Lynne,

Yes, Middletown does have places to eat and places to stay. Just go to the bottom of this page link and you should see a listing of places to say in Middletown - Lake County Accomodations. The home page to Lake County should also direct you to places to eat in Middletown.

While I am not opposed to reaching out to ABC or any of the major networks, the fact remains that last year Fox came to Middletown. They responded to the campaign which was started by high school students. There is a saying that you stay with those who "brung you." I intend to reach out to Fox again this year. In my opinion, Fox really did something special last year by both acknowledging the effort of the high school students and bringing worldwide attention to Middletown, CA via their weather report.

What is truly disappointing to me is that even though Fox's Adam Housley addressed the parade crowd from the reviewing stand, thank the students for writing those letters and told everyone Middletown's festivities would be mentioned ALL DAY LONG by Fox's weatherman, not one Lake County publication bothered to acknowledge Fox's presence at the parade. However, Sonoma County's Press Democrat Newspaper in Santa Rosa had news of Fox's presence on the front page of their Sunday edition.

I received a call from Jeff Barone of Kimco Development, a Lake County real estate developer; Ed Robey, Lake County's District 1 Supervisor and Alf Nucifora, nationally syndicated small business consultant. All three told me they would try to make the conference call tomorrow. I hope they all do. Alf told me he received an email from New Zealand. That must have been John Stephen Veitch. I do believe such reinforcement helps convince those who are invited to the teleconference to attend.

Lamar Morgan
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