Publisher named AFAD grand marshal

Air Force Appreciation Day Chairman Randy Valley and AFAD Parade Chairman Sue Gross present Coleen Swenson with the plaque denoting her selection as the 50th anniversary AFAD Grand Marshal. Swenson's father, the late Lloyd Waters, was the first AFAD Grand Marshal in 1970. Photo by Brian S. Orban

The publisher of the Mountain Home News earned the title of parade grand marshal for Air Force Appreciation Day's golden anniversary on Sept. 11.

During a Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday afternoon, officials named Coleen (Waters) Swenson to lead this year's parade through Mountain Home.

Her selection comes 41 years after her father, Lloyd Waters, was named the first AFAD grand marshal in 1970. He became the first in a long line of community leaders to hold the once-in-a-lifetime distinction.

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