For the week of September 4 - 10, 2002

Wagon Days is pulled-off by Big Hitch

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By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer

The Big Hitch Wagon, the highlight of Ketchum’s annual Wagon Days Big Hitch Parade, was awarded the Best of Show prize by the parade judges.

Snaking through a corridor of fans Saturday along Sun Valley Road and Main Street, the parade featured 100 entrants, including restored wagons, new wagons, coaches, carriages, buggies, carts, floats, school bands and riding clubs, and not a motor among them.

In 1^st place in the Original/Restored Wagons division was the Lee Family Belgians from Twin Falls, 2^nd place was Vern Miller from Jerome, and 3^rd was Phil and Marilyn Jung of Utah.

In Wagons New: 1^st was Diamond Z Ranch Shore Hitch from Utah, 2^nd Jack & Jackie Montgomery Family from Jerome, and a tie for 3^rd was shared by Dugan Traders from Wyoming and Reitsma’s Freisens from Kimberly.

Coaches: 1^st was Concord Stage Hook & Draw Collection from Ketchum, 2^nd the Old Frontier Gang from Hailey, and 3^rd the Mud Wagon/Hook & Draw Collection from Ketchum.

Carriages: 1^st was Thomas Beck, MD from Boise, 2^nd was Celebrations Carriage Co. Carol Young from Kellogg and 3^rd was City of Sun Valley from Sun Valley.

Buggies: 1^st was Piano Box Buggy from Bellevue, 2^nd Was Mil Wagy Farms from Filer and 3 was Mel Worthington from Twin Falls.

Carts: 1^st was Carolyn Phillips from New Plymouth and 2^nd was Heidi Flood from Sun Valley,

Floats: 1^st was Idaho Old Time Fiddlers from Bellevue, 2^nd was Celebrate SON Valley 2002 from Bellevue, and 3^rd was Ketchum/Sun Valley Heritage & Ski Museum from Ketchum.

Open: 1^st went to Jose Luis Heredia from Nampa, 2^nd to Maggie Ekstrand of Shoeshone, and 3^rd to Stick on a String, Pete and Linda Vandermulen from Bellevue.

Riding Clubs: 1^st Eh-Capa Bareback Riders from Caldwell, 2^nd Americana’s from Rexburg and 3^rd High Country Peruvian Pasos from Sun Valley.

The Kimberli Rhoads People’s Choice Award went to Professional Bulls Invitational from Hailey, and the Best in show was the Big Hitch from Ketchum.

 

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