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Arcadia Weekly Oct 17, 2018
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When will the windmill turn again? – Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
By Terry Miller
We are too. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Mr. George Fasching, the famous windmill atop Denny’s will fly again soon. Just, when? We’re not yet sure.
On Wednesday afternoon, June 29 last year, the idea of getting the iconic windmill turning again became a reality, only to be destroyed in a freak incident a few months later on Dec 29, 2017. On that Friday morning the iconic landmark fell off and one blade sliced through Denny’s restaurant around 8 a.m.
The humble, albeit well-known, man who worked diligently behind the scenes with a letter writing campaign wants no notoriety about getting the windmill turning again, but we can tell you he specializes in keeping Arcadia’s horseless carriages clean and shiny. On that particular Friday, he was devastated when he saw what happened. So were we.
George Fasching never gave up hope that the windmill would turn again and right now the restoration is underway.
We’ll keep you posted on developments as they become clear. But as anyone who knows George Fasching, nothing will stop this man from helping the community of Arcadia.
Read more at “Denny’s Windmill Turns Once Again After 40 Year Hiatus” on ArcadiaWeekly.com.
