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Lions Club member Dennis Batterman waves to the crowd on the club’s entry that won the organization division.
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Jason McNair seemed to be enjoying dousing the crowd with water as he rides with other McNair family members and employees as Grand Marshals, recognizing the McNair family and McNair Agency.
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Rainbow Promise Preschool took top honors in the religious division with their colorful parade entry.
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Co-owner Trish Dorn has some fun on their 3 Country Chicks entry, which won the business division, the parade’s largest class.
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The 2021 Phillips County Fair Queen and the 2022 princess from nearby Holyoke, Colorado won the equestrian division.
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The Chase County Schools senior class will have $125 in Chamber Bucks to spend after winning the open class division and overall grand prize at the Chase County Fair Parade.
Chase County seniors take top prize at fair parade
A float filled with students from the senior class at Chase County Schools took grand prize honors at the Chase County Fair Parade.
Parade Coordinator Chris Lee said the CCS seniors won the open class division, and they were picked by judges for the overall grand prize.
That netted the class $50 in Chamber bucks for the divisional first place and another $75 as grand prize winners.
About 40 entries filled out forms and were judged in the Aug. 14 morning parade, enjoyed by hundreds who lined the route on West 10th, before turning south on Broadway.
The 40 entries do not include all of the equipment at the end or the service entities including fire departments and EMS.
The business division drew the most entries with 23 entries, more than half of the total.
Imperial police and Chase County Sheriff’s vehicles led the parade, followed by the VFW Color Guard, the Chase County Veterans Memorial entry, grand marshal McNair Agency/family and Imperial’s 2021 Citizens of the Year, Markenna Terryberry and Johnny Miller.
First place in each division was awarded $50 in Chamber bucks, with $25 to second place.
The Imperial Chamber coordinates the parade each year for the fairboard, and provides the prizes.
Here are the first and second place winners:
Open class—1st and Grand Prize CCS senior class; 2nd Chase County Veterans Memorial Committee.
Business class—1st 3 Country Chicks; 2nd Imperial Manor and Parkview-Heights.
Organization class—1st Imperial Lions Club; 2nd American Bikers Aiming Towards Education (ABATE).
Religious class—1st Rainbow Promise Preschool; 2nd Crossroads Wesleyan Church.
Equestrian—1st Phillips County, Colorado Fair Royalty; no other entries.