The lifeguard office at Buccaneer Bay, the popular water park at Weeki Wachee Springs, now has come alive with the tropical radiance and nature-borne aura of its host park. This new blast of color came in the form of a mural freshly painted on an office wall. Even more amazingly, the mural's artist is a student whose pay came in the form of student volunteer hours.
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has been spotlighted in a nationally cast ray of sunshine, thanks to a video profile of the park hosted by the Midway Main Street YouTube channel.
Renovations and upgrades at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park caused the closure of park in early February. Three main attractions are in the process of renovations: the Mermaid Show, Wildlife Show and the River Boat Tours. The renovations and upgrades are intended to provide additional safety for both visitors and staff.
“We want to make sure we can provide the safest journey for our guests to get from one place to another,” said John Athanason Marketing & PR Manager for Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. Athanson has been working at the park for 17 years.
One of Florida’s oldest roadside attractions, the Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid Park celebrates the 70th anniversary of its very first mermaid show.
(Weeki Wachee)- Not many knew how good Weeki Wachee’s volleyball team was going to be after they lost four seniors from last season’s 21-9 squad.
The Hornets reached the Class 6A region final, losing to Ponte Vedra three sets to one. With the amount of underclassmen Weeki Wachee was going to rely upon, not many were expecting a repeat of the 2016 season.
Hurricane Irma is in the rearview mirror, but her impacts are still being felt. High school sports may be a low-level concern as the state recovers from the storm, however coaches and administrators are nonetheless scrambling trying to figure out how to move forward.
In Hernando County, where school and all activities had already been called off last Thursday through Saturday in preparation for Irma, prep sports have been shut down until Monday, when all schools will reopen. That means no practices and no games, even if they’re off campus or outside the county.
Between Labor Day on Monday and Hurricane Irma knocking out all activities Thursday through Saturday, it was a very short week of action in prep sports.
But the Nature Coast volleyball team made the most of the two-day window, earning two huge Class 6A, District 7 victories.
The third week of the prep football regular season promised an exciting matchup of county rivals Nature Coast and Springstead.
But Mother Nature has spoiled all the fun, at least temporarily. With Hurricane Irma threatening just about every area in Florida, Hernando County followed the trend of surrounding counties by canceling school – and all other activities – for Friday.
After its season opener against IMG Academy White lasted less than a quarter because of rain, the last thing Nature Coast wanted was more weather-related delays.
On a Friday night when seemingly every area game was impacted by lightning, the Sharks managed get their home opener versus South Sumter off without a hitch, collecting a 33-7 victory.
Throughout his 18 seasons at the helm of Springstead and now Hernando, Bill Vonada has often said a coach is never fully satisfied.
But in evaluating Friday’s season opener, the veteran football headman couldn’t find much fault with the outcome. The Leopards stomped Fivay at Tom Fisher Memorial Stadium, 62-0.
“The guys came out firing on all cylinders and really just didn’t have any letup at any position or play,” Vonada said. “I guess not being able to play in the spring and all that, the guys were charged up about playing somebody else.
