Homecoming Parade

I happened to be in town when the Homecoming parade went down Main Street.  It had energy and was great fun.  I watched it with the owner of the Hallmark store who is a friend of mine.  We stood outside her place where lots of parents gathered including the Spanish teacher.  Whenever a group of students went by, they shouted, "Hola!"  Even the police cars had painted windows - Go Canes!  Their nickname is the Hurricanes.  'Canes for short.  Currently there is a publicity campaign that all the local businesses have a sign in the window referring to the 'Canes and their business.  "Floss like a 'Cane" - dentist    "Read like a 'Cane" - library.  "Keep warm like a 'Cane" - woodstove store.  It has generated some excitement.  The school's initials HHS are the same as the school where I grew up - Homer High School.  I need to buy a HHS sweatshirt with a swirl behind the letters (hurricane) although yellow and black are not my favorite colors.  Back to the parade...the 'Canes are playing the Barron Bears so the floats were:  Tree the Bears with stuffed bears in a real tree; Bury the Bears with a fake bear in a coffin; Bash the Bears with a kid in a bear costume being hit with a fake hammer; Roast the Bears with a paper mache bear over a spit.  All the usual small town stuff that I grew up with.  I loved it.  The most interesting part of the parade was the two Harleys that lead it.  I was told later that it was the Superintendent and the new high school athletic director.  (Private message to my hometown readers:  I couldn't imagine Mr. Gilpin riding a Harley.)