10 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017
Local
Kiddies parade a hit!
Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press
Grand Marshall winner Cash Fraser, 3.
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Monday, July 3rd, Baker
City Events, a non-profi t
volunteer organization
founded in 2014, held the
annual Kiddies Parade.
This year’s theme was
“United We Stand … In
Love of Country.”
“The Kiddie Parade has
been going on for many,
many years,” explained
Lynette Perry, the Event
Planner and Treasurer for
Baker City Events.
Perry said, “It used to
be VFW organized it and
then it got to the point
where they decided to just
disband. I was working
at The Baker City Herald
at the time and I talked to
my boss and I told him
‘We can’t let this go away,
how about the newspaper
sponsoring it?’ I was the
event planner there before
I retired, as well as an ad
sales person. And, so, we
took it on and then, now
with newspapers having
to be so shorthanded just
to stay alive, they don’t do
event planning any more
and I retired in March.”
Perry, Deanna Davis
the Secretary for Baker
City Events, and President
Monica Bailey judged the
winners for the different
categories.
The Grand Marshall win-
ner was Cash Fraser, who
also won 1st place in the
fl oats category.
Moms of Preschoolers
(MOPs) won fi rst place in
the Groups and Organiza-
tions category. MOPs is
an international group that
was brought to Baker City
fi ve years ago by Deidra
Richards, according to
Krista Cook, the coordina-
tor for MOPs in Baker.
Kelly McCarty won 2nd
place in the Floats category
and Jennifer Aldrich won
3rd.
Wyatt Carey won 1st
place in the Wheels catego-
ry and Cooper Christensen
won 2nd.
Abel Bain won 1st place
in the Stroller category.
In the Individuals cat-
egory, Kate Loenning won
1st place, Jill Finney won
2nd, and Lexi Rupel won
3rd.
After the parade, the
children were able to
participate in games hosted
by the Baker Elks Lodge
#338 at the Geiser-Pollman
Park .
They held different races
for children of ages four
to 12—sprinting, hop-
ping, sack races, and three
legged races.
All children who partici-
pated were given ribbons
and fi rst, second, and third
place winners in each age
group were given cash
prizes of $3 for fi rst, $2 for
second, and $1 for third.
The children were sepa-
rated into age groups four
to six, seven to nine, and
10 to 12.
Friends of
Baker County Library
BOOK
SALE!
July 14 and 15 • 9-6 p.m.
July 16 • 10-4 p.m.
July 17-23 • library hours
at the library in Baker City