Caladium Festival 2021

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34 30th Annual Caladium Festival July 21, 2021 TO DO FROM PAGE 3 music, food, and a 50/50 drawing. The event will take place rain or shine. Spectator admission is free. For more information, call 863-465-4331 or visit lpfla.com. Caladium Festival dance The Lake Placid Jaycees Caladium Festival Dance is Saturday, July 24 at the Moose Lodge from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cost is $10 at the door, and you must be 21 or older to attend. Live entertainment provided by Josh Blevins band. The Moose Lodge is at 2137 U.S. 27 South. Journal Plaza Visit the Farmer’s Market at the Journal Plaza in downtown Lake Placid from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday. Enjoy live music and shop for fresh produce and unique gifts. The Journal Plaza is at 231 N. Main Ave. For more information, call 863-273-4030. Clowns Toby’s Clown Museum is at 109 W. Interlake Blvd. Admission is free. Learn about clowns and the community involvement of the Toby the Clown Foundation Inc. Clowns will also be roaming the event to amuse festivalgoers and will have a booth Saturday to coincide with the Car and Bike Show. For more information, call 863-465-2920. Depot museum The Depot Historical Museum is at 12 Park St. The museum offers visitors a display of historical furnishings, photos, documents, clothing, tools, lanterns, turpentine industry equipment, a switchboard and linotype machine. The grounds also feature a 1929 steam engine, a 1920s-era jail and a caboose. Admission is free. For more information, call 863-465-1771. SHOW FROM PAGE 6 car, truck or motorcycle will certainly fit into at least one of them. It might even be chosen for a new award this year – Best of Show! As always, the car show coincides with the Caladium Festival just up the street. The Festival is held at Stuart Park on Interlake Blvd. while the cars and motorcycles are on display at DeVane Park, on the circle in the Town of Lake Placid. Bob Larson has been in charge of the show for many, many years. He’s proud of it. Starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, vehicles entered in the show will be checked in. Goodie bags and a number will be given to the drivers as they are directed to their display spot. In fact, if you would like to be a volunteer to assist at the starting line, give Bob a call at 863-464-0037. That way you get to see all the entries as they arrive. One of the biggest features of the Lake Placid Car & Bike Show is the 50/50 drawing. It always has a very rewarding cash prize. A trophy will be given out for the “Mayor’s Choice” and the “Police Chief’s Choice” as well. A DJ will be onhand to do the announcements and provide a variety of music. This annual event is presented by the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce. Go to caladiumfestival.org. You’ll find the car show entry form there. Pre-registration is only $15 – or you can just show up that morning for $20. If you have more questions, call the chamber office at 863-465-4331. FILE PHOTO 2006, HIGHLANDS TODAY FILE PHOTO Doug Edmonds of Cape Coral glances toward his 1939 five window Ford Coupe Street Rod during the classic car show at the Caladium Festival in Lake Placid. JERRY MEISENHEIMER/CORRESPONDENT Garrett Lanier, an active member of the U.S. Coast Guard, just bought this 1967 Ford Fairlane while on leave. He’s getting it ready for his dad to show at the Lake Placid Car & Bike Show on July 24. adno=00067944 Crafty Quilters 13221 Us HwSebring, FL 33876 863-658-2148 Sebring’s Oldest Quilt Shop SALES AND SERVICE janome.com/en/machines/embroidery/mc15000 Artistic Long Arms now Available! Stop in for a demo today! Fabric Notions Classes Sewing Machine Repair adno=00066516 How Do You Spell Fun? BINGO! WEDNESDAY MATINEE Begins with Share the Wealth at 12 Noon Early Birds at 12:30 • Session Begins at 1:00 SUNDAY MATINEE Begins with Share the Wealth at 12 Noon Early Birds at 12:30 • Session Begins at 1:00 WEDNESDAY THRU SUNDAY EVENING STW Begins at 5:00 Followed by Early Birds at 6:00 and Sessions Begin at 6:30 pm. Glass Enclosed Smoking Area & Large No-Smoking Room DON’T MISS OUR PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS! SNACK BAR 9 $250 JACKPOTS EVERY FRIDAY! DON’T MISS OUR QUICK CASH MATINEES! Wed 10am-10:30pm • Thu-Sat 3pm-10:30pm Sun 10am-10:30pm CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY 1091 W Main Steet • Avon Park, FL 33825 863•453-2727

July 21, 2021 30th Annual Caladium Festival 35 BOYS FROM PAGE 8 to offer. Sandi loves the fact the idea of being able to carry on the legacy of Jason’s grandparents, LL and Vivian Boots. “I think they would be ecstatic, seeing what he has done with carrying on their name,” Sandi said. “I mean, them being the ones that brought it to this area in the late 1940s and it’s still going on in their family makes me smile, thinking they’re looking down, smiling upon him.” Florida Boys will also be participating in the Caladium Festival this year. This will be the second time participating for the company. “We’re very excited the kids really enjoy being up there with all the people, and all the people that know Florida Boys enjoy seeing the kids,” said Sandi. “Which is fun, keeping it, you know, family owned and operated.” Through the many twists, turns, company names and titles throughout time of the Boots family, some things may have changed, but their long-standing legacy has not. Florida Boys plans to keep it that way for as long as they can. AMANDA FERNANDEZ/CORRESPONDENT Bulbs in a crate at the Florida Boys facility. AMANDA FERNANDEZ/CORRESPONDENT One of the workers at Florida Boys Caladiums. FARM FROM PAGE 7 hold a festival to promote and celebrate such an industry, and to bring visitors into town. With the help of Ann Bond and Audrey Vickers of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, they started to prod surrounding farmers about being involved. In 1990, two caladium competitors decided to unite, to help finally bring this festival to life. One of those competitors was Carolyn Phypers of Happiness Farms. The other was Dot Bates of Bates Sons and Daughters. The first Caladium Festival was held at Happiness Farms, where a dinner was cooked by the Highlands County Cattlemen and served by the Cattlewomen, and guests were able to take bus tours of the fields. The following year the two families came together again and were able to expand the festival to Stuart Park with food, art, music and of course caladiums. It’s been held there ever since. For the past 20 years since the start of the festival, Happiness Farms has also donated Caladium bulbs around Lake Placid, to help showcase the beauty of the plant. With the festival being cancelled last year due to COVID-19, and the year prior the farm experiencing heavy loss due to heavy rain, Danielle Daum (a third generation farmer) who manages the office, expressed that they’re very excited to take part in upcoming festivities. This year, Happiness Farms will sell around 28 varieties of bulbs at the anticipated festival. Some featured varieties include the popular Cranberry Star, Fanni Munson and Florida Moonlight — Darlene’s new favorite. One thing is absolute, whatever customers wanted to converse about, the team was always happy to hear from them and to develop relationships. They hold their customers to such high regards that even when they locked their doors in 2020, they instated an honor system by placing tables out front with bulbs and a money box for payments. “We had people come knock on the door and give us a thumbs up. We had notes in the box, ‘You saved my sanity,’” said Phypers. Much like their patriarch, Paul Phypers Sr., the legacy at Happiness Farms still went by his old motto, “For your satisfaction, enjoyment and health.” adno=00067033

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