Christmas spirit set to parade into town

Nancy Mayfield and her daughter, Dachelle McVey, work on the Pioneer Pediatrics float they have entered in tomorrow?s parade. Pioneer Pediatrics won best overall float last year and first place in the business category the year before.

A total of 75 entries are registered for the parade, which will leave the Civic Center at 2:30 p.m. and make its way to Main Street before returning to the Civic Center.

?I?ve heard some exciting talk about people working on their floats,? said Jane Flatt, one of the Leadership Warren members who organized the parade. ?Having high-quality floats makes for such a nice parade. Sometimes we don?t take the time to thank the people who have taken so much time from their busy schedules to make these floats. It?s another way people around here give back to the community.?

A $500 grand prize will be awarded to the float that best exemplifies the parade theme, ?A Main Street Christmas.? A variety of other cash prizes will also be awarded.

The 75 entries is right at the number of participants last year.

?We?re pleased to have some folks who have never been here before and pleased to have the ones back who have done this for years,? said Flatt.

Parade participants are asked to line up at the Civic Center beginning at 12:30 p.m. The parade route will be as follows:

? Clark Boulevard to W. Main Street

? Turn left onto W. Main at D.C. Tires

? Turn right at Hardee?s and continue down Main Street

? Turn left at Court Square between courthouse and Regions Bank

? Turn left onto Morford at post office

? Turn right onto Chancery

? Turn left onto Garfield and return to Civic Center.