[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Well I initially wrote this story during the summer so the news reference is a bit outdated but???[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]County[/B][B] Officials Try To Rescue Wayward Wales[/B].[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Sacramento[/B][B], California[/B]: Coast Guard and marine biologists are scrambling to save two wayward Humpback Whales who have mistakenly swum 90 miles up the Sacramento River and away from their ocean home.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]And in a similar development closer to home:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Santa Rosa Beach, Florida[/B]: Walton County officials are scrambling to save the Wales family- Jeb, Jo-Lyn, and their daughter Brittany, who were spotted driving up and down county road 30-A.; clearly disoriented. Their license plates identify them as residents of rural Greene County, Alabama.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]?They are clearly lost, and don?t seem to have a clue where they are; and seem to be looking for familiar landmarks that could lead them home.?, said a TDC spokesperson.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Officials are expressing concern that the family will need to be returned to their familiar habitat or risk dehydration and starvation. ?They have passed several Wine and Sushi Bars but don?t seem to recognize them as places to get food and drink,? said TDC spokesperson Bill Sampson, ?and the nearest Cracker Barrel is miles down the road in Destin.?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]?Their thick accents and colorful colloquialisms are making it hard for us to communicate with them, and so we have had to turn to other methods.? TDC vehicles have been blaring Lynard Skynard over loud speakers in an attempt to lead the Wales family in the direction of the 331 bridge and north to familiar surroundings.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Rural Southerners used to frequent this area, once known as the Redneck Riviera, before gentrification pushed them out.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]?It has been some years since we have had a confirmed sighting of a Southern Redneck here in the south part of the county, and we assumed they had become extinct in this habitat.? Sampson explained.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In the event that the Wales cannot find their way back home; officials for the Indian Mound Museum in Fort Walton Beach have expressed an interest in housing them at their museum as part of a display showing the historical inhabitants of the area.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT]
