Wendy Barker (September 22, 1942 – March 11, 2023) was an American poet. She was Poet-in-Residence and the Pearl LeWinn Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she taught since 1982.[1] (wikipedia)
The festival really is a community celebration. It's a wonderful free event; people will learn about Escondido.
The festival really is a community celebration, ... It's a wonderful free event; people will learn about Escondido.
To tear down any (historical) house for a parking lot is not good. The whole point of a local register is to preserve our heritage.
He was totally in charge of organizing the tours, which was great for me. I totally relied on him. It was something we offered that I didn't have to think about. I didn't have to do anything. We did the (copying), that was it.
There are so many stories and so many important people buried here. Our hope is that we can do this every year and learn more about the people.
It's just a small-town, down-home parade that we really encourage all the entries to just have fun with it.
