Giddings selected Sprague grand marshal

SPRAGUE – A local civil leader and businesswoman has been named grand marshal of the Sprague Days parade.

Dorothy Giddings, 90, will lead the parade on Saturday morning, Sept. 11. The theme of the event is “Remembering 9/11.” Local veterans are invited and expected to join the patriotic event.

Giddings fell in love with the area in the early 1980s when she and her husband, Gary, visited on weekends to help his cousin operate Four Seasons Resort.

The couple was hooked and bought a home on the lake to spend weekends fishing and getting to know the community.

Giddings has spent the last forty yea...