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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1981
Local / State
Warped
By Scott McCullar
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Local holiday parade tonight
By TINA LINCH
Battalion Reporter
Holiday floats, marching bands,
horses and clowns will fill main
streets tonight marching to the
ttfi nne of “My Favorite Holiday
in the annual Bryan-College Sta
tion Chamber of Commerce Holi
day Parade.
The procession will begin at 7
p.m. at University Drive and pre
cede down Texas Avenue to Sul
phur Springs Road.
Participants will line up on the
University Drive right turn lane
on the east side of Texas Avenue.
The lane will be blocked to traffic
from 4:30 until the last entry joins
and the procession begins. All of
Texas Avenue will be blocked
from 6:30 p.m. until about 9 p. m.,
when the parade is expected to
end.
"A lot of people are assuming
that we re saying Christmas is the
most important holiday. Parade
Marshall Susan Winklemann said.
“But this isn’t a Christmas parade
— it’s a holiday parade that hap
pens to be at Christmas time."
Clowns on motorbikes will
weave through the parade hand
ing out candy to children. “Basic
ally, parades are meant for chil
dren. That’s our ultimate goal,
Winklemann said.
“The parade is at least 20 or 30
years old, but each year it gets
bigger and better.”
The Ross Volunteers, the honor
guard of the Texas A&M Corps of
Cadets, traditionally leads the pa
rade. Miss Texas, Sheri Ryman,
the former 1981 Miss Texas A&M,
will ride on a patriotic float follow
ing the RVs.
Local businesses, community
groups, churches and schools have
entered about 90 floats in the para
de with such titles as: “Babes in
Toyland,” “Christmas Time in
Brazos Valley, “Dreaming of
Christmas and “Dickens 'A
Christmas Carol.
Texas A&M’s MSC Hospitality
Committee will have a float with
the 20 Miss Texas A&M finalists.
Other floats will feature Christmas
carolers and nativity scenes. Santa
Claus will ride the final float.
Marching bands from Brazos
Valley high schools and Blinn Col
lege will perform along with the
Lightfoot Brigade, a drill team
from Houston.
Costumed horses and riders
from saddle clubs will conclude
the parade.
CS crime of the week
construction site theft
By DAN PUCKETT
Battalion StafT
Someone stole $2,694 worth
of kitchen equipment and paint
from an apartment construction
site last month. This theft is
College Station’s Crime of the
Week.
After sundown on Nov. 18
and 19, thieves burglarized the
new apartment complex, which
is under construction at 715
Vassar, across from the old Fed-
Mart. The burglar, or burglars,
took five almond-colored Ken-
more dishwashers, five almond-
colored Kenmore Drop-In
Ranges, and nine five-gallon
cans of brown paint. The can
labels were marked in felt-tip
pen with the name of the paint,
“Jewel Brown Light.
Police investigators have few
clues. They ask citizens to notify
them of any information about
buying or selling any of the
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Floats can win $200 first prizes
or $100 second prizes in one of
four categories: community, com
mercial, church and school. No
entry fee is required. The parade
is financed by community dona
tions.
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