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Arrow Rock Fourth of July parade

July 4, 2012
By MAGGIE MENDERSKI/Democrat-News
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag" tooted throughout Arrow Rock's Main Street on Wednesday, July 4,

Friends of Arrow Rock's Kathy Borgman and Arrow Rock Postmaster Tempe McGlaughlin led a small group of kazoo players in a brief rehearsal prior to the yearly Arrow Rock Fourth of July parade. As kazoo rookies and experts hummed out their patriotic tunes, a variety of floats prepared to tour down Main Street in a red, white and blue filled celebration.

A small cluster of onlookers huddled beneath the shops as parade participants tossed candy to grasping children and adults. The parade began with a street-wide flag spread from stone gutter to stone gutter. Arrow Rock Community Fire Department firefighter Jason Hunter drove the department's new fire truck. Several children drove four-wheelers decorated with streamers, flags and teddy bears.

  • On the left, Abby Wolfe, 8, of Blackwater, waves as her cousin Jaime Rodieck, 11, of Jefferson City, drives a four-wheeler in down Main Street.
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  • Veterans' advocate Charlie Guthrie, back left, examines the street-wide flag that a group of individuals paraded down the Main Street during the Arrow Rock Impromptu Fourth of July Parade.
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  • This young boy was one of many who tooted his way through the Arrow Rock Impromptu Fourth of July Parade.
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  • Dean Gray, 12, came from Prairie Village to participate in Arrow Rock's Fourth of July celebration.
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  • Kathy Borgman and Tempe McGlaughlin lead a group of kazoo players down Main Street on Wednesday, July 4.
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  • Friends of Arrow Rock's Kathy Borgman rehearses with a crowd of kazoo players before the annual Fourth of July parade.
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  • Kate Burge of Arrow Rock shades herself from the 101 degree heat before the Arrow Rock Fourth of July parade begins.
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