Julien's Journal November 2015 (Volume 40, Number 11) | Page 44

Lifestyle

LOCALLY

grown

by Barbara Sue Schubert

Everybody Loves
a Parade

Kenny’s granddaughters, Jesse and Chris Dudak, walk the parade route next to the parade wagon in
Baraboo, WI, driven by Kenny and his grandson, Matt Kelly.

my first official hitch using my Pinto Spots.”

All dressed up and ready to go in Baraboo.

N

obody rains on Kenny Koester’s
parade. And nobody likes a parade better than Kenny Koester,
either. An area “parade staple,”
it’s hard to say whether Kenny is a wagon
master or, quite simply, one heck of a good
horse whisperer.
Regardless, Kenny, 75, has evolved into a
Jo Daviess County icon for providing rustic
wagon and hayrides for special events,
such as Galena Cellar’s annual Harvest
Festival and Nouveau. Accompanied by his
team of horses, he is also a regular