Monday, July 31st, 2006
Photo by Laura Walker/The Daily Standard

Floating into first place for best use of theme is Mount Carmel Church of God. Second place in theme went to Mercer Health and third to Celina Cub Scout Pack 69. Other major awards went to Ray's Refrigeration and the Western Ohio Healing Field. The 150 entries in the parade included 38 floats, marching bands, politicians, fire trucks, color guards, farm machinery and enough candy to go around.

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Hot, sultry and successful. Those were the words used by organizers to describe the 2006 Celina Lake Festival held this past weekend.
"We battled the weather," festival co-chair Michelle Emerine said this morning. [More]
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