Sunday, June 08, 2008
The COUNTRY STORE was the specialty of this 15th Blueberry Festival celebration. The two guys, Charlie Osgood and Richard Wilder were the main ones who worked the miracle of transformation. They added the porch and turned a disreputable tin storage building into an air conditioned, lovely and useful country store envisioned by Cheryl Osgood and helpers. Inside was where memorabilia from previous festivals was on display along with items for sale like blueberry blue tee shirts with the store front pictured on them, blueberry fudge, blueberry bubble gum, & ice cream with blueberries. Kathie Snowden says this was the first year that the blueberry pies sold out completely before even thinking about lowering the price!Artist, Anthony Yazbec, was discovered in the art department of LCCC, and is on his way to Ringling College of Art & Design studying toward professional illustration. His volunteer hours and talent plus Wellborn Community Association purchase of paint and brushes made a mural of our very own happen in our hometown. The porch with rocking chairs, two wooden indians and a hitching post made a good idea even more colorful.
# posted by Jinny Wilson @ 6:37 AM 
