Where did everybody go???

[Flintauqua]

Gee, I get on here for the first time in several days and everyone disappears.  Now I know how Morris Marion and Paul Bocquin must have felt!   

[kdfrawg]

I have a sneaking suspicion, Flintauqua, that this is living proof that one of the calls stronger than that of the forum is the smell of dinner on the table.

[Flintauqua]

I know!  And I'm sure you have no idea who the two people mentioned are, but you're probably going to find out.

[Wilma]

I know who the 2 people are but I don't get the connection.

[flo]

I quit and went to swimmercize - but never fear, I'm back now 

[Diane Amberg]

  Let's see, Safety Town all day, stopped for provisons on the way home. Cut up chicken for the freezer,  picked beans, squash, cukes and toms, dinner. 

[kdfrawg]

Those guys aren't easy #1

In January 1991, citizens of the town organized a group called Friends of Elk Falls. Retired Hollywood actor Barry McGuire, who moved to Elk Falls 20 years ago, provided a key spark. Other community leaders are Mack Byard, Paul Bocquin, Steve and Jan Fry, and others. The Friends of Elk Falls organization produced a promotional brochure about the community C but it=s unlike any promotional brochure that you=ve ever seen before.

For example, the brochure advertises Elk Falls as a Aliving ghost town in the heart of the Kansas Ozarks.@ Instead of the Yellow Brick Road, this brochure promotes the Grey Gravel Road.

The brochure includes a supposed quote saying Elk Falls is AWorth going out of your way for!@ The brochure says the quote is from a Herbert Hoover speech to the Society for the Promotion of Exaggeration in Tourist Brochures. The brochure offers the visitor the opportunity to have his or her name inscribed on a piece of gravel and dropped in the pothole of their choice.

That kind of tongue-in-cheek approach is refreshing. This community doesn=t take itself too seriously. Do you know any other town that has an annual outhouse contest?

And for a small fee the visitor can receive a certificate designating him or her as an honorary citizen of Elk Falls. There is only one condition: The new citizen must promise never to move there... Actually, it=s all in jest. Elk Falls welcomes new citizens, especially those desiring to make a positive contribution to its progressive efforts.

This approach is working. And once people visit Elk Falls, they find there are more attractions than expected. There is a small and attractive falls on the river, a lot of interesting history, a nice bed and breakfast, pioneer homes, and a surprising collection of craftsmen.

[kdfrawg]

I'm not going to hazard a guess on fellow number two. There's quite a selection of Morris Marion's to choose from. And even after looking into it a bit, I still don't feel even a little bit smarter. I hate it when that happens.

[Teresa]

Maurice Marion actually is how he spells his name.
And I understood... LOL

[Ole Granny]

Maurice Marion actually is how he spells his name.
And I understood... LOL

Me, too!