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Suzanne
Cooper and family from Paulding County; Tianna Cox, Allison Laney,
Taryn Homier,
Molly Meeker, Chelsea Gamble, Julian Trejo, Deb Bidlack, Art Brown
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2012 Horse Parade
Time and Hard
Work go into Parade Preparations
Photos by Elaine Bailey
In what was probably one of the largest Greenville holiday events of
the year, hundreds of people lined up both sides of South Broadway and
around the Circle at Broadway and Main. They were anxiously awaiting
the parade of horses.
What few realized was that long before they arrived to wait for the
parade, the participants were hard at work getting their horses and
wagons ready for the annual event.
Depending on whether the entries were “first time” or complete changes
from years past, days and possibly weeks had been spent in preparation.
It was still daylight as they put on the final touches in the former
LoBill’s parking lot on Martin Street.
CNO Correspondent Elaine Bailey checked out some of the preparations –
and participants - and offered us a pictorial view with a little
background on each…
Soon it was 7 p.m. and time for the show to start…
Coming up… Showtime!
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Carried
the 2012 Little Miss and Mr. Darke County Fair Queen and King:
Alivia Addis and Andy Miller
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Stryker
Family from Darke County with four Belgians
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Fieldstone
Farm and High Spirits Farm in Darke County with Haflingers
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Rob
and Sue Graham with Haflingers from Arcanum
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Larry
Oda from Oda Farm and David and Robin Oda from Ro-Da-O Farm in Gordon,
Ohio.
Entries included children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
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Nick
Wills (son). Family has participated in the Horse Parade nine years.
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Ron
and Diane Wills from Hill and Hollow Farms in Bradford, Ohio staying
warm with homemade chili.
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Grand
Marshall Phyllis Mong with niece Alicia Conklin from Somerset, Kentucky
and sister
Jane Hovorka from Centerville, Ohio. Driver: Joe Foster
from Cedar Knoll.
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Ashley
Penny and Eddie Saunders
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