PAGE 10 • INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NORTHERN CURRENTS, SECTION B • MARCH 16, 2016
Siren celebrates St. Patrick’s Day
The Siren Band plans on marching each year in the St. Patrick’s Day parade, but the weather is always a factor. This year’s unseasonably warm weather allowed for skirts and bare arms for the flag squad. The temperature was recorded with a 69-degree high. – Photos by Becky Strabel
Sisters Rylee and Jalynn Nelson are all smiles as they await the start of Siren’s St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday, March 12.
This mighty tall leprechaun was all decked out for Siren’s 38th-annual St. Rhonda Highstrom, Siren, joins Mark Pettis, Hertel, for a short bike ride during Saturday’s paPatrick’s Day celebration. rade. Pettis owns the bright yellow Victory motorcycle.
Princess Julia Cederberg (left) and Queen Amber Moore (right) are escorted by Alicia Cederberg, all of Siren, during Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. They represent the McKenzie Mustangs Saddle Club from Frederic. The River Road Ramble float represents the oldest road in the area, which is located near Cushing. It followed old Indian Trails and was used as a tote road by loggers. RIGHT: The big Belgian horses owned by the Coens, of rural Luck, are always a kid favorite. This crew looks like a team of woolly mammoths since the horses still have their winter coats to shed. LEFT: The Hertel Mud Bog is held every Labor Day and Memorial Day. Corey Bauer drives the Intergator owned by his grandfather, Mark Pettis. The street legal vehicle is a 1969 International Scout crossbreed with some John Deere Gator features.