The last parade

On Thursday evening the high school had its homecoming parade. Since there will be no Christmas parade this year, this should be the last parade of the year. I wanted to take pictures while there was still daylight, so I visited the staging area before the parade began.

As is customary, each of the four classes entered a float. The junior class had an Alice-in-Wonderland theme with the slogan "Off with their heads."

The freshman float had a theme of knight soup on the menu.

 The seniors also had a culinary theme, "Roast the Knights," (though at first I thought the sign said "Roost the Knights".

 The sophomores wanted to rock the knights.

I am surprised that no one wanted to light up the knights.

What would a parade be without a fleet of loud fire trucks.

The parade had a good audience. The people in the parade kept littering the streets but fortunately little kids would run out and pick up the litter, keeping the streets clean.

The Bombers are playing Central Catholic tonight. We got about an inch and a half of rain with lightning during much of the afternoon, but as I write this it looks like the rain is past for today.

While taking pictures, I noticed that the basketball courts had been finished.

In somewhat important news, the Department of Transportation will be working on the SR 114 bridge over the Iroquois River east of town from September 30 until November 22 and as a result the highway will be closed. The announcement is here. It will be interesting to see how that will alter the route of the garbage trucks. Will they now come south on US 231?

Which reminds me, Clyde's restaurant in Francesville has closed. It was operated by the same people who used to operate the Doggers.

This weekend the SJC Alumni Association is holding its homecoming in Brookside Park and another alumni group is having a go-kart race at the fairgrounds.