Welcome to Okeechobee!
A great little City nestled into a GREAT County

The following applies to each person as they enter Okeechobee. Learn & remember!

1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.

2. Let's get this straight; it's called a "shellrock road." I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.

3. They are cattle & feed lots and horse farms. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-75 and I-95 go north and south. Pick one.

4. So every person in every pickup waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.

5. If that cell phone rings while a deer is coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

6. Yeah, we eat catfish. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at a local bait shop.

7. The "Opener" refers to the first day of hunting season, or a fishing event. It's a religious holiday.

8. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.

9. No, there's no "vegetarian special" on the menu. Order BEEF. It's whats for dinner! Or you can always order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.

10. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper and the ever popular Everglades seasoning!

11. You bring "coke" into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice. You bring "Mary Jane" into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.

12. Both Osceola and Yearling sports or Brahman High School Football, or Basketball is as important here as the Marlins and the Gators, and a dang site more fun to watch.

13. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards - it spooks the fish. Also take not it is illegal to harass our Aligators, so if one is sunning on the green just put the clubs in that tag along behind your golf cart, call it 'Par for the day' and head for the 19th hole.

14. Colleges? Try Indian River CC, Webster College, Argosy University, Herzing College, or abunch a' others. They come outa there with an education plus a love for God and Country, and they still wave at passing pickups when they come home for the holidays.