A festive beginning for a Columbia tradition
COLUMBIA, Mo 12/17/18 (PSA)
-- Columbia Mayor
Brian Treece
joined Saint Nick himself for a big announcement last week:
KOPN radio
is taking over the holiday parade that almost wasn't.
After 38 years, the Columbia Jaycees -- which shuttered in 2017 -- ended the downtown parade, usually held the
weekend following Thanksgiving
. Despite a long search for a successor organizer, as of last month, none was found.
"There were no organizations that were able to take on the parade,"
Rachel Scheffer
, the former parade organizer,
emailed the Columbia Missourian
. "As far as we know, there will
not be a holiday parade
this year."
Returning the
Sunday before Thanksgiving 2...
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