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Run of good weather continues for Plum Chamber's annual Touch-A-Truck

Brian C. Rittmeyer
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Holly Davenport, a bus driver for 11 years with the Plum School District, talks with 5-year-old Desmond Wagner of Plum aboard a school bus displayed during the Plum Chamber of Commerce’s annual Touch-A-Truck event at the Plum Middle School and Holiday Park Intermediate School campus on May 10.
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After overcoming a little uncertainty, T. McDermott, 2, of Plum allowed Carlie Muldowney, with Game Faces, to paint on his arm while his mother, Kay McDermott, held him during the Plum Chamber of Commerce’s Touch-A-Truck event at the campus of Plum Middle School and Holiday Park Intermediate School on May 10.
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Logan Mechler, 7, of Plum checks out the controls of a Caterpillar 310 excavator owned by J.A. Martin Enterprises, of Plum, during the Plum Chamber of Commerce’s Touch-A-Truck event at the Plum Middle and Holiday Park Intermediate schools campus on May 10.
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Haley Woods, 10, of Plum takes the wheel of a school bus, like the one the fourth grader rides to Pivik Elementary, during the Plum Chamber of Commerce’s Touch-A-Truck event at the campus of Plum Middle School and Holiday Park Intermediate School on May 10.
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The ladder of a Holiday Park fire truck reaches into the sky during the Plum Chamber of Commerce’s Touch-A-Truck event at the campus of Plum Middle School and Holiday Park Intermediate School on May 10.

The Plum Chamber of Commerce’s streak of beautiful weather for its Touch-A-Truck event remains unbroken.

The chamber hosted its fourth Touch-A-Truck on the campus of Plum Middle School and Holiday Park Intermediate School under sunny, blue skies and comfortable temperatures Saturday.

Around 1,000 people were estimated to have attended, said Anna Nesbit, past chairperson of the chamber and committee chair for the event which featured more than two dozen vehicles of all types.

The event has always had good weather, she said.

“It’s an opportunity to get some of our different community businesses in front of the community,” she said. “We have always had a very tremendous turnout. It seems everyone enjoys getting out this time of the year.”

In addition to trucks, construction vehicles, school buses and emergency vehicles, the event also featured an obstacle course, face painting, raffles, a bounce house, petting zoo, costumed characters, food trucks, arts and crafts tables, a construction site and a trackless train.

Sponsors included Gymkhana Gymnastics, S&T Bank, Soxman Funeral Homes, Plum Borough Community Library and #1 Cochran Ford Monroeville.

Truck sponsors included State Sen. Nick Pisciottano, Signature Orthodontics, Lightning Detail, Military Spouse Jobs and VetJobs, Forbes Road Career & Technology Center, State Farm insurance agent Ron Boller, Plum Borough Democratic Committee, and Keystone Construction and Mining Equipment.

Brian C. Rittmeyer, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.

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