Rain doesn't damper Plains Days spirit
Singers belt out some tunes from the back of the Free Americans float during the Plains Day parade. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Plains residents Colleen McCarthy (left), Peggy McCarthy (center) and Erin McCarthy (right) get ready for the start of the Plains Day parade this past Saturday. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Crosscut saw competition winners Ben Feiro and Noah Hathorne of Plains cut through the de-barked log in 29.12 seconds to win the event in the street outside the VFW. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
The clean-up crew, a Bobcat with a front-end loader attachment, brings up the rear after the Plains Days parade. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
As the spring raindrops began falling a bit harder on those waiting for the start of the annual Plains Days Parade this past Saturday, an elderly gentleman from Thompson Falls summed it all up.
“We are from Montana,” said Floyd Swope as he wheeled his daughter’s small dog in a baby carriage among the dozen or more tents set up by vendors and food purveyors who put together their portable shops at first light...
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