Four years ago, the Watercade Board said they had decided not to have a car show or parade and not to have an antique tractor show or parade.
That same year, they did not have the saddle clubs or percheron wagon hitches.
No one was given a reason; they just said it was decided that their winter meetings.
Litchfield is the only city in the area where we are not welcome or asked to be in the parade.
I saw this year the Shrine old cars were asked but not the local old cars. I saw this year the Arabian horse royalty were asked, but not the local horses.
There are still 1,147 farms in Meeker County. The other cities in Meeker County know this and ask the tractor clubs and car clubs. And they ask the local percherons and clydesdales.
Why does the Watercade Board support just the Litchfield businesses and not the whole community?
Gilbert P. Dick
Litchfield
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