7.08.2007
the things that happen after you leave...
So I was browsing around recently and stumbled across a Homer City web site. Yeah, i was shocked as well. Anyway, what caught my eye was an anouncement of their annual Hoodlebug Festival, which is today - July 8th. After reading a bit, I find it is a festival named after the rail trail that links Indiana and Black Lick.
What I find most amusing, in a high school nerdy kind of way, is that the real Hoodlebug never rode on the railroad that is now the rail trail through Homer City. The real Hoodlebug was a gas powered rail car (think of a large bus on rails) that traveled between Punxy and Indiana in the 1930s and 1940s. My cousin Trevor used it to commute from his home in Punxy to take classes at the Indiana Normal School.
So there ya go. Stump your friends and when in Homer City, call their bluff!
What I find most amusing, in a high school nerdy kind of way, is that the real Hoodlebug never rode on the railroad that is now the rail trail through Homer City. The real Hoodlebug was a gas powered rail car (think of a large bus on rails) that traveled between Punxy and Indiana in the 1930s and 1940s. My cousin Trevor used it to commute from his home in Punxy to take classes at the Indiana Normal School.
So there ya go. Stump your friends and when in Homer City, call their bluff!
# posted by E-Mann @ 9:08 AM 
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The Hoodlebug Fest is HUGE in Homer City. We've gone a couple of times when Em ran in their 5K. The kids pretty much forego that event now as it's a tough race and temps are always high.
The Hoodlebug Trail is a great trail around here, used for biking, walking and running. We pick it up in back of Hoss's. The kids train for cross country there at least once a week. They use a connector up a steep hill to the IUP President's home as part of their hill practice.
The Hoodlebug Trail is a great trail around here, used for biking, walking and running. We pick it up in back of Hoss's. The kids train for cross country there at least once a week. They use a connector up a steep hill to the IUP President's home as part of their hill practice.
On the international classical station out of Winston-Salem, WCPE, the "classical conundrum" yesterday was answered by someone from "Shel-(cough)-ta, rather I mean, Shelocta, PA". (He really did choke on the name.)
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