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AND WANDA STARKE ARE JOINING US
LIVE TO BRING US STORIES ABOUT
THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT OTHER STORIES DO YOU HAVE
FOR US TODAY?
WE'VE GOT A GOOD ONE.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
WE ARE.
LANIE POPE WENT RIVER TUBBING,
NOT TUBING, BUT TUBBING.
WHEN WE DO THESE TRAVELS, WE
GO OUT AND OUT TO DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES AND WE CELEBRATE
COMMUNITIES.
DO YOU WANT TO RACEA?
I'M LIKE, YES.
THAT WAS THE STORY WITH CHRIS.
DO YOU WANT TO FLOAT IN A TUB?
OF COURSE!
IT WAS A STEEL WASHTUB.
I DID NOT KNOW I WAS GOING TO
HAVE SUCH GREAT COMPANY.
ALL THESE GUYS WERE WITH ME.
TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE FUN WE
HAD.
THE TUB.
FOOTHILLS OUTDOORS ADVENTURE'S
OWNERS THE JOHNSON SAY IT IS A
PERFECT DAY FOR FLOATING.
I AM JOINED BY THE TOWN MANAGER,
THE OUTLOOK SCHOOLS,
AND A
MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
I'M SHOVING OFF WITH A FEW
MAYORS.
COMPLETE WITH A FIDDL
E AND
BANJO.
CHRIS GIVES ME A JAR OF PEANUT
BUTTER AND A BOXER OF DOUGHNUT
HOLES.
PLEASE ANTICIPATE TREES AHEAD
OF YOU AND WORK WITH THE
CURRENT.
WE ARE OFF TO A SLOW START
BUT ONCE THE STEERING COMMITTEE
COMES TO AGREEMENT, WE CATCH UP.
IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME OUR
PADDLING SKILLS ARE TESTED.
ARE TALK AND LAUGH AND DANCE.
WE ARE NOT ALWAYS PREPARED FOR
WHAT LIES AHEAD.
PUSH.
IT SEEMS THE OTHERS ARE NOT
AS DISTRACTED.
THE TRASH TALK BEGINS.
THINGS SETTLE DOWN
AND RG
EDUCATES US.
AN ARCHAEOLOGIST SAID THIS IS
ONE OF THE LARGEST INDIAN
OCCUPATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST.
INDIANS
AND DANIEL BOONE
HAVE OFFLOADED ON THIS RIVER.
-- HAVE ALL FLOATED ON THIS
RIVER.
WE STARTED HEARING BANJOS.
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SOMEBODY CATCH IT.
WHOO!
THERE ARE LOTS OF CRITTERS.
YOU'LL SEE AN AMERICAN
EGRET.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL GETAWAY,
THAT IS, IF YOU WANT TO GET
AWAY.
YOU GUYS ARE HAVING AS MUCH
FUN AS WE ARE.
NOT THE WORST ONES YOU'VE HAD
COME DOWN THROUGH HERE.
IS THERE ANY REASON Y'ALL HAVE
TURNED ME BACKWARDS?
OH, MY!
EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT?
[LAUGHTER]
THEN IT'S TIME TO OUR TRIP TO
END.
BUT WE ARE CAUGHT IN THE
CURRENT.
TIGER WAS THE BEST CRITTER I SAW
ALL DAY.
THANKS TO HIM, WE ARE SAFE AND
SOUND.
A LITTLE DIRT NEVER HURT.
BLOOD, SWEAT AND STEERING.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT A MESS WE
LEFT IN THE TUB.
I HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT FOR TIGER.
I UNDERSTAND HOW FAR WE WOULD'VE
GONE DOWN THE RIVER?
WE WOULD HAVE GONE ANOTHER
TWO HOURS.
I GOT A SPECIALLY MADE FOR
YOU BECAUSE AS HE WAS PULLING US
OUT OF THE RIVER AND SAID, I
SAVED LANIE'S SHIRT.
LOOK WHAT IT SAYS ON THE
BACK.
THANKS FOR BEING OUT HERE.
I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY.
YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU A HAND.
WE CAN ALWAYS USE VOLUNTEERS
IN OUR SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE GOT LOVELY KIDS THAT
NEED A HAND, NEED SOMEONE TO
LOVE.
PLEASE COME AROUND AND HELP US.
THANKS, MAYORS, FOR BEING
WITH US.