Spring-like Christmas parade

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Local business Jumpin’ For Joy used a cartoon character theme that included Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Tweety bird, the Cat in the Hat, Waldo and others to walk off with overall second place honors in Saturday’s Mineral Wells Merchants Downtown Christmas Parade. Libby Cluett/Index
Members of Girl Scout Troop 8147 pass by on their parade float, which won the troop third place overall. Libby Cluett/Index
Brazos Pointe Church rode away with first place honors and a $100 cash prize for its Downtown Christmas Parade entry on Saturday. Libby Cluett/Index
First Christian Church won second place in the Religious division of Saturday’s Downtown Christmas Parade with its ‘A Christmas Carol’-themed float, including Tiny Tom tucked into bed. Libby Cluett/Index
Downtown business Creative Sisters took second-place honors in the commercial division of Saturday’s Downtown Christmas Parade. Libby Cluett/Index
Rolling M Ranch’s stagecoach blazed a trail to second place honors in the Civic and Individual category for Saturday’s Downtown Christmas Parade. Libby Cluett/Index
Palo Pinto Cowboy Church bucked some of the competition with this mechanical reindeer entry, good for third place in the Religious division. Libby Cluett/Index
This group of ladies waves from the back of a Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department truck during Saturday’s Downtown Christmas Parade. Libby Cluett/Index

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December 4, 2012

Spring-like Christmas parade

It might not have felt like Christmas, but downtown looked like it on Saturday afternoon

Anonymous Mineral Wells Index The Mineral Wells Index Tue Dec 04, 2012, 10:36 AM CST

It was sunny and 83 degrees Saturday and the mild weather, a big turnout and a long line of entries made the afternoon’s Mineral Wells Merchants Association’s annual Downtown Christmas Parade another success.

The judges reviewed each entry as it passed by their platform and decided on the following winners (awards will be ready for pickup Wednesday at Kwik Kar, 2104 E. Hubbard St., and see more parade photographs on page 4):

Overall

• First place – Brazos Pointe Church ($100).

• Second place – Jumpin’ For Joy ($75).

• Third place – Girl Scouts Troop 8147 ($50).

Education

• First place – Mineral Wells High School Ram Band

• Second place – MWHS Wranglerettes

• Third place – MWHS cheerleaders

Religious

• First place – Brazos Pointe Church

• Second place – First Christian Church

• Third place – Palo Pinto Cowboy Church

Civic and individuals

• First place – Girl Scouts Troop 8147

• Second place – Rolling M Ranch

• Third place – Palo Pinto Co. Sheriff’s Posse

Commercial

• First place – Jumpin’ For Joy

• Second place – Creative Sisters

• Third place – Palo Pinto General Hospital