Friday, June 27, 2008

Florence Y'all



I had two shows in Florence KY yesterday. They were both at daycares. One at 10:30am and the other at 3pm. So in the between time I went to Panara Bread and ate, went and found a geocache with out a GPS, and stopped by to see the famous Florence Y'all Water Tower which was close to everything else. There is an interesting story about the water tower from Wikipedia. WIKIPEDIA IS THE BEST. It is best explained by Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin



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The Florence Y'all Water Tower is a water tower that stands between the Florence Mall and I-75 in Florence, Kentucky.

History

The tower holds approximately one million gallons of water, and was constructed in the early 1970s by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The plain water tower gathered little, if any attention. In 1974, the Virginia Erection Co. was contracted to paint the words "Florence Mall" to advertise the forthcoming Mall style shopping center - something new to the region. Mayor CM "Hop" Ewing was informed in July of 1974 by the Bureau of Highways that the signage was in violation of the law, as there was a restriction on how tall a sign promoting a business could be.

Many solutions were suggested, including everything from the obvious repainting of the tower, to covering the structure with a large tarpaulin. No inexpensive options seemed available.

During a brainstorming session with other civil staff, Ewing devised the idea of removing the vertical lines at the sides of the M in MALL to make it a Y; becoming Y'ALL. Ewing himself admitted at the time that it was a "corny" solution, but cost effective. The city paid $472 to the W.T. Marx Company of Cincinnati, Ohio to make the changes; whereas a complete repaint would have been nearly three times as much. With the completion of the modified paint job, the landmark was born.

The tower was recognized shortly after the change, in a national Reader's Digest publication. The tower is an instantly recognizable landmark, even inspiring the naming of the annual Florence festival to the "Florence Y'all" fest.

Monday, June 23, 2008

LED Kit

I know the last letters are cut off at the end...not sure why. Enjoy....and yes I am dramatic.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

2008 Hope Community Church Golf Outing

Here is a video I did for our church. We had a golf outing on Saturday.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Garage Sale - Shameless Plug



Our garage sale is Friday and Saturday in Avon Trails subdivision. The whole community is having a sale some come on by.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Happy Father's Day

It's Fathers Day and I received a hand written ticket to get tickets for an Indiana's Baseball Game with the family.

Here is a video Heidi made for church service today. I have two moments in the video.



To my Father...

Thank you for being a great teacher, example, and Godly leader. I cherish the time you spent with me as a child and the time we get today as well. Most of all thank you for loving my mom and providing a solid family foundation that is rare in these days.

I Love You,
Daniel

P.S. As I look out my window I see the flag still up on the mailbox. This means I missed the mail so your card will be on its way Monday. HA! OOPS!

Friday, June 13, 2008

Kung Fu Panda Practice

Since some of you know my brother now from camp.....Abbey.....here is a video of him practicing his moves. I am behind the camera.

This video is over 2 years ago.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

WE ARE SOUTHERN BAPTIST!!!!

I love this video that was just launched in the Indianapolis market. You can click on it twice to go to YouTube and watch in high quality by clicking the link under the video. Anyway.....enjoy.

"There is hope for every man!"

Monday, June 9, 2008