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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Friday, July 25, 1997 P| ‘Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake Holladay South Stake’s “Tabernacle Snowdome”wasnamed the Sweepstakes winner. Float winners are: Days of '47 Sweepstakes, S.L. Holladay South LDS Stake Sesquicentennial Award, Riverton, Utah, LDS Stake Flip Harmon Award, Riverton, Utah, LDS Stake ‘Animation Award, WestValley City ‘Ensign Award, Murray City #People’s Choice Award, Draper, Utah LDS Stake * President’s Award, Lagoon Corp. Queen’s Award, Clipper Publishing Co\ } * Mayor’s Award, Westminster College Governor’s Award, West Valley City DUPAward, $.L. Grant LDS Stake | Brigham Young Award, Taylorsville, Utah N. Cent. Steve Griffin’The Salt Lake Tribune The Days of ‘47 royalty movesalong the crowd-packed paraderoute Thursdaypast the Eagle Gate Monumentin downtownSalt LakeCity. I Tae Legacy Award, Draper, Utah LDS Stake Utah Award, S.L. Wilford LDS Stake The Days of ’47 Parade Horse Parade winnersare: Wagon-mule, Clyde Edwards Horse-silver mount, Bill & Nada’s Cafe Wagon-4-horse hitch, Diamond Z Ranch Horse-group, Silver Spurs Riding Club Horse-carriage, Kathy Horman Horse-group costume, Utah Pa-U RidersAssn. Wagon-2-horse hitch, Eric Lee ete ZCMI Parade: Morerelatives showed up in the evening and made spend- Trekkers Bring Crowdsto Feet Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley enjoystheride. @ Continued from A-1 a nity... . There seemed to bea muchgreater feeling of cama- raderie and goodwill than of '47 parade. “With all of the excitement t@ 200 East. That meant tenants at the mon pioneers. though notout of the money. ‘Thehotelstill had a full house, according to reservations clerk. The new route didn’t seem to bother parade-goers who have made camping out on Salt Lake streets a July 23 rit- ual. Curt Folkersen of Sandy said his sister-in-law, Linda 1 “I grew up here, and it makes me sad becausp thereis so much more to state,” she said, pointing to Latino explorers, trappers whg preced- the Mormons, pidneers of otherfaiths and American Indians living here in 1847, What angered her most was that the Utah Jazz float was not included. The parade com- mittee earlier said the basketball team’s proposed float was too commercial ‘and didn't Owen, gets the credit for showing up at noon Wednesday to pass musterin a parade’s theme, ery Footstep.” South Temple, instead of the spot on Main where they have camped for nearly 15 years. Tribune reporters John Keahey and Tom Zoellner ferret out front-row seats on Paganini the clown entertains the crowd on the parade route. iper, left the tel — whichin previous years was far from the action, Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune Utahn fro paradein ‘sel complaining thatit is simply too exclusive and focuses too much on Mor- best parade seats in town — Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune Tami said. { Marilee Stapker, a lifelong modest Annex apartments had the primeseats off their balco- nies, while Little America Ho- Kiara Aveytua,4, gets a lift from her cousin Debbie Koermer. Tami and Dave Jenson have Mormon-pioneer ancestors and grew upin Salt Lake City — but the couple from West Jordan never had seen a Days over the wagon. tl we just figured it was abdut time,” has been toutedas offering the ~ therefor thefirst time. LakeCity’s Main Street — the traditional route —the parade moved east on South Temple 7 with too many of them to count, said Folkerson. “Td guess we probably have 30 or 40 people here.” Other parade-goers were there has been in the past.” Dueto construction on Salt 3 ing the night a family affair, ing ith the Ev- contributed to this story. The Young, Experienced And Loud Wait for Parade 5 3 BURTON THE 8. ‘TRIBUNE Warm raindrops bounced off his eyelashes as 11-year- old Noe Lopezsat on the grass parking strip in front of his Stewe GriffeyThe Salt Lake Trilume Lorna Balfour awaits her turn to board the “Genesis” float. * ¢ a “st Pe c ; RickEgan/The Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake Granger East Stake’s entry, “Faith. . . Leads to Glory.” home — waiting for horses and balloons and all the childhood wonders of the world. “No, I have never seen the Lopez's red-brick Do you bungalow Liberty Park By 8 p.m. Wednesday, thou sands of peoplehad settled in to watch the parade that was more than 12 hours away. They ate baked beans and potato salad, cruised the streets in topless Jeeps and cherryhotrods, and lounged in nooks and crannies along the city’s July 24 parade route — the corner of Main Street and South Temple, 200 East to 900 South to 600 Bast at Liberty Park Tarps, tents and makeshift lean-tos rose with the rainfall ‘ Salt here, by my house. stood like corn rows winding through downtown Salt Lake City from South Temple to * But it didn’t happen. Lake City police reported no on 900 South, lawn chairs ‘ parade with his family each oneof his 26 years, “It usually gets pretty rowdy. You'll see just about everyonethat has a car and thinks they're cool.” major incidents during the night, or during the paradeit think it will be soon?” Yes Noe,in about 15 hours. To the east and west of the After hiking for months acrosstheprairie, Courtney Bridgers,left, and Elizabeth Proud * thefinal few miles in the Days of ‘47 Parade, “They'll have a couple violent crimes tonight,” predict- ed John Lubbers of West Valley City, who has watched the parade,’ said Lopez, his brown eyes opening a mile wide, “Myunclesaid it will be Rick KigawThe Salt Lake Tribune endsfestival. anddroppedwitha dry sunset which gave way to thecity's traditional camp-till-your back-breaks-or-the-parade \ self, Before the parade, there were a few arrests for drugs and drunken driving. Several cars parked along the parade route were impounded. And one man wasarrested for carrying a gun. By 1 a.m., the aroma of bar becued hamburgers and delivery pizza still wafted from var: ious encampments, Decks of cards were dealt and re-dealt for poker. Under the glare of a street light, Brenda Farr of Salt Lake City claimed a few feet of pavement at the corner of 200 East and 300 South. “The kids won't get any sleep,” said Teresa Haacky. Farr's sister, “When radehits, they'll all be asleep. We'll hold them and wave and go home stiff. And next year we'll be back.” Tribune reporter Tom Zoellner contributed to this report. |