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November 2, 2009

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KINGSTON: The 2009 Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade kicks off at 2 p.m. Sunday at the corner of West Market Street and Rutter Avenue in Kingston. Assembly is at 1:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Honoring the Veterans of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.’ The parade marshal is Col. Charles Carpenter, and the reviewing officer is Capt. Anthony Batko. The reviewing stand will take place on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre with Capt. Robert Perino serving as the narrator. Capt. Jason Moore is the parade chairman. Here is the full parade lineup.

Division 1 forms on Rutter Avenue and West Market Street with coordinator retired Navy Lt. Commander Susan Allen: Troop F. Pennsylvania State Police, Wyoming; Kingston police car; Wilkes-Barre police car; Edwardsville police car; 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery control vehicle; parade marshal Col. Charles Carpenter; parade marshal’s colors provided by Marines; reviewing officer Capt. Anthony Batko; Ceol Mor Pipe and Drum Band; military representatives from each branch of service; U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke; U.S. Rep. Chris Carney, D-Dimock Township; Naval Reserves Capt. Robert Ambrose; state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township; state Rep. Phyllis Mundy, D-Kingston; state Rep. Eddie Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre; state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake; Wilkes-Barre Mayor Thomas Leighton; Kingston Mayor James Haggerty; Edwardsville Mayor Bernard Dubaskas; veterans organizations’ officials and civic leaders; essay contest winners.

Division 2 forms on Wright Avenue and West Market Street with coordinator 2nd Lt. Steve Chronowski, 1st Battalion 109th Field Artillery: 1st Battalion 109th Field Artillery, PAARNG commander Lt. Commander Kevin M. Miller; Meyers High School Band; motorized units (Howitzer and PLS); National Guard 74 Racecar float.

Division 3 forms on North Landon Avenue and West Market Street with coordinators Spc. Anthony DeMarco and Spc. Adam Fisher, 1st Battalion 109th Field Artillery: Army Reserve Military Police Company; Army Reserve 233rd Quartermaster Company; Marine Corps Reserve commander Capt. Jason Moore; Navy Reserve commander Lt. Commander Lou Ann Corrado; Marine Corp tribute float; Wilkes University Air Force ROTC; 24th CT Militia Re-Enactors; various re-enactment organizations; Rosie the Riveter float; Coughlin High School Band; Carmen Falcone’s Restored Military Vehicles; American Military Timeline; Veterans Affairs Medical Center Transportation Unit; Marine Tribute float; 97.9X Radio Station; WBRE Channel 28; Wyoming Valley Pipe and Drum Band.

Division 4 forms behind Gateway Shopping Center with coordinators George Handzo, Louis Wiernusz, Phillip Allabaugh, Sgt. 1st Class Robert Agnello, and Sgt. 1st Class John Feher: District 12 American Legion (Mass Colors); District 12 Auxiliary; District 1 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars (Mass Colors); Marine Corps League; Exeter American Legion with World War II vehicles; Daughters of the American Revolution; Disable American Veterans organizations; Italian American Veterans of Luzerne County Post 1 Commander Vince Aleo; Catholic War Veterans; Jewish War Veterans Post 212; Battle of the Bulge Veterans; Korean War Veterans float; Submarine Veterans (USS Scranton); Veterans of the Vietnam War North East Post 1, Post 2, Post 56, Post 66; Vietnam Veterans of America; AmVets Post 59 of Hanover Township; Reserve Officers Association; Combat Infantrymen Badge Association veterans; Desert Storm veterans; Coast Guard float; joint veterans float; 109th Artillery Heritage Association vehicles; Hole Shots Car Club; Froggy 101 Crew and Humvee; Hanover Area Student Council float; Hanover Area High School Band.

Division 5 forms on North Atherton Avenue and West Market Street with coordinators David Pugh and Hugh E. Williams: 12th Masonic District Free and Accepted Masons William H. Brandt Sr., district deputy Grand Master of 12th Masonic District; Irem Temple; 17 units of the uniformed bodies; Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine; Shrine floats; Shrine vehicles; Knights of Columbus float.

Division 6 forms on South Atherton Avenue and West Market Street with coordinator Capt. David Kollar, 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery: Wyoming Valley West Marching Band; 1-109th Field Artillery Family Support Groups; Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department cars; Wilkes-Barre City Crime Watch; Guardian Angels; Verizon Telecom Pioneers; Volunteers of America; barber shoppers of Wilkes-Barre; 98.5 WKRZ; Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority float; American Red Cross; Parsons Lions float; Boy Scouts of America; Cub Scouts; Girl Scouts of America; Brownie Troops; Colonel Timothy Pickering Society, Children of the American Revolution; Red Hat Society float; GAR Memorial High School Band.

Division 6A forms on North Loveland Avenue and West Market Street with coordinator Staff Sgt. Daniel Stella, 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery: Luzerne County 91 1 Command Post vehicles with mascot Red E. Fox; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins mascot Tux; Elks Lodge 109 Wilkes-Barre; SPCA of Luzerne County; Luzerne Country Community College; Luzerne County Victims Resource Center; Sprint vehicles and marching unit; Hillside Dairy; Liberty Tax Services float; Pug Rescue of Pennsylvania float; WNEP Channel 16; WEZX Rock 107; Holy Redeemer High School Band.

Division 7 forms on South Loveland Avenue and West Market Street with coordinators WO1 Terry Ketchem and WO1 Bruce Curtis, 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery: Pathfinder Club of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church; Motorized units of 109th Field Artillery (ambulance and M577); Sundance Vacations float; Action Unlimited and WWC Wrestling float; Wagner Towing; Martz Trailways; VISION; Rolling Thunder veterans group; Wheels of Freedom Motorcycle Club; Wyoming Valley Motorcycle Club; Wyoming Valley PT Cruisers.

Division 8 forms on South Goodwin and West Market Street with coordinators Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney and Kingston Fire Chief Frank Guido : Wilkes-Barre Fire Department; Edwardsville Fire Department; Hanover Township Fire Department; Swoyersville Fire Department; Forty Fort Fire Department; Luzerne Fire Department; Plymouth Borough Fire and Rescue Department; Laurel Run Fire Department; E. Price & Sons Fire Company of Lehman Township.

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