And a little child shall lead them........(Isaiah 11:6)

                                And a stuffed snake shall lead the little child .......(Morbeck 7:7)

 Sweet, total, abject VICTORY is Ours!

 Okay, so it really belongs MOSTLY to Ben.........

but after so many years of parade futility we'll take it!

       Hey, I never knew that the First Place ribbons were Blue! In other news, There's no longer any question that formerly swiftest boy Brad is NOT Rutledge's fastest 10 year old! No "photo" finish this year! Some fantastically fast kid beat him "fair and square".............

   for a full, completely biased account of                                for a full, completely biased account of

     Rutledge 2006 Parade click HERE                  Rutledge 2006 Games click HERE

It's becoming a great tradition! Whenever Brad Morbeck and Emma Martin pass within 50 feet of each other someone pulls out a camera and we stage a "Bunny Ears" photo! In case you missed the previous message,

click on one of the photos above to either go an account of the Parade or the Games...........