Mr. Ed’s Elephants

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[I found this article about Mr. Ed’s Elephants on the PA Bucketlist.com site!]

Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium just may be the best elephant-themed roadside attraction in Pennsylvania!

Elephants and candy everywhere you look.

Located just outside of Gettysburg, Mister Ed’s features a dizzying array of elephant figurines, circus souvenirs, toys, statues, gardens, and artwork, as well as over a thousand kinds of candy!

How to Find Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium

Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium is located at 6019 Chambersburg Rd, Orrtanna, PA 17353.

Exploring the Exterior of Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum

The grounds surrounding Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium are a collection of whimsically-decorated gardens incorporating elephants as the central theme (of course!).

The water garden featuring a mother and baby elephant with water shooting out of their trunks caught my eye in particular, but all the gardens are a treat to walk through.

Even an old delivery truck becomes a unique piece of artwork in the gardens at Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum.

And while Bedford may be home to Pennsylvania’s largest roadside coffee pot, this teapot-shaped garden shed at Mister Ed’s is impressive in its own right, and fittingly it also houses a collection of teapots.

Step Inside Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium

A quick glance around the inside of Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium is enough to cause massive sensory overload and a sugar rush!

Everywhere you look, on the walls, ceilings, shelves, and countertops, you’ll see elephants and candy of every possible description.

More than 12,000 elephant-related mementos are on display, a feast for the eyes and an inspiration to those of us (myself included) who walk the fine line between collectors and hoarders!

If it existed in the 20th century and it had an elephant emblazoned on it, you’ll most likely find it at Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum.

There are even “Pachyderm Points” displayed around the museum, imparting knowledge about real elephants on inquisitive visitors.

If you’re a hardcore fan of elephants or vintage toys, you’d best budget an hour or two just to explore the museum portion of Mister Ed’s!

The Candy Emporium at Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum

In case you missed the sign when you walked in the door, Mister Ed’s is also famous for homemade fudge!

Featuring more than 70 flavors of fudge, I’ve yet to try one that WASN’T delicious.

If fudge isn’t your thing, there are literally more than 1,000 different candy options, including an entire room full of PEZ candies and dispensers!

Christmas at Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium

Mister Ed’s definitely gets in the spirit at Christmastime!

Inside the store and out, you’ll find all your favorite Christmas characters woven into the already busy tapestry of decorations and displays.

From traditional Dickens-like carolers…

to the not-so-traditional Miss Ele out front.

Already one of the Gettysburg area’s most unique attractions and favorite candy stores, Mister Ed’s is the perfect place to shop for Christmas stocking stuffers.

If you’re road tripping through the Gettysburg area at Christmastime, make it a point to stop, stroll the grounds, and do a little shopping.

Planning Your Visit to Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum

Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium is open every day, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

In the age of COVID, it’s probably prudent to call ahead and confirm those hours – the phone number there is (717) 352-3792.

There is no charge to walk the gardens or to tour the museum.

If you’ve got elephants on the brain, a hardcore sweet tooth, or just love quirky roadside attractions, Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium near Gettysburg checks all the right boxes!

SOURCE: Rusty Glessner @ PABUCKETLIST

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    During the worst of their times, the native Americans heard of the potato famine in Ireland and scraped together what little money they could to help people they had never met. It’s a heart-warming story.”


    The full story can be found here: https://www.swtimes.com/story/lifestyle/2017/05/26/shared-trials-bring-peoples-together/20789071007/

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  4. Bear in mind, this is Slate, a decidedly left-wing publication; however, it provides a deep-dive into the Disney situation in FL.

    “The Secrets of Reedy Creek–Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are locked in a blood feud over a peculiar tract of land with a wild history.”
    BY MOLLY OLMSTEAD
    MAY 02, 20235:45 AM

    (To understand how Disney came to own and govern 25,000 acres in Florida is to learn about Walt Disney’s social project—and why it never came to be. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images and Jeff Gritchen/Orange County Register/SCNG.)

    EXCERPT: “For more than 50 years, in the middle of central Florida, a vast tract of former marshland has existed virtually outside government control. A small vein of water winds down the western edge, trickling south to feed the headwaters of the Everglades. Unincorporated lands exist along the southern border. And smack-dab in the middle sits Disney World.

    This land (formerly known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District) is the prize that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has moved to wrest from Disney’s control—and that the Disney Company has endeavored to protect, first with a legal clause that invokes “the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III” (yes, really) and, last week, with a troubling lawsuit.

    It’s an odd situation with an even odder history. Because to understand how Disney came to own—and govern—some 25,000 acres in Florida is to learn about Walt Disney’s social project and why it never came to be.

    In the 1960s, after realizing his spatial limitations in Anaheim, California, Disney began to develop plans for another empire, this time in central Florida. (Disney was said to have hated some of the development that surrounded his California park.) At the time, Florida hadn’t yet exploded, population-wise, into the state we know today. The greater Los Angeles area had more people than every Florida county combined.

    As a result, Disney was able to make big upfront demands of the state—and reasonably expected the eager local government to give in. His grand plan wasn’t just about sprawling resorts. He wanted to build an experimental planned city, a utopian company town that would serve as a “blueprint for the future,” where residents would test out new products, no one would be unemployed, and the city’s climate-controlled center would cater to pedestrians who could be ferried about by monorail. Disney called this plan the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. To ensure he could enact his vision without a lot of red tape, he stipulated all kinds of rights to the land without knowing if he’d ever need them, aware that he would never again have greater negotiating power.

    This Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow—EPCOT for short—is not the Epcot park we know today, though the amusement park shares the idealized planned city’s (now nostalgic) futurism. The EPCOT that was never built was meant to be a real town—and for that to become realized, the Walt Disney Company needed the authority to develop and run a town. So, Florida granted Disney the right to do everything it needed to make that happen, including controlling zoning and regulations and offering public services. Walt Disney’s death is cited as the reason the city never came to be, but the Disney Company’s hold on zoning, regulations, and public services remained.

    That’s Disney’s story, anyway. Richard Foglesong, a former professor at Rollins College and author of Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando, says it’s a fabrication.”

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/disney-desantis-reedy-creek-lawsuit-secret-history.html

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  7. ENTIRE ARTICLE @ ammoland: “Progress on House Bill 189, now named “Freedom to Carry NC,” stalled on Wednesday after the NRA reportedly came out in opposition to the bill. NRA lobbyist DJ Spiker, who had been utterly absent from the debate over permitless concealed carry (and rarely seen at the legislature), showed up at the Judiciary 2 Committee meeting, which passed HB 189 on Tuesday, and began complaining about the bill’s contents.

    To satisfy Speaker Tim Moore’s requirement to move the bill, the latest incarnation of HB 189 contains a nominal training requirement to establish that concealed carriers know relevant state laws. The training requirement can be satisfied by courses from the NRA, USCCA, or an online course to be established by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. There will be no permit, no live fire training, no requirement to carry proof of training, nor any central repository or database of who has or has not taken a course.

    NRA “not invented here” syndrome — Spiker reportedly complained to bill sponsor Rep. Keith Kidwell, that due to the training requirement, it was no longer a “true” constitutional carry bill. In truth, HB 189 has always been a hybrid bill in that it offered permitless carry only to those who would otherwise qualify for a permit. Its progenitors stretch back to 2017 with HB 69, sponsored by Rep. Larry Pittman, and HB 746, sponsored by Rep. Chris Millis, both of which contained language similar to HB 189. Despite the fact that HB 746 passed the NC House, sponsors report that the NRA has never been active in the constitutional carry debate.

    What the NRA is really objecting to – and which they have done many times in the past – could best be described as the “not invented here” syndrome. Namely, that the NRA couldn’t claim credit for a bill it had not participated in crafting.
    What Spiker seems to avoid mentioning is that HB 189 represents a huge step forward by eliminating governmental “permission slips” for exercising a fundamental civil right. When called to explain, Spiker is quoted by the Raleigh News & Observer as making the laughable claim that the NRA “will never apologize for refusing to compromise on an issue as critical as Constitutional Carry.” In truth, the NRA (and Spiker) have a long history of compromise not only tactically but on core principles in the gun rights movement.

    But most importantly, the NRA has had since 2017 to weigh in on the language making up HB 189, but it reportedly never has. Instead, Spiker swooped in at the last minute and, like a vulture, deposited a large load of dung onto the efforts of the activists who were actually getting things done.

    Next Steps — HB 189 is not dead. Rep. Kidwell had it referred back to the Rules Committee in order to add a fiscal note, which would make it immune to the May 4 crossover deadline by which bills must clear at least one chamber to remain alive. In the coming days, Grass Roots North Carolina will issue alerts to get it moving.

    Meanwhile, gun rights supporters are advised to contact the NRA and hit them where it hurts: money. If you are a current member who is not fully paid up or have an annual membership, resign from the organization. If you’ve already quit, call and email them anyway. The message is this: “Not a dime for the NRA.”

    **As a bonus, if you would like to express your “appreciation” to NRA lobbyist DJ Spiker, he can be reached by phone or text at 757-575-8507 and by email at DSpiker@nrahq.org. In order that your feedback not be misrepresented as “harassment,” be civil and phone, text, or email only once.

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          1. What you can see with your own eyes, hear with your own ears, touch with your own hand…that’s where I’m at….there are a very few people whose word I trust any more.

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  21. Tomohawk
    Tomohawk
    May 8, 2023 5:17 pm
    Reply to AZPatriot

    Something else bothers me. Civil rape trial goes to deliberation tomorrow 5/9. CNN town Hall 5/1o 8pm. The president better win. This timing was foreseeable to all parties.

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  22. as if he is the dictator unto himself

    Troublemaker10
    Troublemaker10
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    Excerpt:

    Asked by Psaki if Biden “has the authority to invoke the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling on its own?” Raskin said, “I think he has that authority under these circumstances, absolutely. The Congress has put him in a constitutionally untenable position.”

    https://dcenquirer.com/rumored-plan-for-biden-to-use-14th-amendment-to-subvert-congress-is-a-nighmare/?utm_source=89381

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  23. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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