A whole bunch of Vancouver elementary faculty college students and lecturers decked head to toe in inexperienced streamed down Most important Road for Monday’s Paddy Hough Parade.
Passersby, mother and father and kids lined sidewalks to catch the motion and obtain goodies. The wail of bagpipes signaled the beginning of the parade. One after the other, every Hough Elementary College class started strolling, adopted by neighborhood teams, old-timey vehicles, clowns, Miss Clark County and others.
“We are having fun today,” Lamia Davis, 7, stated excitedly as she waited together with her fellow first-graders for his or her flip to stroll within the parade.
“I’m looking forward to some candy,” stated Raelynn Meier, 6.
Then, she and Lamia chanted “candy, candy, candy.”
The scholars wore brilliant inexperienced “Hough Hawks” shirts. Some went the additional mile and accessorized with inexperienced tutus, hats, headbands, sun shades and knee-high socks. Even canines within the parade sported Hough shirts.
Parade marchers handed out sweet, cookies, stickers, bracelets and potatoes — sure, potatoes — to these watching from the sidewalks.
The annual parade honors Patrick “Paddy” Hough.
Within the late 1800s, Hough got here to Vancouver from Eire amid that nation’s devastating potato famine. He rapidly turned identified in Vancouver as a devoted instructor and voice for equality. After his retirement, Hough returned as deputy superintendent for Clark County Faculties.
In 1941 — 16 years after Hough’s demise — the brand new elementary faculty simply north of downtown Vancouver was named in his honor. The parade has been held yearly since 1991 — aside from the three-year pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Hough Hawks rock,” third-graders chanted down Daniels Road whereas holding an indication saying “3rd grade community around us” with all of their pictures on it.
