Photo above - Licking County Commissioner Tim Bubb with granddaughter Marley Young prepare for the parade.
On Sunday, September 21st a Licking County tradition was renewed with the staging of the United Way Parade. Originally, the signature kick-off event for the United Way charitable appeal in Licking County, the parade had faded in recent years and was not staged in 2007.
The new Chapter of the Jaycees, in our community, revived the tradition and put on an excellent parade. Supplemented with a few of the 'old hands' the new Chapter had the event well organized and it was enjoyed by all. Some 80 to 100 units made the Sunday afternoon trip from Wilson Middle School in west Newark, to the downtown Square and thousands lined the streets.
On the Square the Jaycees continued the excitement with a return of the old fashioned chicken BBQ. The smell of grilled chickens filled the air as hundreds came to eat, and enjoy a variety of live music from the Gazebo.
Commissioner Tim Bubb congratulates all the Jaycees and their supporters, and was pleased to see Newark City Councilman and Jaycee Ryan Bubb hard at work that afternoon grilling and helping to revive a community tradition!
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