Over 250 amphicar drivers and riders in 65 amphicars were out and about all weekend. At the parade Saturday, several riders were squirting a stream of water through their big fishy lips. Cars came from many states including Missouri, Connecticut and Illinois.

Hot, sultry and successful. Those were the words used by organizers to describe the 2006 Celina Lake Festival held this past weekend. "We battled the weather," festival co-chair Michelle Emerine said this morning. A thunders . . .