Continues marching despite a broken
cane
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| Lea Ann Straight Barnes, Jackie Olesky Straight, John Olesky |
Jackie Olesky
Straight, Class of 1955, recalls a moment from family lore in this Fairmont
Times Christmas Memories item:
By Jackie Straight Rivesville
In your column Dec. 12, you commented
on the warm weather for the Christmas parade.
My daughter, Lea Ann Straight Barnes,
was drum major in 1983 for the Rivesville High School marching band. It was a
very cold evening (perhaps in the 30s) when the Christmas parade took place.
Lea Ann was given a huge styrofoam
candy cane instead of her usual baton. As the crowd waited on the street by the
old post office, the parade went by us.
We could see the Rivesville band
coming and, about the time Lea Ann was getting close to us, her candy cane
broke into two pieces!
I was proud of her as she continued
directing with half of a cane. I guess the cold weather was the culprit!
After all of these years we still
laugh about that day, but Lea Ann certainly didn’t see any humor when it
happened that night.
Jackie’s other
children are Belinda Straight Morris and Renee Straight.
Renee is the WVU
Ruby Memorial Hospital pharmacist who handles our Mountaineer Field season
tickets and parking every year. I just write out a check and she takes care of
everyone for my two seats and her seats with Jackie and Renee.
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