Children's Day dodges April showers with success
GLYNIS CRAWFORD SMITH/THE HIGHLANDER
Children gathered at the Johnson Park amphitheater in Marble Falls release balloons at the opening ceremony of Children Day on Saturday, April 16. Rain threatened but held off, just as predicted by founder of the event, Ely Banuet Rodriguez, leading the count-down in Minnie Mouse, stage center.
BY GLYNIS CRAWFORD SMITH
THE HIGHLANDER
Johnson Park in Marble Falls became a concourse filled with the youngest of the Highland Lakes residents who came for the Children's Day celebration on Saturday, April 16.
Founder and president Ely Banuet Rodriguez had predicted April showers would hold as they always have. She welcomed children in whimsical Minnie Mouse ears to remind them of the opening prayers. Marble Falls Mayor John Packer read a proclamation of the day and members of Foreign Wars Post 10376 and Cub Scout Pack 248 posted the colors.
"I was impressed by the crowd that stayed to the end," said Rodriguez. "We had more than 50 prizes to share, including bikes and electronic tablets."
