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Country Fair White Elephant Parade countdown
By Regina Ford, Green Valley News
The 44th Annual Country Fair White Elephant Parade kicks off tomorrow at 10 a.m.
This year’s parade theme is “Serving the Community.”
Each year, the parade draws a large viewing crowd that lines the route down La Canada Drive, beginning at Camino Casa Verde.
To clear the parade route in time, the northbound lanes on La Canada from Continental Road to Camino Casa Verde will be closed at 8:30 a.m.
Staging of entries starts at 9 a.m., and the parade itself gets under way at 10 a.m. and will last until about noon, when the last entry turns off La Canada onto Paseo del Prado, near the West Center.
The southbound lanes of La Canada will remain open to traffic during the parade.
Below is a lineup of the parade entries which are being judged for first and second place awards by a panel of judges located on the parade stand just north of the Best Western Hotel on La Canada.
2008 White Elephant Parade in numeric order
1 Pima County Sheriff’s Department
2 Pima County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse
3 Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers
4 Green Valley Fire District
5 Boy Scout Troop 301 of Sahuarita
6 GRAND MARSHALS
7 Country Fair White Elephant
8 Green Valley Branch 77, Fleet Reserve
9 United States Submarine Veterans
10 Sahuarita NJROTC
11 Sahuarita High School Band
12 Green Valley Amer. Legion Post
13 Santa Cruz Valley Car Nuts
14 Knights of Columbus
15 Len and Anna Magnor
16 Arivaca 4-H Club
17 Red Hot Renegades
18 Friends In Deed
19 Green Valley Aquabelles
20 The Pride of Nogales Marching Band
21 Old Pueblo Miata Club
22 Young Artists Community Ballet
23 McNeely Financial Services Inc.
24 Arizona Choral Society
25 Santa Rita Nursing and Rehabilitation
26 Power From the Past
27 Young Champions of America
28 Continental Builders Club
29 Broadway Proper Retirement Comm
30 Rio Rico High School Marching Hawks
31 Green Valley Tap Club
32 United Community Health Center
33 Charles Mingus Hometown Jazz Festival
34 Brownie Troop 1402
35 The Villages of Green Valley
36 Arizona Chung Do Kwan Tue Kwan Do
37 Safeway #1771 Duval Mine Rd.
38 Southern Arizona PT Cruisers/Prowler
39 Bulk Fuel company Alpha
40 Flowing Wells High School Marching Band
41 Green Valley SahuaritaChamber of Commerce
42 United States Marine Corps League
43 Ray High School Marine ROTC
44 The Military Order of the World Wars
45 Continental School Parent Teacher Club
46 Casa De Esperanza
47 AAUW American Assocation of Univ. Women
48 The Animal Leaque of Green Valley
49 Sahuarita Baptist Church
50 Thatcher High School Band
51 St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic
52 ABWA- American Business Women’s Association
53 BAJA Born Again Jocks Association
54 National Active and Retired Federal Emp
55 SERR’s Towing Inc
56 Rapid Sound Inc
57 Green Valley Masonic Lodge
58 Sabbar Shriners
59 Ladies Orientel Shrine of N.A. Oasis Court #7
60 Desert Shadows Middle School
61 Great Expectations Acadamy
62 Community Food Bank of Green Valley,Amado and Tucson
63 River Church
64 KARE Family Center
65 Titan Missile Museum
66 Cub Scout Pack 328
67 Green Valley Community Church
68 Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
69 Cabinet Encounters
70 Wade Carpenter Middle School Eagle Pride Band
71 Optimist Club Of Green Valley/Sahuarita
72 Parkinsons Disease Support Group
73 Cub Scout Pack 321 Sahuarita
74 Red Hat Society Combined
75 Green Valley Elks Lodge #2592
76 Wells Fargo
77 Sahuarita Community 4H Club
78 Green Valley and Canoa Lions
79 Green Valley Sahuarita Scooter Club
80 Sahuarita Middle School Jazz Band
81 Green Valley Assistance Services
82 The Good Shepard U.C.C.
83 The Happy Horseback Riders
84 The Salvation Army
85 Silver Springs Retirement and Assisted Living
86 Helmet Peak Fire Department
87 Italian Catholic Federation
88 Greater Green Valley Community Foundation
89 Arizona Self Storage & RV Center
90 Continental School Colt Band
91 Freeport Mc Mo Ran - Sierrita Property
92 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
93 Sahuarita All-Stars Cheerleading
94 United States Border Patrol
95 My Church
96 Green Valley RV Resort
97 Evangelical Free Church of Green Valley
98 Fletcher Organ Studios
99 Green Valley Auto
100 Fountain of Life Marching Lions
101 Borderland Food Bank
102 Paws Patrol
103 Springboard Home for Youth in Crisis
104 Spunky’s Dolls
105 Two Girls Pizzeria
106 William Brewster
107 Sahuarita Elks Lodge # 2851
108 Sahuarita Rotary Club
109 The Rose Society of Green Valley
110 Anza Trail School Coyote Band
111 Sonora Desert Off Road Ctr. Inc.
112 Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
113 Arivaca Volunteer Fire Dept.
114 Knights of Pythias
This year’s parade theme is “Serving the Community.”
Each year, the parade draws a large viewing crowd that lines the route down La Canada Drive, beginning at Camino Casa Verde.
To clear the parade route in time, the northbound lanes on La Canada from Continental Road to Camino Casa Verde will be closed at 8:30 a.m.
Staging of entries starts at 9 a.m., and the parade itself gets under way at 10 a.m. and will last until about noon, when the last entry turns off La Canada onto Paseo del Prado, near the West Center.
The southbound lanes of La Canada will remain open to traffic during the parade.
Below is a lineup of the parade entries which are being judged for first and second place awards by a panel of judges located on the parade stand just north of the Best Western Hotel on La Canada.
2008 White Elephant Parade in numeric order
1 Pima County Sheriff’s Department
2 Pima County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse
3 Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers
4 Green Valley Fire District
5 Boy Scout Troop 301 of Sahuarita
6 GRAND MARSHALS
7 Country Fair White Elephant
8 Green Valley Branch 77, Fleet Reserve
9 United States Submarine Veterans
10 Sahuarita NJROTC
11 Sahuarita High School Band
12 Green Valley Amer. Legion Post
13 Santa Cruz Valley Car Nuts
14 Knights of Columbus
15 Len and Anna Magnor
16 Arivaca 4-H Club
17 Red Hot Renegades
18 Friends In Deed
19 Green Valley Aquabelles
20 The Pride of Nogales Marching Band
21 Old Pueblo Miata Club
22 Young Artists Community Ballet
23 McNeely Financial Services Inc.
24 Arizona Choral Society
25 Santa Rita Nursing and Rehabilitation
26 Power From the Past
27 Young Champions of America
28 Continental Builders Club
29 Broadway Proper Retirement Comm
30 Rio Rico High School Marching Hawks
31 Green Valley Tap Club
32 United Community Health Center
33 Charles Mingus Hometown Jazz Festival
34 Brownie Troop 1402
35 The Villages of Green Valley
36 Arizona Chung Do Kwan Tue Kwan Do
37 Safeway #1771 Duval Mine Rd.
38 Southern Arizona PT Cruisers/Prowler
39 Bulk Fuel company Alpha
40 Flowing Wells High School Marching Band
41 Green Valley SahuaritaChamber of Commerce
42 United States Marine Corps League
43 Ray High School Marine ROTC
44 The Military Order of the World Wars
45 Continental School Parent Teacher Club
46 Casa De Esperanza
47 AAUW American Assocation of Univ. Women
48 The Animal Leaque of Green Valley
49 Sahuarita Baptist Church
50 Thatcher High School Band
51 St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic
52 ABWA- American Business Women’s Association
53 BAJA Born Again Jocks Association
54 National Active and Retired Federal Emp
55 SERR’s Towing Inc
56 Rapid Sound Inc
57 Green Valley Masonic Lodge
58 Sabbar Shriners
59 Ladies Orientel Shrine of N.A. Oasis Court #7
60 Desert Shadows Middle School
61 Great Expectations Acadamy
62 Community Food Bank of Green Valley,Amado and Tucson
63 River Church
64 KARE Family Center
65 Titan Missile Museum
66 Cub Scout Pack 328
67 Green Valley Community Church
68 Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
69 Cabinet Encounters
70 Wade Carpenter Middle School Eagle Pride Band
71 Optimist Club Of Green Valley/Sahuarita
72 Parkinsons Disease Support Group
73 Cub Scout Pack 321 Sahuarita
74 Red Hat Society Combined
75 Green Valley Elks Lodge #2592
76 Wells Fargo
77 Sahuarita Community 4H Club
78 Green Valley and Canoa Lions
79 Green Valley Sahuarita Scooter Club
80 Sahuarita Middle School Jazz Band
81 Green Valley Assistance Services
82 The Good Shepard U.C.C.
83 The Happy Horseback Riders
84 The Salvation Army
85 Silver Springs Retirement and Assisted Living
86 Helmet Peak Fire Department
87 Italian Catholic Federation
88 Greater Green Valley Community Foundation
89 Arizona Self Storage & RV Center
90 Continental School Colt Band
91 Freeport Mc Mo Ran - Sierrita Property
92 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
93 Sahuarita All-Stars Cheerleading
94 United States Border Patrol
95 My Church
96 Green Valley RV Resort
97 Evangelical Free Church of Green Valley
98 Fletcher Organ Studios
99 Green Valley Auto
100 Fountain of Life Marching Lions
101 Borderland Food Bank
102 Paws Patrol
103 Springboard Home for Youth in Crisis
104 Spunky’s Dolls
105 Two Girls Pizzeria
106 William Brewster
107 Sahuarita Elks Lodge # 2851
108 Sahuarita Rotary Club
109 The Rose Society of Green Valley
110 Anza Trail School Coyote Band
111 Sonora Desert Off Road Ctr. Inc.
112 Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
113 Arivaca Volunteer Fire Dept.
114 Knights of Pythias
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