County Commissioners In Ft. Meade Parade

The county commissioners recently decided to join local hometown Christmas parades, partly in honor of our status as "The All American County".

I have to say that I'm from Ft. Meade and my family still lives there (Go Miners!). I'm the only one who moved to the big city of Winter Haven. I do still miss the things that make a small town great and I go back weekly to visit and join in.

Last Saturday evening was Ft. Meade's Christmas parade. There are other parades in the county, I just go to this one. It was a blast. Local businesses, churches and charity organizations set up boothes and sold baked goods, cotton candy, black beans and rice, chicken and had a huge slide and bouncy for the kids. Not to mention elephant rides.

Then right through the middle of it all down Broadway was the parade. Kids ran after candy, motorcycles drove by, the Ft. Meade High School Band marched, the JV cheerleaders, floats and horses on parade! I always feel like a kid again!

There was the extra treat this year of the county commission having a float. I saw Bob English, who walked the entire parade carrying the banner, go Bob! Randy Wilkinson and Jean Reed rode the float. I didn't see Sam Johnson. Jack Myers had said at a commission meeting that he didn't want to go to Ft. Meade, he'd go to Frostproof's instead. Now, I take personal issue with someone picking Frostproof over Ft. Meade. Not that it's a bad little town, it's just not mine. Wonder if Jack knew I was from Ft. Meade? Probably not, but missing the chance to see me more than likely didn't hurt his feelings either!

Hope everyone gets a chance to visit one of the hometown parades!