Somehow the organizers of Soldotna's Progress Day Parade managed to keep MC, Merrill Sikorski, on a tight leash during this past Saturday's event. Although he slightly strayed off-script once or twice, I was very disappointed that he did not say one inappropriate comment. I mean, that's the whole point of enduring that parade.
There was a marching band for the first time I can remember, and that was good, but the rest of the parade consisted of fire trucks, race cars, hummers, evangelical church groups, Shriners without zany antics, conservative politicians and such. Oh, yes, and borough Mayor Dave with his 49 star flag stopping every few feet to remind us that we are a nation under God.
Why not just smile and wave to the crowd like mayors Peter and Pat?
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Setting a Fine Example
Addendum: after reading the comments, I suspect that the PC was
mistaken in identifying the people in the boat at CES personnel. Most likely, all were Kenai Fire Dep't. Apologies to CES for originally running with the Clarion's version of the facts.
This photo was in the PC the other day and shows the rescue crew going out to look for the man who fell in the river and is presumed to have drowned. There's been at least 3 drowning deaths in the central peninsula the last week or so and none of the victims were wearing their pfds.
And here are the pros, the ones that tell us all to wear our life jackets. That's right, not one of them is wearing their own. Hopefully the boss on the dock is giving them the what-for on that!