Celebrates Birthday with “Race to the Rocker” Cuba,MO: JOG, inc., or Joggers of God,in Cuba teams with the Route 66 Fanning Outpost Gen

first appeared: 1/11/2009

Sock Monkey Madness Festival

shared by Lonna Converso

Sock Monkey Madness Festival - Under the Big TopRockford, IL - An original one-of-a-kind event, Sock Monkey Madness Festival, will return as a unique celebration of Rockford's past by highlight

first appeared: 12/9/2008

A Legacy of Christmas Kindness

by Marti Attoun

At Christmastime, Pearl Stanley can be found in her Yellow Springs, Ohio, kitchen mixing up batches of chocolate chip cookies and cranberry-apricot bread to give to family and friends.

first appeared: 12/7/2008

Bravo Farms Cheese Factory-Traver, California

shared by BravoFarms

Bravo Farms began in 1979 as a small dairy farm in Visalia, California. Owned by Bill Boersma and his wife Pat, they ran the dairy several years before deciding to evolve into farmstead cheesemakers

first appeared: 11/24/2008

Thar's Gold in Dahlonega

by Stuart Englert

first appeared: 10/5/2008

A Fair for the Ages

by Sean Conneely

A fair for the ages

first appeared: 9/14/2008

Cooking School for Kids is Recipe for Success

shared by mitchmedley

Success is sweet for Tessy Santos-Medley, owner of Classy Kids Cook, a new Children's Cooking School and Etiquette Training Center, located in Raleigh, North Carolina "We are so very excited

first appeared: 9/8/2008

Celebrating Danish Heritage

by Judith A. Stock

A parade float shaped like a Viking ship moves slowly down Copenhagen Drive in Solvang, Calif. (pop. 5,332), known as the Danish Capital of America.

first appeared: 9/7/2008

Tragedy Touches Home

shared by DMDUSA

My family and I chose a delightful young lady from Greenland to host for the 07-08 school year. August 10th, Rita arrived in Idaho with all my family at the airport to greet her when she stepped

first appeared: 7/18/2008

Riding the Lynx

shared by amar

“You, Sir. At the back. Will you please get down from the bus?” The driver’s voice came out loud and clear over the intercom. “Who? Me? No, I won’t,” repli

first appeared: 7/5/2008

"The Coal Patch"

shared by E. Arlien Mather

This is a story about a "coal patch" called "Orient" between Brownsville and Uniontown, PA. It describes my friend, Dale Richard Shazer, and how, at almost eighty years of age he

first appeared: 6/30/2008

Strut, Cluck, Cackle

by Curt Arens

Sporting homemade tail feathers, Del Hampton struts around the open-air stage in Wayne, Neb. (pop. 5,583), clucking like a nervous hen.

first appeared: 6/22/2008

Escape the Present, Discover the Past in Historic Nauvoo, Illinois

shared by jeandean

Nauvoo, Illinois - With the rising cost of gasoline this summer, many families are looking for fun and entertainment that won't empty the bank and yet be fun for the entire family. Historic Nauvo

first appeared: 5/28/2008

Rounding Up Rattlers

by Stuart Englert

Tony Felder and Dean Wilson climb among the hills west of Okeene, Okla. (pop. 1,240), searching cracks and crevices in the porous gypsum rock for the elusive Western diamondback rattlesnake.

first appeared: 4/20/2008

Strawberry Festival - Craft Bazaar plus Tours of Jefferson Depot Village

shared by Jean Dutton

The Strawberry Festival at Jefferson Depot Village was started 21 years ago by hometown volunteers inorder to SAVE and Preserve the 1872 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Station. Each ye

first appeared: 4/18/2008

Western Swing Town

by Stuart Englert

The sweet sound of twin fiddles and a steel guitar drift over the pews at the Church of Western Swing in Turkey, Texas

first appeared: 4/6/2008

Hail the new Nightingales

shared by amar

Hail the new NightingalesAmar B Shrestha2768, Woodland CreekLoop, Kissimmee, Fl-34744Ph: 407-343-1328 Downtown Baptist Church in PineStreet, Orlando, was host to an unusual event on 7th December 2007

first appeared: 3/30/2008

Abraham Lincoln Slept Here

shared by shelbylincolnheritage

Shelbyville, Illinois, the county seat of Shelby County was a bustling pioneer town in the 1840's and 1850's. It was on the route of the 8th Judicial Circuit, which was the route Abraham Lin

first appeared: 3/28/2008

Isolated midwestern city needs thoughtful rehabilitation.

shared by William Carroll

http://www.cityforsale.us/ Not really, but an unusual human-interest story worth considering. This isolated midwestern city had a population of 15,000. Today it is less than 7000. Passive local gov

first appeared: 3/25/2008

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