Despite rain, participants enjoy Peters Township Class of 2020 parade
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Curtis Kinzel has a good vantage point for the parade.
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Patrick Throckmorton is headed to the home of the Mountaineers.
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Jackson Rutherford gets ready to join the parade in a cool convertible.
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Aidan Alexander and Chloe Trapanotto prior to the parade
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Graduating senior Jason Vanderhoff is prepared for the weather.
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From left are Angela Kovac, Lydia Kovac, Jackie Valley, Katherine Kovac, Bella Valley and Scarlett Valley.
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Graduating senior Erin Shannon is ready for the parade.
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A group of Peters Township High School seniors is pictured prior to the parade.
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Natalie Klein is headed to Duquesne University.
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From left are Monica, Rob and Jackson Rutherford.
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Jeff Vanderhoff, father of graduating senior Jason, prepares his car for the parade.
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Chloe Trapanotto and her driver head out of the Bible Chapel’s parking lot.
It may have rained on their parade, but members of the Peters Township High School Class of 2020 seemed not to care at all.
As graduating seniors and their parents gathered early in the evening of June 4 in the Bible Chapel parking lot, the remnants of a heavy storm continued to drizzle on the proceedings. Nevertheless, participants got ready by decorating their vehicles and eventually lining them up to proceed in an orderly manner.
And by the time 7 p.m. rolled around and the procession rolled out, the sun was trying to peek out from behind the clouds.
Either way, everyone involved looked as if they were having fun as they headed toward the township’s Hiddenbrook and Hidden Valley Estates neighborhoods.
Seniors, of course, had been denied many of the activities of their final year of high school because of COVID-19, which prevented students from returning after March 13.
To help compensate, Peters Township parents organized the parade, during which the students had the opportunity to show their pride in their accomplishments, many of them calling attention to the institutions of higher learning they will be attending. Twin sisters Raegan and Taylor Smallwood are both heading about an hour and a half east to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
And considering the frequency of precipitation in Indiana, it’s good the girls have had some experience with rainy-day parades.
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Twin sisters Taylor, left, and Raegan Smallwood both are heading to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.