October 23, 2008
K-9's, Strippers & Walmart Save Veterans Day Parade
WEST PALM BEACH — Dogs, strippers and aliens have helped save the Veterans Day parade.Gotta love those "Cheetah strippers", as well as the rest of the contributors.Parade fund-raiser Dennis Koehler said Wednesday that the Nov. 9 march on Clematis Street, which had been on the verge of cancellation, has been rescued by contributions from Lois Pope, widow of tabloid king Generoso Pope, the Palm Beach Kennel Club, the Cheetah strip clubs and other donors.
A $2,000 pledge from Pope put organizers over the top.
"That will bump us over the $12,000 mark and the parade will go on," Koehler said.
The parade is organized by a coalition of Palm Beach County veterans groups. It was imperiled because, in the tough economy, contributions fell $12,000 short of what was needed for insurance, law enforcement and sanitation.
By Stable Hand at October 23, 2008 09:51 AM | | l digg this
