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PIERCETON - There was a little rain on Pierceton's parade, but not enough to stop the procession.
The annual Pierceton Days parade was held Saturday. Grand Marshall was Paul Pletcher, the town's 1998 Citizen of the Year.
Category winners were: Lake City Bank, first place in the commercial unit division; National Guard and support group, service club unit; Pierceton Cub Scouts, youth group unit; Kosciusko County Shrine Mini Bike Patrol, cycle division; Delmar Shephard's Model-T, antique unit; First Baptist Church, church division.
Also, Whitko High School's Marching Pride won the band unit division; Possum Ranch Clowns, clown unit; The American Legion's "The General," novelty unit; Pierceton American Legion Post 258, color guard; Kosciusko County Saddle Club, R-division; and Whitko High School cheerleaders, T-division.
Cutie queens were, 18-month to 3-year-old division: Torrie Jo Silvius, first; and Brook Reed, second; 4- to 5-year-old divison queens were Makalah Sylvester, first; and Brittany Dome, second.
Cutie kings were: 18-month- to 3-year-old division: Ian Kern, first; and Doug Bolinger, second; 4- to 5-year-old divison kings were: Ian Thorndren, first; and Tyler Hathaway, second.
