Veterans Day parade, 5K this Saturday

– OCP file photo of the Memorial Day parade in Hart.

Local schools host veterans programs Monday

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor

HART — Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11, and a Veterans Day Parade is set for this Saturday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. on State Street.

The parade, which will include local businesses and military groups, will be held rain or shine, said Oceana County Veterans Affairs Officer/Director Jodi Slinkard.

– OCP file photo of the Veterans Day program at Pentwater Public Schools.

Parade route map

The procession will begin at the Hart Public Schools campus and head east on Johnson Street to State Street. The parade will turn north onto State Street then turn west on Main Street. It will then turn south onto Water Street to Johnson Street and turn west on Johnson Street, returning to the school.

The plan is to make the parade an annual event, said Slinkard.

The Third Annual Vet Day 5K is also set for Saturday, Nov. 9, beginning at 10 a.m. in Shelby. The 5K race begins and ends at the newly-renovated Getty Park and follows the William Field Memorial Hart-Montague Trail north before looping back south on Industrial Drive.

The Vet Day 5K is the primary fundraising event for the Oceana County Department of Veterans Affairs, and 100 percent of the proceeds support transporting Oceana County veterans to medical appointments.

Register prior to event at: https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Shelby/CharlieMike5K 

The cost for the 5K is $35, and there were 31 participants signed up as of Tuesday, Nov. 5.

From noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, the Hart VFW will have Burger Day.

– OCP file photo of the Veterans Day program in Walkerville.

Local schools are having Veterans Day programs Monday, Nov. 11.

Shelby Middle School will host its veterans program at 10 a.m. in the middle school gym. Guests can enter the building through the west entrance by the central office. This year’s speaker is Slinkard, and the school’s band and choir will perform.

Walkerville Public Schools is hosting a veterans program at 9 a.m. in the middle school gym, and Pentwater Public Schools hosts its veterans day program at 8:30 a.m. in the school gym with a veteran/family breakfast immediately following.

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