was served and, with the help of the Ross County Sheriff’s Department and Fire Department, the roads were blocked off, and then a convoy of Kenworths were escorted to the parade staging area. Saturday night saw a short rain shower before the parade began, but that did not stop Chillicothe residents from lining the streets. As my co-photographer Spencer Schmerheim and I were setting up tripods and getting cameras ready, we had several parade goers stop and talk to us, including some Kenworth plant employees, along with one trucker (a proud Kenworth owner himself) who made the trip all the way from Northern Ohio to watch the parade. It’s amazing to see how much Kenworth means to Chillicothe. As the largest employer in the area, so many jobs, both directly and indirectly, exist because of Kenworth, 10-4 Magazine / August 2025 23 and for one night, a town, its residents, over 50 truckers and many Kenworth employees, both past and present, get to celebrate The World’s Best! n AUTHOR’S NOTE: Big thanks go out to Spencer Schmerheim and Fred Rethwisch for the photography help, Dan Clary for a fun ride to the show, and Kevin Miller for a first class ride in a “First Class” Kenworth back home!
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