Parade Time
Photos by Coby LaRueSmokey Bear (Michael Crouse) waves to parade goers during the annual fire prevention parade in Sparta at left. With him on a truck driven by Melvin Crouse are Dakota Harris and Jennifer Hines. Units from all over Alleghany County participated, in addition to Virginia departments from Independence and Baywood.
In the photo at right, a Piney Creek Volunteer Fire Department truck is decorated with an American flag, flanked by firemen's turnout gear.
