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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Mr. and Mrs. Claus wave to the holiday crowd.

The 31st Annual Christmas Parade sponsored by the Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce is now history; the weather could not have been better. There were 58 participants this year, a few of which came in unexpectedly, as well as a few no-shows. This year’s winners are:

Sweepstakes Kern Valley Exchange Club

Best Theme Kern Valley Health Care District’s Auxiliary

Best Float Christian Assembly

Best Equestrian Los Vaqueros Gymkhana Club

1st Place Float Kern Valley High School Native American Student Association (NASA) and the KVHS Wrestling Team,

honoring their late coach,

Denny Knight.

1st Place Auto/Truck 1949 & Older

Art Tibbets for his 1931 Ford Model A

2nd Place Auto/Truck 1949 & Older

Art Tibbets for his 1930 Ford Model A

1st Place Auto/Truck 1950 & Newer

Kern River Hotrodders

2nd Place Auto/Truck 1950 & Newer

Cannon Family & 1959 Chevy El Camino

1st Place Tractor

Maxine Cannon and her 1940 Ford Tractor

2nd Place Tractor

A 1939 John Deer Tractor pulling a cart

built by Cannon Family