‘Truckers Christmas Parade a Great Success,’ Says KEKA

This is a press release from KEKA:

This year’s KEKA Truckers Christmas Parade was a great success and tens of thousands of folks crowded the streets of Eureka for the annual event.

“This was an interesting event this year” said Coordinator Dale Bridges. Bridges, and his team of volunteers from many local governmental agencies, community groups and the general public had the event working as smooth as ever. “It was great that the parade had over 80 floats spectacularly light up,” Bridges shared.

Again this year, the entrants were judged in two categories (under 40-foot and over 40-foot). Those selected as the first place and second place winners received checks and plaques. This year’s winners were:

1st Place, Large Float Sanders Roofing / Boy Scouts of America – Troop 54

2nd Place, Large Float Humboldt County Public Works Santa and Reindeer

1st Place, Small Float Darrell Baker Trucking and the Toys for Tots float

2nd Place, Small Float Dan Byrd Painting Fire Truck

The sponsors of this year’s KEKA Christmas Truckers Parade were Green Diamond Resource Company, Schmidbauer Lumber, North Coast Dance, The Arkley Center for the Performing Arts and Humboldt Waste Management Authority. And once more this year, Don’s Rental has donated the charges for the generators used on the floats for this year’s event to the recognized non-profit: Redwood Adult and Teen Challenge.

For additional information, call Dale Bridges at 499 – 0789. Proceeds of the event will be presented to Redwood Adult and Teen Challenge.

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Willie Caso-Mayhem
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5 years ago

It was a good event. Fortuna tries but they need better planning.

Central HumCo
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5 years ago

80 logging trucks, in the 21st century. –Whatever you do, don’t plant hemp.

Hwy 36 is a 24/7/365 parade. I see it every day. Dressing them up with lights doesn’t change what they are.

Lipstick on a pig . . .

Can’t wait for the next rodeo.

Me_too
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Me_too
5 years ago
Reply to  Central HumCo

Wow. bah humbug. You need a hug or something. Your missing the point of the parade. Seeing the smiles on kids faces is worth the price.

Central HumCo
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5 years ago
Reply to  Me_too

~sorry. I don’t mean to take Any joy from youngsters. True enough, giggles and smiles on little ones are priceless.

Eyeball Kid
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Eyeball Kid
5 years ago

Bunch of emergency vehicles honking horns and blaring sirens, serenading the gathered masses with monotone Jingle Bells… dah dah dah, dah dah dah, dah dah dah dah dah.

Local
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Local
5 years ago

Im with you eyeball kid.
The sirens and super bright flashing lights on the emergency vehicles are annoying and have no business in the truckers parade

Really
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Really
5 years ago
Reply to  Local

Some of the kids think it’s wonderful. We have so few events where families can have a good time for no money and so much of the community gets a great sense of satisfaction from participating. We all can put up with the noise, exhaust fumes and crowds for a couple of hours- without complaining- for a couple of hours once a year. I mean we really can manage that much.

shak
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shak
5 years ago

Sounds like everyone had a great time and the floats-trucks were spectacular. I hope there are videos on YT to view.