Editor,
We appreciate all of you who came out to be in the coldest, shortest Veterans Day Parade ever.
We thank those who made it possible: John Cross, Legends Saloon, Main Stage, Pied Piper/Cathouse, and Pig Trail and Eureka Harley. Sponsors: Vance and Sandy Martin, Vivian Thornton and Benjamin Sharum.
Rick Draper, the BCS, and their ladies for providing the buffet for the Marine Corps Birthday and Veterans Party. Birthday cake was donated by Cravings.
Auctions items donated by Eureka Sales, La Familia, Mud Street, Hippie Biker Chicks, Zarks, Hill Country Hardware, Meeks, Sonya’s Leather, Annie’s, Granny’s, and Bean Me Up.
Rick Delaney was in charge of our Meet and Greet Food and was assisted by Wendy and David Hartmann. Food was donated by Myrtie Mae’s, Ozark Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Rockin Pig.
Winners of the Bragging Rights Hamburger Cook Off are:
Restaurants, 1st– Nyx, 2nd – Cathouse/Pied Piper, 3rd – Chris McKean. Cooks, 1st – Lukas Goodwin, 2nd – Paul Smith, 3rd – Chris McKean
Thanks to Steve Yip Vorebeck, and Chris Bauerlein for helping us. A special thanks to Bob Thomas and his son, Michael. For the last nine years these men have bought and passed out the small crowd parade flags. Thanks to the American Legion Post 9 and to our police department.
The Parade Committee, Sue Glave, Crystal Lucas, Tiffany Campbell, Gregory Caveney, Bobby Claybern, Ramona Landers