Thursday, December 4, 2014

Calling all DeKalb County Daycationers by John Dersham




During this holiday season many of us will reflect back on earlier times in our lives. We spend a lot of time inside with family and friends. It is a time of year that conjures up fond memories of times gone by and those wonderful memories are discussed with visiting family and friends that visit over the holidays.
Since I am in tourism I want to bring that reminiscent feeling to life in the written word. DeKalb Tourism and the Times Journal would like to hear your favorite story about things you did and places you visited in DeKalb County. Your story can be from something you did this summer or it can be from your childhood, no matter how long ago. It can be about an attraction that is no longer here or no longer in business. It can be a story about an afternoon picnic or a four day adventure down in Little River Canyon. If it is a funny family story or an exciting adventure, please tell it to us.
The rules are simple:
*It must have taken place in DeKalb County
*It needs to be about a public attraction; a park, hotel, cabin, B&B, campground, hiking, picnicking, kayaking, repelling, bird watching, nature study, summer camp, biking, water events, etc.
*It should be no more than 600 words.
Deadline is January 31, 2015.
The top five stories will be printed in the Times Journal next year. DeKalb Tourism will use them to promote tourism to DeKalb County on social media, blog spot and other locations. You will always be listed as the author.
Submit them to Heather Buckner at the Times Journal. Email them to her at hbuckner@times-journal.com. A panel of judges at the Times Journal and I will review the entries and pick the top five most applicable stories.
This is a fun project, so don’t procrastinate. I know you have a good story to tell because I have heard some of them told to me already.


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