Cars for Canines: Remembering the secret Auto School for Dogs
Who's your local celebrity? Who in your community takes those extra steps to make life a little more special for everyone around them?
Over the past 40 years, Carson City gas station owner Bill Williamson delighted audiences at the Nevada Day Parade by riding shotgun in his antique Model-T Ford with one of his dogs happily performing the driving duties.
Hats off to driving doggies Buddy, Beaver, Budd and Beauregard, and the remarkable man who trained them. You can read the 88-year-old Williamson's obituary in the Nevada Appeal. Like any good magician, he never revealed how he pulled off the trick.
No offense to the canine community, but we wouldn't want any of those dogs driving a school bus or ambulance.
As pictured above, Williamson's dogs also were chauffeurs for Santa Claus during his hometown's annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.
Who are the characters in your community who really make your hometown shine?
Wouldn't it be great to pay tribute to them, give the ultimate thank you, with a personal documentary capturing their life story?
Again, no offense to the canine community, but we use REAL people, not dogs, as editors, writers and cinematographers!