A Shriner speaks with a local officer before the Mizpah Shrine Circus convoy departs Warsaw on Friday, Jan. 26. Photos by Patrick Webb.
By Patrick Webb
InkFreeNews
WARSAW — On Friday, Jan. 26, buses, police vehicles, ambulances and support vehicles departed from R.P. Home & Harvest in the Shrine Circus convoy headed to Fort Wayne for the Shrine Circus at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
Schools included Warsaw Community Schools, Triton School Corp. and Tippecanoe Valley School Corp.
Escorts included Crouse Body Shop Inc., Indiana State Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Mentone police, Pierceton police, Winona Lake police, Lutheran EMS and Chief Brian Mayo of the Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory.
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Members of local police departments prepare to lead the convoy onto U.S. 30. Pictured are Warsaw and Winona Lake police.
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A Shriner walks between the buses in the R&P Home and Harvest parking lot.
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A group of parents with students at Warsaw Community Schools stood and waved as the convoy passed.
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A Lutheran EMS passes by a group of parents while participating in the 2024 Mizpah Shrine Circus convoy.
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A group of parents of Warsaw Community Schools students waved to the convoy. From left are: Miranda Braddock, Emily Hornaday, Megan Yeager, Mallika Klingaman, Mallory Isabel, Anna Beeler, Bethany Kesler, holding her son, Oliver, and Amy Cannon. “We have third-graders and wanted to wish them off,” said Cannon.