By Friday, July 8, the pages in the official blue binder that holds the parade entries were still damp.

The parade had 63 entries  this year.

Municipal Groups

First Place, Clallam County Fire District #1 1939 Holabird firetruck

Second Place, Olympic Corrections Center Fire Suppression System

Third Place, Department of Correction Inmate Recovery Team

Trucks

First Place, Everyday Working Class, 1998 Kenworth, Pat Ruble

First Place, Off Highway Truck, 1967 restored Allen Logging Truck, Barry Swanson Trucking, driven by Howard Goakey who worked at Allen’s from 1967 until it closed.

First Place, Best Load, 2005 Kenworth, Barry Swanson Trucking “Swansonized”

Old Trucks

First Place, 1917 AC Mack Log Truck, Driven by Brad Fletcher

Second Place, 1937 Chevy Log Truck, John and Lelah Singhose

Special Truck Award, 1954 Kenworth, Erik Anderson

Best Unique Load, Hoquiam Logger’s Playday

Chairman’s Award, Allen Log, Last Load of Lumber, driven by Ronald Klahn, retired former employee of Allen’s.

Special Services

First Place, OCC Fire Response and Department of Corrections Inmate Recovery

Second Place, Boys Scouts and Girls Scouts

Floats

First Place, Sequim Irrigation Festival, “Looking to the future through the past”

Second Place, Forks Outfitters, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boys and the Andrews Sisters

Third Place, Rain of Terror, The Baddest Haunted House on the West End

Several entries in the parade this year were sentimental favorites like the Allen’s trucks. Another entry that had sentimental value was the Timber Museum’s entry, a 1936 Ross Lumber Carrier. The piece of equipment was used by Rosmond Mill from 1957-1984 and then was abandoned for about 30 years. It recently was brought back to life. Tom Rosmond drove it in the 1962 4th of July parade and again this year in the 2016 parade.

Probably the Peoples Choice award for parade entry, would be the Tootsie Roll shooting, traveling Sanikan. It was a West Waste and Recycling parade entry and very funny and a good bit of advertising!