Homecoming Parade
It’s Homecoming week at Carmi White Count High School and that means the homecoming parade will be held this Friday, Oct. 6.
Carmi Chief of Police Jason Carter explained the Carmi White County High School Maroon Platoon and Student Council will be presenting the Homecoming Parade beginning about 5 minutes after 1 Friday afternoon.
The parade will begin along Ninth Street at the rear of the CWC Junior Senior High School. It will continue down Ninth Street to the alley past Carquest and turn west toward Tenth Street. The parade will then turn south on Tenth and continue around Lincoln Attendance Center to Fair Street. It will then turn north onto Fair and continue down 11th street to Oak. At Oak Street, it will turn east and continue down Oak to Third Street and then turn onto Cherry Street. It will continue down Cherry to Walnut Street, where it will turn south onto Walnut at First Bank and proceed towards Main Street. It will turn west on Main and continue past Washington Attendance Center to Plum Street, where it will turn south onto Plum. It will continue past Carmi Manor to Bohleber Drive, turning west on Bohleber, the parade will travel down Bohleber and turn right onto Abelson at the back side of Wabash Christian Village, around Heritage Apartments to College Blvd. It will then turn north onto College to Main Street and turn east onto Main to Seventh Street. The parade will then turn north onto Seventh, where it will end at the CWC Junior Senior High School rear parking lot.
The public is encouraged to line up along the parade route and participate in the Homecoming Parade to show your Carmi White County School spirit, as the parade wraps up a week of homecoming activities.
Chief Carter reminded motorists that streets intersecting the parade route will be blocked periodically during the parade, beginning at 1:05 Friday afternoon.
Intersections along the route will be manned by Carmi Police and Auxiliary Officers, White County Sheriff’s Department and CWC school volunteers, who will assist in ensuring safety during the parade.
The public is encouraged to be aware of the temporary restrictions on streets intersecting the parade route and to adjust travel plans accordingly.
The parade will likely last about an hour.
