Kerry Hopkins named her float entry “Home of the Free. The wagon was pulled by a 1966 4020 John Deere owned by Daniel Hopkins.
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By Deb Patterson
InkFreeNews
FULTON — The sun was shinning and an occasional cool breeze blew through the community of Fulton during its annual Fulton Fun Days Saturday.
Residents and guests lined Main Street (SR 25) up to an hour before the 23rd annual Fulton Fun Day parade at noon, which honored its first responders. Most sought the comfort of shade trees and awnings along the parade route — Main Street, Davis Street, Wright Street and Brown Street.
Following the parade, which had approximately 38 entries, the crowd converged on Liberty Township Park where vendors were set up, food options available, inflatable bounce house, dunk tank, tournaments and concerts took place.
The contests included corn hole, pedal tractor pull, chalk art, horseshoes, baseball/softball throw, free throw/three-point basketball, euchre, and 3 on 3 tournament.
The annual event is sponsored by the Fulton Liberty Lions.
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Rylan and McKinely Rhodes enjoy some preparade treats.
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Kids of all ages scramble to get some candyl
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Hiram Hoover drives the 1937 DeSoto Business Coupe he was given at the age of 14. The frame was restored from 2015 to 2019 and painted its original color.
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Woodlawn Health entered a float.
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The Biehls — Yvonne, Danielle and Kansas is a horse riding team that rides in parades, rodeos and local horse shows. Yvonne is riding Dancer, while her daughter and granddaughter are on Zeus.
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The Miller sisters, who won a double honor at the 2024 Fulton County 4-H Fair rode together. Chesnee Milller is Miss Fulton County 2024 and Chaney Milleris Teen Miss Fulton County for 2024. They are from Akron.
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Sarah Sailors was all dressed up for the parade.
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This youngster prepares for the sirens from emergency vehicles at the start of the parade.
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Grass Creek Racing Lions zoomed around the parade.
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SCUBA Driving into friendship with God was the theme of Fulton Baptist Church’s vacation Bible school and float entry.
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Chalk artists begin their creations.
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The Fulton Fire Department had an inflatable safety house for kids to walk through and learn about fire safety.
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Baylor Biscella was one of the pedal tractor pull participants.