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Weeki Wachee? City of Mermaids? The state took over this 60+age park

By Monika Depalo

Real Estate Agent with GAFF'S REFERRAL'S INC.

July 21, 2009 05:34 AM

Where do these unusual city names originate from? Well when I search the MLS I keep seeing Weeki Wachee and wondered where that name came from. Now I can stop wondering...plus it turned into a soap opera uncovering a claim against the new park manager.

it is a Choctaw Muskogean Native American Indian name and it connotes "Little Sping". The Choctoaw may have been plant cutters in the Mississppi and Alabama area anas well as Arizona.

Mermaid

The Mermaids of Hernando County in this Tampa-St. Pete area town have two enemies thinder and alligators that sneak in.

Then, the soap opera began. The State took over the park and the manager sexually harassed employees and an employees daughter who was a mermaid and was fired after an 88 page report was done.

Maybe a company will buy it so the state won't have to run it--does that mean that counties taxes are paying for entertaining mermaids that don't exist?

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Lyn Sims and the Blog Dog

Streamwood, Elgin IL Real Estate - RE/MAX Suburban - Bartlett, IL

Gosh I remember going to this in the 70's. I think it was a spin off water park after Ester Williams. If you don't know who she is, google her. She was probably the 1st Weeki Wachee babe.

Jul 21, 2009 09:04 AM

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I read an entry from an agent who does a Radio Show and loved it so I'll share it with his Web Reference: http://MikesRealEstateShow.com It's called 45 Lessons: ENJOY! 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone. 8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it. 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 10. Love your parents because they will be gone before you know it. 11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present. 12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry 13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it. 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.But don’t worry;God never blinks. 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. 17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. 18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger. 19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer. 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special. 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow. 23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple. 24. The most important sex organ is the brain. 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words:In five years,will this matter? 27. Always choose life. 28. Forgive everyone everything. 29. What other people think of you is none of your business. 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. 33. Believe in miracles. 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do. 35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. 36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young. 37. Your children get only one childhood. 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s,we’d grab ours back. 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 42. The best is yet to come. 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 44. Yield. 45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.