Local Vets Gearing Up For Holiday Parade

Members of the American Legion Post 75 are making final preparations for this year’s Veterans Day Parade. The Parade will be held on Wednesday, November 11 on the main street in Downtown Overton and will begin at 10:00 a.m.

The parade will be started off this year with a fly-over from a Metropolitan Police Department helicopter.

This year the Grand Marshalls of the parade will be volunteer firefighters Kathy Neilson and Dave Borcher. Neilson has been a volunteer with Overton Fire Station 74 for the past 24 years.

Borcher volunteers at Logandale Station 73. In addition to this, Borcher is an active member of the Moapa Valley Amateur Radio Club. He also serves on the board of directors for the Moapa Valley Television Maintenance District.

“We wanted to recognize these two, along with all of our volunteer firefighters in the community,” said American Legion Post 75 Commander Larry Goettsche. “These folks put a lot of hard work and effort into making this community a safer place and deserve to be recognized.”

Immediately following the parade, at around noon, the Veterans Day Community Picnic will begin at the Overton Park. This event is sponsored by the Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce. All in the community are invited.