Community

"The summer season is the perfect time for any special event, but often times, we forget about pest control services," Brian Kelly noted.

"I learned that it was possible for teens to organize big events like this at Laurel Springs," Flanzer said. " allowed me to meet speakers who made a difference as teenagers, and many kids in Laurel Springs' National Honor Society have successfully started their own organizations to help others."

"Lunch Box Kids is a wonderful program run through our Food Pantry to ease the food budget for local families during the summer months with fresh produce and food," Hilton Crosby noted.

The boats circled and the horns buzzed the sun-kissed sea as the crews joyfully greeted each other's boat as they passed proudly waving and saluting and saying a few inside jokes that made the fishermen twinkle with laughter.

"It's sort of like a running Woodstock," Hackett told us.

"I believe in the Tuscany of the post card," Guerrini told us. "From the amazing countryside to the tradition of art and history the Medici family set in Florence, to the good government practices Siena instituted in the 13th and 14th Centuries: what you see around you is a magic place."

I am always fascinated when I hear sixty-something folks talking about their lives saying that if they were to do it all over again, they wouldn't change anything.

"This will be a major, long term effort with a goal to begin construction to coincide with the Church's 140th anniversary in 2022," Wendy Hall noted.

The East End has a soulful healing magic. I appreciate it.

The Festival is a Memorial Day Weekend tradition where families and friends enjoy the creative spirit together.