Independence Day parade winners announced
The 2014 Creston Classic Rodeo Queen Haley Simonin and the 2014 Creston Classic Rodeo Junior Queen Kiah Williams. Courtesy photo.
– The winners of the Templeton Independence Day Parade were recently announced by the Templeton Community Services District.
For the last 36 years the Templeton Kiwanis Club has hosted, organized and produced the parade with their all-volunteer crew. The start of Templeton’s 4th of July Independence Day Parade dates back to the earliest days of the community.
The 2015 winners
Animal Drawn Conveyance Category
1st Place: Grand Cheval Carriage
2nd Place: Templeton Historical Museum with their Courting Buggy
Templeton Cub Scout Pack 434. Courtesy photo.
Antique Car Category
1st Place: Cuesta Crankers
2nd Place: SLO Railroad Museum
3rd Place: Antique Automobile Club of America
Classic Car Category
1st Place: Ventuex Vinyard
2nd Place: Greg Marcotte
3rd Place: “Classic Collection” by Tom and Gladys Russell
Float Category
1st Place: Templeton Presbyterian Church
2nd Place: Girl Scouts Cuesta Del Norte
3rd Place: Putting on the Gritz- Mid-State Fair
Marching Group Junior Category
1st Place: Main Street Dance
2nd Place: Templeton Cub Scouts Pack 434
Marching Group Senior Category
1st Place: North County Theatre Works- The Heights
Mounted Individual Junior Category
1st Place: Morgan Kingman
2nd Place: Rachel Nolan
Mounted Group Junior Category
1st Place: Creston Classic Rodeo
2nd Place: Westside Buckaroos
Mounted Group Senior Category
1st Place: “Freedom Comes with Feather” -Feathered Freedom Group
2nd Place: Bitterwater Buckaroos
3rd Place: Debbie Arnold
The Templeton Fire Department and Cal Fire ended the parade. Courtesy photo.
Patriotic Group Category
1st Place: “Horsing Around”- Hanging Heart Ranch
2nd Place: THS Cheer and THS Football
3rd Place: Tinker Tin Trailer Company
Patriotic Individual Category
1st Place: Just Because Greg Campbell
2nd Place: San Miguel Community Services District Director Anthony Kalvans
