THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS

Dear Editor:

It’s never too late to say “Thank you”!.

We have been planning to send personal notes out to the many volunteers that helped make our Waits- burg Celebration Days Parade, but as usual some- times, life just happens. The biggest issue is that we do not have each of your mailing addresses so that makes it a major project, one that we do not have time for right now. Therefore, we are thanking each of you, via The Times with this Letter to the Editor.

First of all, we thank the WCD Board of Directors for their support. They continue to volunteer their time and ability to make Celebration Days continue as it had for many years. We also thank everyone for their continued financial support, especially those that give the WCD group grants, such as the Waitsburg Lions and Pacific Power, and the Commercial Club.

Putting together a parade is one of the highlights of our annual celebration. BUT, it takes months of planning, hours of detail work, such as preparing the Parade Application, getting the necessary State DOT permits, organizing the Judging committee, etc. etc.

We thank each of the following volunteers who helped get the work done! They are: Casey Paul: Barricades and staging; Pat Mohney: Retiring Parade Director; Joe Thomas, Parade Judge & Staging Asst: Butch Peck: Staging Asst., Lyle Perkins: Barricades and Staging Asst., Duke Morrow, Barricades & Staging Asst.; Jasper Morrow, Barricades & Reception Asst; Mike Dill: Barricades & Asst; Linda Stevens, Horse Entry Check-in; Marianne Newell, Entry Check- in; Virginia Romine: Entry Check-in; Lisa Morrow: Asst. Co-Chair; Diane Dill: Horse Entry Check-in; Mark Knighton: Horse Entry Check-in; Jim Davison: Kiddie Parade, Pat Davison: Kiddie Parade; Marie Gagnon: Kiddie Parade; Louie Gagnon: Kiddie Parade; Karen Huwe: Kiddie Parade Allen Huwe: Kiddie Parade; Fred Hamann: Announcer; Scott Archer: Announcer, Ron Griffin: AP Setup; The Washington State Pententiary Honor Guard; and the Waitsburg Quartet. Thanks to the City Crew for doing a fine job of getting our city ready for visitors.

Thanks to The Times for your support.

As many of you know, we are “retiring” as the Parade Co-Chairs this year. It’s been fun! We especially thank everyone that has supported our efforts, and we are confident that many volunteers will get involved to showcase what a fine community we live in, Waitsburg, One of a Kind!

Sincerely,

Walt and Gwen Gobel