Lake Wedowee is the Place for Me on 4th of July I have always said Halloween is my favorite non-religious holiday, but I have to say Fourth of July is gaining ground at a lightening pace. Fourth of July on Lake Wedowee is something to experience! Considering the size of our town, it amazes me how much there is to do during that holiday period. We had the rodeo, two street dances and numerous firework displays (some planned and promoted, some by word of mouth). However, the best display of American Pride (in my opinion of course) came on Fourth of July during our 3rd Annual Lake Wedowee Patriotic Boat Parade. This year we saw 28 entries decorated in their season’s best and let me tell you, the boats did not disappoint. The creativity was so extraordinary, we launched a People’s Choice Award through our facebook.com fan page. Let’s just say that people took that voting seriously! We had accusations of it being rigged and I know of at least one fake profile created during the voting period… (Regina Falangi...Come on… Really?) We had 357 votes cast for the finalists which were Fantastic Fourth, Gilligan’s Island and Mickey Mouse. In the end the Judges and the People agreed and named the Fantastic Fourth not only the Pride of Wedowee, but also the first ever People’s Choice Winner. And their message was quite simple, “Our Soldiers are the Real Super Heroes!” Thank you to all the people involved in making the boat parade a success and to see all the boats from the parade see pages 22-29 of this issue!
Enjoy Life! Kelly Caldwell
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