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Enjoy A Lighted Parade In Downtown Streator

The evenings festivities will start with a ceremony in Streator's City Park at 6:30 p.m, where the Light Up Streator volunteer committee will switch on their beautiful lighted displays for the first time this season. The busy committee has been working tirelessly through November to get the park ready for this unveiling, which will feature more than a dozen new decorations crafted by Streator High School welding students. The Lighted Parade will feature three sponsored lighted floats, along with a slew of homemade floats created by locals. The parade starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, at the corner of Illinois and Main. From there it will head west down Main Street, providing ample spectating opportunities. ([www.streator.org])

By Ryan Searl

The evenings festivities will start with a ceremony in Streator's City Park at 6:30 p.m, where the Light Up Streator volunteer committee will switch on their beautiful lighted displays for the first time this season. The busy committee has been working tirelessly through November to get the park ready for this unveiling, which will feature more than a dozen new decorations crafted by Streator High School welding students. The Lighted Parade will feature three sponsored lighted floats, along with a slew of homemade floats created by locals. The parade starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, at the corner of Illinois and Main. From there it will head west down Main Street, providing ample spectating opportunities. ([www.streator.org])

The Boy Scout Troop 775 will lead the convoy, followed by a six-person Color Guard from the Streator American Legion 217 and Streator VFW 1492 and Sons of the American Legion Squadron 217. Mayor Jimmie Lansford and his family will serve as honored guests, riding in a horse drawn carriage throughout the parade route. The parade will also feature the regular cast of Christmas characters, presented by Ace Hardware and the Streator and Woodland key clubs. Immediately after the parade, Santa will take visitors at his house near the corner of Hickory and Park streets in City Park. ([www.streator.org])

Additionally, there will be a holiday market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in three locations throughout the city: Park Place, Bruce Township Hall and the Streator Incubator. There will also be an elaborate model train display housed inside the Incubator building, along with a variety of delicious food vendors. Be sure to bring an item or two to this year's toy drive, led by the Screaming Eagles for Toys for Tots at the southwest corner of City Park. Before the festivities, be sure to take a walk through Streator's downtown, many boutiques will be participating in Shop Small and Small Business Saturday, offering some great deals on artisan goods. ([www.streator.org])

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