Howdy!
Roman facts:
Roman Mills is the Great Uncle of Jay Mills. Prior to moving to Tobin, he was in a storage room in the Chico Raleys where he had previously been on display for the Roman Meals bread company before he retired. After Jay and I brought him home, Jay lovingly painted him surfer boy bronze. He has ever since been Roman, the Tobin Trojan. (Although, Romans and Trojans are two different things)
Roman really enjoys dressing up in different costumes for parties and occasions. He has been Hawaiian, a road worker, Rasta, a kayaker and, of course a Trojan in the Plumas County parade.
Roman looks forwards to participating in many more events in the future.
UJ
Sara, Iris, and Nadine with our Hero
Sara adds: I actually got the honor of helping Jay paint Roman the very first time. When Roman was first adopted, he was swimming pool blue all over. Roman was mounted on a stump in front of the Tobin Resort Lodge and people liked to stop and get their pictures taken with him.
In 2008, Roman played a key role in representing the Trojan theme when Dorothy made it her business, after visiting New Orleans where Jeffery was working, to "adopt a school" in Grand Isle. Their mascot was the Trojans, which also happens to be the mascot of the Quincy Jr./Sr. High School. She held many events to raise funds to send to the school, including and not limited to a booth at the Quincy Farmers Market. We also built a float to enter in the Plumas-Sierra County Fair Parade with Roman as the centerpiece. Some of us dressed in togas. Jay dressed as illustrated:
Jay at the Trojan Fun booth at the Quincy Farmers Market
Jay & Dorothy adorning Roman pre-mounting
Mounting Roman on his pedestal under Barbara Wilson's superb supervision
The Parade!
Keoke
