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Graniteville 2002 Annual 6th of July Parade

Thanks to everyone who made this year's rummage sale, picnic and parade a big success - all proceeds going to the Graniteville Fire Company #46. Thank you to the good people of Graniteville who appeared with the salads and desserts and made the lunch such a success. Their generosity, and the help of the GVFC volunteers who work the picnic make the day!

A special thanks to Charlie Abernathybettis who donated a poster for the Raffle (see picture of Charlie and poster below). Charlie owns two companies in Nevada City, Maverick Designs and Sierra Fine Arts. They created this digital image from nine separate scenes of "ground zero" in New York in a collage. The copy we raffled was signed by several of the heroes of the World Trade Towers disaster. We have for sale several smaller copies of the poster, without signatures, size 12" x 16" for $20.00 each. This poster, when advertised in FIRE ENGINEERING magazine, raised over $80,000 in relief funds for the victims of 9-11 and the balance of the proceeds, about $25,000 was donated to r the Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council. Thanks Charlie! More more info contact gvfc46@yahoo.com.

There were several other wonderful raffle prizes, all proceeds going toward Graniteville's own Fire Company #46.

PARADE WINNERS (see pictures below)

FIRST PLACE: The Chinese Dragon designed and executed by the Comeau family. It included recorded Chinese music, gong carrier, lantern carrier and good luck chocolates distributed to the crowd. The prize was a plaque and 25 Sacajawea gold dollars.

WURST PLACE: The Berkeleyites provided an interesting and unusual variety of costume and character in their GALACTIC FANTASY. Andy Schuetz, Jane Lin and friends seeking a THREE-PEAT in 2003. Watch for it. The prize was a plaque and a summer sausage (wurst).

CHILDRENS PRIZE: A really close vote between the decorated bikes and the Spirit of '76 done by Gary Foss and his grandkids, Zack and Zoe Parker, dressed in the costume of 1776. The Spirit of 1776 won. The prize was a plaque and 10 Sacajawea gold dollars.

Be sure to start planning now for next years' Parade!

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