Marquita Parker is Parade Marshal After Daughter Wins Essay Contest



Marquita Parker has been chosen as the parade marshal after her 10-year-old daughter, Mera, a student at Atonement Lutheran School, won the festival’s essay contest.
“I hope my mom gets picked to be parade marshal because she is an example of how a mother’s love has gone further than her own kid and has positively impacted many kids in the community,” Mera said in her essay.
This year’s theme is “Valley of Flowers Mothers Love…,” and mom This year’s theme  was selected because the parade is actually on Mother’s Day, which it has been in the past when on the second Sunday in May.

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